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• Abu Dhabis rescue of Dubai may be nothing of the sort

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Despite boasts of transparency, the emirates $10bn cheque is a formula for confusion Is the $10bn on its way from Abu Dhabi and Dubai a gift, a loan or the proceeds of a behind-the-scenes asset sale? Yesterdays statement out of Dubai was wholly unclear – it spoke of "funding", a word that could mean anything at all ...
  11 hours ago

• Relief for world markets as Abu Dhabi throws $10bn lifeline to Dubai

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Bailout wards off theat of debt default by property arm of Dubai World World markets were breathing easier today after oil-rich Abu Dhabi threw a $10bn lifeline to neighbouring Dubai in an apparent attempt to shore up confidence in the wider United Arab Emirates. The move warded off the imminent threat of a debt ...
  13 hours ago

• LSE jumps on Dubai news, but AstraZeneca falls after patent case

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  With Abu Dhabi very kindly stepping in to help bail out Dubai with a $10bn lifeline , a little bit of risk appetite seems to be returning to the market, with investors stocking up on financial but rejecting the safer consumer and pharmaceutical sector. The London Stock Exchange , which has been under pressure ...
  22 hours ago

• FTSE 100 dips lower after S&P cautions on Spain

  
  Business: Market Forces blog | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 134
  Dubai, Greece and now Spain. Leading shares have moved into negative territory as Standard & Poors cut it rating outlook on Spain from stable to negative. So having survived the pre-budget report pretty much unscathed, the FTSE 100 is now down 35.70 points to 5187.43. A opening dip on Wall Street is not helping ...
  5 days ago

• Financial markets tumble after Fitch downgrades Greeces credit rating

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  • Greek debt marked down from A- to BBB+ • Fear for Eurozone push down single currency Financial markets around the world sold off after Greeces credit rating was cut amid mounting concerns about its fiscal health. European stock markets tumbled and the euro weakened sharply with investors becoming ...
  6 days ago

• Wall Streets positive start lifts FTSE and dispels Dubai doubts

  
  Business: Market Forces blog | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 134
  The FTSE 100 has hit its high for the day - up more than 100 points - after a strong opening on Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed around 120 points in early trading, pushing the UKs leading index up 106.53 points to 5297.21. Fears of severe contagion from Dubais financial problems seem to be ...
  1 week ago

• Jon Henley on the effect of the financial crisis in Dubai

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images Construction work in Dubai. Photograph: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images
  1 week ago

• Share sell-off continues as Dubai World starts debt talks

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  While many investors in the UAE tried to offload shares, there was relief in the wider financial sector that Dubai World had started the process of restructuring $26bn of loans Stock markets across the United Arab Emirates have suffered a second day of heavy falls after Dubai World began negotiating with its banks ...
  1 week ago

• Billions wiped off markets as Dubai returns to work

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Traders jittery after UAE banks bid to restore confidence is overshadowed by emirates refusal to guarantee debts The unfolding events in Dubai continued to weigh on stock markets across Europe today, despite attempts by the central bank of the United Arab Emirates to contain the financial crisis. On the first day of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Investors fears grow over Greek economy

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  • After Dubai, investors attention turns to Greek budget deficit • Cost of insuring countrys debt is among highest in eurozone Concern over the state of the Greek economy grew today as nervous investors looked for the next country that could be engulfed by a debt crisis. As fears of a default from the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Wall Street shakes off Dubai woes in early trading

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Despite the debacle in Dubai, US investors seem more concerned with domestic issues than debt defaults in the Gulf. With a better than expected performance from the Chicago purchasing managers index and news of a 0.5% rise in US consumer spending over the weekend, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has moved around 30 ...
  2 weeks ago

• Morgan Stanley predicts a Grim 2010

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Goodbye the Nice economy, hello the Grim one. Thats the view of the strategists at Morgan Stanley as they look ahead to 2010. The Nice acronym was coined by the Bank of England a couple of years ago to describe the economic situation since its independence in 1997, and it stood for Non-Inflationary Constant ...
  2 weeks ago

• Pass Notes No 2,690: the double dip

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Financial crisis in Dubai has sent shockwaves through the world. Are we about to experience another recession? Whats the problem? The FTSEs in free fall! Tens of billions of pounds wiped off share prices! Dubais five-year Credit Default Swap index is rocketing! Heavens to Betsy, were going back into recession! ...
  2 weeks ago

• UAE guarantees Dubai banks debt to head off market crash

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Abu Dhabi-based regulator tries to reassure foreign investors ahead of markets reopening by offering extra liquidity The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates said today that it would "stand behind" Dubais disastrous finances. The UAE central bank said it would guarantee the loans made by both local Arab banks ...
  2 weeks ago

• Poll | Will the Dubai crisis cause another crash and double-dip recession?

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 161
  The looming risk that Dubai may default on colossal debts has shaken confidence on world financial markets. Is this crisis the beginning of another crash and a new round of recession?
  2 weeks ago

• Dubai World: What it owns in Britain

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  The markets plunged following news of Dubai Worlds debt crisis, but how far does the companys reach extend in Britain? Dubai World, the emirates main investment company whose debt crisis has caused alarm worldwide , boasts on its website: "The sun never sets on Dubai World." Its businesses range from operating ports ...
  2 weeks ago

• Rise and fall of Dubai real estate

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  After decades of unprecedented growth and expansion Dubais overheated economy is reaching its melting point. Dubai World, the state-owned real-estate and ports giant that has driven much of the economic growth in the city-state in recent years, has asked for a moratorium on its debt
  2 weeks ago

• Dubai tries to stem panic as financial crisis shakes investors around world

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  • 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, despite efforts by the emirates ruling family to calm the panic. In London, the FTSE 100 ...
  2 weeks ago

• Dubai: Storms in the Gulf

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 161
  It is not often that a terse statement from a small faraway country sends the share market into shock. But yesterday afternoon the FTSE 100 suffered its biggest one-day loss since March ; and it was largely thanks to a notice about Dubai World, the holding company that owns everything from P&O; ferries to a ...
  2 weeks ago

• Fears of double-dip recession grow as Dubai crashes

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Debt crisis in millionaires playground could herald new phase in global financial meltdown Share prices in the City suffered their biggest fall since March today amid fears that a debt crisis in the millionaires playground of Dubai heralded a new phase in the global financial meltdown and a double-dip recession in ...
  2 weeks ago

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