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• Dubai on the brink - latest developments

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 987
  Stock markets around the world are still reeling from the announcement that Dubai World will suspend repaying $35bn of its debts for six months. Dubai has become synonymous with excess in the last few years – is it now on the brink of a spectacular fall? Follow developments here, and email ...
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• Views on the news: Bank charges, secret loans and Browns budget deficit bustup

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 987
  Banks had a great week this week – winning the battle with the OFT over charges, fighting off caps on big bonuses, even managing to conceal a £62bn bailout – and everyone was delighted. Actually, they werent. Not at all. "So now weve bailed out the banks, they increase their charges, they hike up interest rates ...
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  The Shrewd Economist — Authority: 124
  Dubai Tries to Stem Panic as Financial Crisis Shakes Investors Around World THE GUARDIAN: FTSE 100 opens down 70 points before regaining ground / Japans Nikkei closes down 3.2%; Hang Seng falls 5.3% The Dubai financial crisis continued to send shares and commodities falling around the world this morning, ...
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• Dubai Govt. Unable to Pay Debt

  
  LILA RAJIVA: The Mind-Body Politic — Authority: 135
  EconomicPolicyJournal:“The government of Dubai is in major financial trouble.The government late Wednesday said it would restructure Dubai World and announced a six-month “standstill” on repayments of the state-run wide-ranging conglomerate’s debt.Government-owned Dubai World is a conglomerate with interests ...
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• "The Dubai situation signifies that although the major central banks around the world have stabilized..."

  
  Quoting the Crisis — Authority: 145
  “The Dubai situation signifies that although the major central banks around the world have stabilized the financial system, they can’t make all the excesses simply disappear.” - Arnab Das, London-based head of market research and strategy at Roubini Global Economics, quoted by David Merritt in   Stocks ...
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• Dubais Fantasy Island Gamble in the Persian Gulf Comes to an Ugly End

  
  The Agonist - thoughtful, global, timely — Authority: 579
  What’s the difference between the United States and Dubai? The US is a playground for the wealthy just like Dubai, but at least America hasn’t declared bankruptcy – yet. Yesterday Dubai World, which is the investment arm of the Dubai emirate, asked its creditors to accept a six month freeze on interest due on ...
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• Goodbye Dubai

  
  Gaian Economics — Authority: 114
  The vaunting towers of Dubai provide an irresistible metaphor for the hubris of globalised capitalism, and the newspapers have been falling over themselves to draw attention to the fact that this small, Gulf emirate is, quite literally, built on sand. For a green economist, however, it is the social and environmental ...
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• "No one seems to be able to resist a straight line equity curve even at the expense of lower returns...."

  
  Quoting the Crisis — Authority: 145
  “No one seems to be able to resist a straight line equity curve even at the expense of lower returns. The straighter the equity curve the less questions people ask about how the returns were generated. Many strategies secretly contain non-linear payoffs such as risk arbitrage or selling options, or ponzi schemes.” ...
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• Is this bye-bye Dubai?

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 972
  The emirate dazzled the world with its extravagance but now wants to defer its debts. What happened, asks Richard Spencer.
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• Dubais ruling family moves to calm debt fears as global markets slide

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 972
  Dubais ruling family has attempted to calm international fears over its economic stability, saying its rescue package for its most indebted state company was "carefully planned".
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• Feldman Law Center – The Specifics of President Obama’s Plan

  
  fresh healthy body — Authority: 154
  President Obama’s historic presidency began in the midst of possibly the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.  The housing and real estate markets seemingly jumped off of a cliff, taking with it the financial stability of every other industry.  Obama passed sweeping legislation to help ...
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• Chinese consumers spend

  
  Business 360 — Authority: 123
  Driving around the Chinese town of Yi Wu, my crew and I were listening to the radio when an ad came on encouraging listeners to trade in their old TVs and washers for new ones. Embedded video from CNN Video "You can get a 13-percent rebate!" the speakers blared. The government is going all out to promote its ...
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• China Takes a New Look at Marxism

  
  China Digital Times (CDT) — Authority: 631
  In Asia Times , Francesco Sisci writes about a renewed faith in Marxism in China, in the wake of the global financial crisis: The strong emphasis on Marxism has been echoed by headlines in recent months. The current economic crisis places in question the faith, previously almost blind in China, in the capitalist ...
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• >>Dubai request for debt ’standstill’ raises fear. Is this a first shot ?

  
  And So I Go: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow — Authority: 143
  Dubai request for debt ’standstill’ raises fear – Yahoo! News This story may or may not have large consequences for the United States.  I don’t know, but  it was a large red flag when I read it so I am passing it on to you for what you may make of it.  US firms are very much involved in the stupendous ...
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• RBI plans to set up working group to revisit the draft guidelines on credit default swaps (CDS)

  
  LEGAL & FINANCIAL UPDATES FROM TAX GURU — Authority: 451
  “We are setting up a group in the RBI and they will interact with market participants,” Gopinath said at a banking seminar here. A credit default swap is a swap contract in which the buyer of the CDS makes a series of payments to the seller and, in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website ...
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• Dubai Bites The Dust

  
  Vancouver Secrets — Authority: 131
  Fast Company had a great article in September on Dubai fast collapsing economy, called Bye, Bye Dubai. “So what they have been able to produce is a miracle.” Or was it a mirage? Today, an estimated 50% of the slated developments are frozen or canceled. Banks have stopped lending. Housing prices fell 41% in the ...
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• WFP: CRISIS IN THE HORN OF AFRICA – Food Crisis + Financial Crisis

  
  Truth Seeker — Authority: 127
  —————————————–—————————————–—————————————–—————————————–——-FOR MORE: IMPACTFOR MORE ON HOW YOU CAN HELP: VISIT A BILLION FOR A BILLION + WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME—–The food price crisis, dubbed a ...
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• Dubai Defaults, Deflation In Action & “The Watched Pot” Theory Revisited

  
  Veritas Vos Liberabit — Authority: 433
  Dubai Defaults – Deflation In Action – Watched Pot Theory Revisited by Michael Shedlock Last night after a 10 hour drive I was up at 5:00AM watching the futures plunge but not knowing why. Now we know: Dubai default fears spook investors Global stock markets endured heavy selling on Thursday as investors ...
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• In His Gloomiest Prediction Yet, Marc Faber Sees Big Financial Bust Leading To World War

  
  Pak Alert Press — Authority: 528
  Business Intelligence -Middle EastMarc Faber, the Swiss fund manager and Gloom Boom & Doom editor, said eventually there will be a big bust and then the whole credit expansion will come to an end. Before that happens, governments will continue printing money which in time will lead to a very high inflation rate, ...
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• Our Funny Money

  
  Pak Alert Press — Authority: 528
  Atif F. Qureshi“It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.” – Henry FordThe curse of price inflation haunts us. There seems to be no respite for the common man. Everything is ...
  18 hours ago

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