The Times: United Arab Emirates takes hard line on Dubai

The Times: United Arab Emirates takes hard line on Dubai
from Calculated Risk by CalculatedRisk
For some reason The Times has been removed from news stands in Dubai ...

From The Times: Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates takes hard line as Dubai counts soaring cost

... The rulers of Abu Dhabi are expected to make a statement before the markets open on whether they will bail out Dubai and which businesses and projects will be rescued.
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Senior analysts in the region expect that projects regarded as folly will not be backed but operations and investments with a strong business model will be.
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Today will mark the first key test of whether Dubai will default on its estimated $88 billion debt pile, when interest payments of about $138 million on a $2 billion bond issue by Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority, a unit of Dubai World, become due.

I think many people consider most of Dubai "folly".

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