Posts Tagged ‘ Dubai ’

Dubai Malinvestment Outdoes U.S.

Dec 2nd, 2009 | By | Category: Featured, International, Macro Economics
"While Dubai is not big enough to set off financial repercussions outside the Middle East, the main fear is that investors could flee risky markets all at once in search of safer havens for their money." — The NYT, Vikas Bajaj and Graham Bowley, reporting. Apart from the stark self-contradiction in ...read more

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Penthouse Gypsies Flock to Dubai

Nov 12th, 2009 | By | Category: Featured, Personal Investing
As the sun sets over this desert country, it bathes everything in a whiskey-colored tint. The still cranes perched on unfinished buildings look like ruins. But when the sun disappears and inky darkness fills the sky, Dubai’s cityscape lights up and takes on a magical quality.  Crowds fill its restaurants in ...read more

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