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• Banks expect Dubai World to make formal request for debt standstill on Monday

  
  Dubai Business | Kippreport — Authority: 486
  Dubai World, a government-owned conglomerate, is expected to make a formal request for a debt standstill on $26 billion at a creditor’s meeting on Monday, reports Reuters. Bankers tell the news agency it could take over a month for the request to be approved. “You can’t bet on it, because anything could happen; ...
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• Dealbook: A Financial Mirage in the Desert

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 900
  With the benefit of hindsight, there were plenty of signs that Shariah-compliant investments were just as risky as their Western counterparts.
  2 weeks ago

• Is Du Bai that story that is supposed to go away quickly?

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 542
  I don’t think so. The reason $60B is important is because it’s printed on margin. In other words, the US bank or banks (most say it is JPM) that underwrote it, does so using fraction reserve rules regulated by the Federal Reserve. Right now there is no reserve requirement, so JPM may write the loan with no ...
  2 weeks ago

• Arab States Move to Stifle Dubai Crisis

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 900
  A cricket break at a Dubai construction site in 2007. Dubai World invested heavily in real estate.
  2 weeks ago

• Breakingviews.com: Helping Dubai, but Only So Far

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 900
  Abu Dhabi’s priority is to stop a bank run, rather than undertake a wholesale rescue of Dubai World.
  2 weeks ago

• U.A.E. Will Support Banks in Dubai Credit Crisis

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 900
  The United Arab Emirates central bank said it stood behind domestic and foreign banks operating in Dubai after a recent announcement about Dubai World’s debt.
  2 weeks ago

• Dubai debt problems cast shadow over region (AP)

  
  Blogger — Authority: 167
  AP – For years, Dubai seemed unstoppable, an oasis of excess boasting indoor ski slopes and manmade islands, the world’s tallest tower and dreams that reached even higher. Go here to read the rest:  (AP)"> (AP)">Dubai debt problems cast shadow over region (AP)
  3 weeks ago

• Dubai in crisis: the questions and answers

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 966
  Dubai, the gulf emirate that has grown explosively over the last decade, is now at the centre of markets attention on fears that it could struggle to repay its debt.
  3 weeks ago

• Holiday message that put Dubai on storm path

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 966
  Low-key notice about debt repayment made traders wary, reports Louise Armitstead
  3 weeks ago

• Prime Minister stays upbeat on Dubai setback

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 966
  Gordon Brown has moved to calm global markets by claiming Dubais debt crisis will not have a widespread impact.
  3 weeks ago

• Sizing the Banks

  
  Alexandria — Authority: 490
  Simon Johnson posted yesterday on downsizing our Too Big To Fail banks. Key quotes…. Probably the best way forward is to set a hard cap on bank liabilities as a percent of gross domestic product; this is the appropriate scale for thinking about potential bank failures and the cost they can impose on the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Swiss vote to ban new minarets too close for comfort

  
  FaithWorld — Authority: 627
  (Photo: Poster to vote ”yes” to minaret ban in a Swiss meadow, 13 Nov 2009/Dario Bianchi) A threatening image dominates Switzerland’s streets in the form of a dark woman dressed in a Muslim  niqab veil, looming over a Swiss flag covered with missile-like minarets with a call to vote “yes” in a ...
  3 weeks ago

• “Most global banks are still unsafe, warns S&P

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 542
  Standard & Poor’s has given warning that nearly all of the world’s big banks lack sufficient capital to cover trading and investment exposure, risking further downgrades over the next 18 months unless they move swiftly to beef up their defences. Every single bank in Japan, the US, Germany, Spain, and Italy ...
  3 weeks ago

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