Dubai

It had to be cleared for travel by the Dubai Police Authorities, the Dubai International Airport, and the Emirates' safety team.

Eventually , the group could be split in two: a " good" Dubai World with all the productive assets, and a " bad" Dubai World with the rest .

For Dubai, just like the other small Gulf sheikhdoms, the economic crisis does not automatically translate into a social issue.

Have a bit of a think and work out if you really want to move to Dubai, or retrain as a priest, before doing anything silly.

Dubai is a true melting pot of nationalities, so it's a very interesting place in terms of the people you meet.

I saw some English people when I was on holiday in Dubai and it was great. They came up to me and thanked me for working so hard.

Dubai's probable mistake was that it did not do this a year ago when these banks were more receptive to restructuring talks.

And how much influence will Dubai have on Nasdaq here in New York?

He's being so nice. He took me away to Dubai and got me a very nice present. He's very caring and is looking after me.

He said he wanted to be buried in our family cemetery in the holy Shiite city of Najaf, "not in Syria, Dubai or Amman. "

A WEEK after Dubai World announced its debt standstill, the financial panic seems to have disappeared as quickly as a desert squall.

What creditors do not yet know, however, is whether the United Arab Emirates is capable of a co-ordinated response to Dubai's debt woes.

"Our intervention in Dubai World was carefully planned and reflects its specific financial position, " he said in a statement.

Victor Chu, First Eastern chairman, said the bank would also seek to list Chinese companies on the Dubai stock market.

I am delighted to see a vibrant Chinese community in Dubai. No doubt preparations to ring in the Lunar New Year are well under way.

Riad Kamal, chief executive of Arabtec ARTC. DU, said he had no doubt about Dubai's commitment to settle its debt.

Those who lent to Dubai World at a premium can have no complaints if the risks for which they were compensated turn out to be real.

Abu Dhabi's move appeared to restore what had been perceived as an implicit state guarantee of Dubai World's debts.

Now Dubai seems to have acknowledged reality: the UAE is one country, dependent on Abu Dhabi and its vast oil wealth.

When asked where she would like to go on holiday, Michael Owen's four-year-old daughter Gemma 's answer is always the same: Dubai.

"At the end of the day it should be positive for Dubai, Dubai's sovereign risk should go down, " he said.

Had Dubai Inc announced that it would not have been able to meet its debt obligations a year ago, it would not have raised so many eyebrows.

The upcoming movie is said to be a globe-trotting adventure, as production took place in Prague, Dubai and Vancouver.

Under United Arab Emirates law, none of those luxury villas in Dubai can be seized until criminal prosecutions are seen to have begun.

to New York's Kennedy Airport and bought a ticket to Dubai. He was on his way to Pakistan.

It also appeared to contradict signals from Dubai's government that it was willing to fully support its corporate entities.

Dubai City was just a small village until Dubai, along with Abu Dhabi and four other emirates , formed the United Arab Emirates in 1971.

Dealmaking in Dubai centres around The Gate, a cube-shaped structure at the heart of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC).

Indeed, given the ineptness with which it handled its affair, Dubai has come out of it surprisingly well.

For visitors, many of whom come to Dubai for work, it would be easy to stick to familiar stores, familiar foods or familiar languages.

The building will be just a few metres taller than the Burj Khalifa in Dubai but will be constructed at a fraction of the cost.

I'm talking to my shipper in Dubai and he is trying to arrange someone to collect for me in china and send by air cargo to me in Nigeria.

Dubai World is seeking a six-month moratorium on interest payments, a person familiar with the matter said.

'It's not all about the walls and the floors, ' said the general manager, Kamal Naamani, who previously ran a Fairmont hotel in Dubai.

One of those conglomerates, Dubai World, is in the midst of its own debt restructuring.

Yet in spite of this and the sea of petrodollars sloshing around the Middle East, Dubai is only halfway towards its ambition (see article).

In terms of scale, complexity and longevity, much of this stuff makes Dubai's Burj Khalifa look like a sandcastle.

However, a burst property bubble dragged Dubai into a serious debt crisis and put an end to its extravagant approach to growth.

From his Dubai sanctuary, Roger Federer talks about his search for the perfect adversary and his friendly rivalry with Tiger.

Finally, Dubai is a warning not to assume investments are always state-guaranteed, even in this age of government largesse.

A week earlier, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, Dubai's ruler, had sidelined three of the men who ran "Dubai Inc" in the boom years.

Dubai also announced one of its sovereign funds would start buying domestic real estate, another attempt at propping up the market.

However, even if Nakheel's creditors were to win in an English court, the judgment would be re-examined in Dubai.

Dubai's skyscrapers poke through a carpet of fog at night in dramatic images taken from 800ft up in the air.

But the wave of risk revulsion, post-Dubai, should have been a reminder that today's inflows can become tomorrow's outflows.

Like everyone else, my regard for the miracle of Dubai's fast-evolving skyline has always been tempered with a high degree of scepticism.

Burj Dubai is set to be completed next year. But the developers did not say how tall the finished building will be.

Locals who used to joke that Dubai would be a great place "when it's finished" now wonder whether it's finished.

I'm not yet ready to 'retire' by going to the United States or Dubai and want to stay in Europe.

"Some university students in Dubai are very Internet-savvy and are using materials from our Web site, " she said.

Dubai's ruling elite insists it now places "sustainability" at the heart of its plans for existing and future projects.

Israeli intelligence was said to be behind the assassination of a senior Hamas military leader, who was killed at a hotel in Dubai.

Please let me know and really hope to see you more before you're leaving to Dubai.

Because Dubai is not rich in oil, it had to borrow heavily to pay for its grand ambitions.

One of nine children born to an illiterate water-seller in Dubai, she married early and was a teacher for years.

Even in Dubai, the entrepreneurial center of the region, the word of the ruler is the rule of the land.

For thousands of expatriates lured to Dubai by the promise of year-round sunshine and a tax-free lifestyle, the party is over.

A spokesman for the Dubai Department of Finance, which issued the standstill statement, said he couldn't comment beyond the statement.

If your main focus is shopping, you better stay at the other end of Dubai, as traffic can be a real pain.

THERE was plenty of Schadenfreude when, in late 2009, Dubai was forced to admit it had trouble paying its debts.

A Dubai Holdings spokeswoman said there has been a lot of speculation about asset sales but "there is nothing concrete to hand. "

To win a place in the top club of financial centres, Dubai must attract not just providers of capital but users, too.

Owned by the Dubai government, the conglomerate will suspend repaying $35bn of its debts for at least six months.

There are now fears that Dubai might be forced into a fire sale of assets, which would push asset values down further.

"For us, the airport was not an investment, actually. It was like a dream come true, " says Mr Babu, who runs a business in Dubai.

For laborers at the bottom of the pay scale, such as these South Asian men taking a water taxi to work, life in Dubai can be drudgery.

Fallout from the Dubai debt crisis continued to roll through financial markets for the second day, although the rush for the exits slowed.

A year ago, homes in Dubai were spiralling upwards on an annual growth rate of 48%.

Italian fashion houses are opening branded accommodation in Dubai at a time when hotels have been hurt by a glut of rooms.

Banks are still scrambling to pin down their exposure to Dubai World since the announcement last week of a standstill to debt repayments .

The DIFC has taken a lead in hosting exhibitions and investing in art , and the auctions and fair no doubt contribute to " brand Dubai " .

'Dubai is still very important, but less so than it has been for the last five years, ' says Hilton's Mr. Carter.

Of course, in a place like Dubai, this kind of audacious project goes relatively unnoticed, among the many others currently underway.

Below is a list of interesting facts about Dubai, that you may not know yet.

In short, Dubai may have got a scratch in its shiny facade, and might just have to tone down its boisterous swagger, but it'll be just fine.

A refrigerated swimming pool and an artificially cooled beach - Dubai's latest excesses are enough to make conservationists weep.

From exile in Dubai he directs his red-shirted followers, known as the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD).

The debt announcement appeared to open a fresh rift between Dubai and U. A. E. capital Abu Dhabi .

Dubai said the United Arab Emirates carriers would stop flying to Syria next week.

Through its Niki associate in Austria, the airline even offers a direct flight from Berlin to Dubai three times a week.

The Dubai training ground was useful to work well, I had some good training sessions and I feel like I'm in a family.

Tourism is an important part of the Dubai government's strategy to maintain the flow of foreign cash into the emirate.

It sought approval to operate out of Dubai to take advantage of expanding two-way trade between the Middle East and China.

The news about Dubai and Greece, he said, speaks "to the necessity to get our shop in order. "

For seven years, he was the head tailor of Herringbone, an Australian clothing brand with boutiques in Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and Dubai.

The two Americans beat out Dubai International Capital, which had offered $300 million for the club.

we have cooperated with my agent abroad to open up new service of air ocean combined transport and our hub is in dubai and inchon . . .

Last month, Dubai sent global markets into a swoon after announcing a standstill to debt payments for its flagship corporation, Dubai World.

The hotel is located on a man-made island just off the coast of Dubai and derives its sail-like shape from the region's nautical history.

The Air India flight from Dubai is believed to have overshot the runway before crashing in a valley and bursting into flames.

"Investors have gone from getting cozy to a sense of serious concern, " said Saud Masud, head of research at UBS in Dubai.

"Arab money made Carlyle what it is, " said the head of the investment bank of one major financial institution in Dubai.

The gauge has lost close to 27% since Dubai World asked for a debt freeze late last month and stands in negative territory for the year.

We all know how Dubai World Ports was forced to sell off its portfolio of US ports after it had acquired P&O.

Dubai was the epitome of the cheap credit property boom, with developers using inexpensive loans to finance grandiose building projects.

It did not take long for speculation to surface that al-Mabhouh was in Dubai, where many Iranian banks do business, to close an arms deal.

The announcement also slammed U. A. E. banks, both in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, among the biggest lenders to Dubai and its corporate entities.

Mahmoud Karzai, speaking from Dubai, said the situation at the ailing bank was improving.

On a four-wheel drive they explored the sand dunes around Dubai, camel riding and a falcon show were also part of the action.

He spoke of an idea for a tourist town near the Tunisian border, a tax- and visa-free zone like those in Aqaba and Dubai.

The bank declined to comment on its potential exposure to problem loans in Dubai.

The question of who rules the Internet and how is being debated at a 12-day conference in Dubai.

At the time, he said Dubai would simply throttle back property development to prevent a supply glut.

The total includes $15 billion that Dubai raised this year from Abu Dhabi, an oil-rich fellow member of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

In the late afternoon, you leave the bustle of Dubai as you embark on your desert journey.

Protesters light candles spelling out the word 'Gaza' during a demonstration in Dubai.

When global credit markets froze up in late 2008, international investors stopped buying Dubai property.

The Burj al-Arab hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, built on an artificial island, is structured in the shape of a boat's sail.

Every year around the month of October, Dubai experiences heavy fog due to the still-high humidity and the falling temperatures.

Horse day will bring Browning screaming pistol to ChenLiGong, sent her to perform in dubai duty.

In the UAE, this collaboration has led to a number of high -- profile commercial and residential properties in New Dubai.

Instead he remained in Bahrain, Dubai and Ireland for the next several years, managing his increasingly unstable finances.

In an autocratic regime like Dubai, bad news acquires an extra coating of sugar with each step it takes up the hierarchy.

If Dubai is the sovereign debt equivalent of Northern Rock, then Greece might be its Bear Stearns and Japan its Lehman Brothers.

Only the assumed support of Dubai's richer neighbour Abu Dhabi, which is now far from certain, has prevented it happening sooner.

Dubai may not be the next Lehman or AIG, but it could offer up some nasty surprises for the world's banking system.

Many bankers working in London, Dubai and Singapore have their roots in India.

Indian television channels said the flight was coming in from Dubai.

Whether the standstill counts as a default depends on whether Dubai is asking investors to defer their claims or telling them to.

But the Dubai debacle suggests that the best of both worlds can easily turn into the worst of both worlds.

Last week, Dubai's largest investment company called for a six-month delay in paying some of its debts.

By 2015 Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi will be able to handle around 190m passengers a year.

The company, Continental Stevedoring and Terminals, said it will become an "involuntary partner" of Dubai Ports World.

I planned to go to Dubai on my own but my mother decided to put her foot down.

It also exposed Mr Thaksin as a demagogue who is ready to incite a revolt from his Dubai redoubt.

As Dubai's crisis deepened, everyone waited for its oil-rich neighbour to bail it out.

Dubai's financial centre would do most service to the Middle East as a regional source of cheap capital and a spur to good governance.

With a little less gumption and a lot less gearing, "Dubai is plausible" .

Dubai is not the only onetime high flier that risks drowning in debt.

Dubai had a flourishing pearl business, which collapsed with the advent of the First World War and the Great Depression.

Driving along the highway in Dubai, you are warned to drive carefully because camels enjoy the right of way as well.

Emirates is already muttering about more orders at the next big air show, in November on its home turf in Dubai.

This could be a further boost to the emirate, which has already come to the rescue of its debt-laden neighbour, Dubai.

Beginning in 2003, Dubai, gradually opening up the local real estate market since the market bullish all the way.

Cities like Dubai, New York and London have placed attracting Chinese tourists near the top of their agendas.

Dubai is suffering from a slump in the trading, lending, holidaying and profiteering that buoyed this remarkable emirate for so long.

President Barack Obama, in a June speech to the Muslim world in Cairo, singled out Dubai as a place where economic development worked.

Dubai appeals court on Sunday upheld a one-month prison sentence for a British couple convicted of kissing in a restaurant.

Dubai has also been a big investor in commercial property around the world.

"Assuming you can keep your job in Dubai I don't see any problems of the long term viability of the region, " Brice said.

Qatar Airways said one of the packages traveled without detection on two separate passenger jets, from San'a to Doha and then to Dubai.

Dubai's untested financial legal system is now facing its first real test in relation to how it deals with the international community.

Dubai World this spring signaled a restructuring of the bond was an option, but hasn't provided details since.

An emerging leader in world economy, Dubai also has lots to offer to its tourists and is also a booming real estate market.

Dubai's Al Wasl Club is expected to make a formal announcement on signing Diego Maradona as its coach for the next 2 years.

If you can turn around and look at wonderful progress Dubai made -- it's a bit like a gift horse.

Create your own Dubai experience with a variety of value added packages available at the Jebel Ali Hotel.

Or it may be that Abu Dhabi, the richest of the emirates, which has long bankrolled Dubai, wants to tighten the purse strings.

In attempting to resolve Dubai World's debt woes in an equitable way, the emirate clearly has an eye on its longer-term refinancing needs.

Hydropolis is a company who produces underwater resorts in places all over the world, including Dubai.

Rather than looking like Dubai on a continental scale, China is having more of a 'mini Dubai moment, ' Anderson argues.

The only agriculture program currently offered in Dubai is construction management .

Abu Dhabi was perhaps not unhappy to see Dubai's wings clipped and the federation tightened.

Dubai and Abu Dhabi are two of the seven emirates that make up the U. A. E.

But Dubai, which has no oil, was backed by its Arab emirate neighbors.

What price Abu Dhabi extracted from Dubai in private may never be known, but the money was given with no public strings attached.

It organizes 56 shows a year in locations including India, China, South Africa, Dubai and Miami.

For five years, as the project climbed towards its ultimate height of 828 meters, it was known as the Burj Dubai.

Her prize: a pair of tickets to accompany the "Blue Devils" pre-season tour to China and Dubai.

Rather than fostering moral hazard by making lenders whole, Dubai, out of necessity, looks set to make them share the pain.

The Air India Express aircraft, believed to be a Boeing 737-800, was arriving from Dubai when it overran the runway and burst into flames.

Abu Dhabi and Dubai are two of seven semi-autonomous emirates that make up the U. A. E.

Dubai's growth began in the early 1980s when Sheikh Mohammed and his father pushed to diversify the economy in the face of dwindling oil.

Dubai World's request for a debt "standstill" should not be seen as a shock.

However, it also expects banks to accept some of the pain, as was the case in the Dubai World restructuring.

Dubai's potential as a new base for the booming Indian art market provided Christie's with a safety net.

Some bankers and investors also believe last week's Dubai World restructuring announcement was blown out of proportion.

He had visited Dubai about 20 times over the past three years without incident, he said.

This diversity discourages any real ethnic tensions and while conflict might rage further north in Iraq, Dubai so far has been trouble free.

Aidan Birkett, Dubai World's chief restructuring officer, hopes to finalise the plan within a few months.

In his speech, he urged the army not to harm the people and denied that he had been expelled from Dubai, his adopted home.

The trio were working with an 'ideologically inspired terrorist group' with links in Iran, Afghanistan, Dubai and Pakistan, the RCMP said.

He was in Dubai a couple of months ago and was stranded there because all the flights to Melbourne were full.

"It was a training camp in the heat of July in Dubai, " Bayon said.

While the Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai is the most widely referenced seven-star hotel, it was never formally awarded such a mark.

In bone-dry Dubai, luxury hotels like the Burj - al - Arab prove that water's no problem when money's no object.

The trigger was the debt standstill sought by Nakheel, the Dubai developer behind many of the emirate's flashiest construction projects.

The travails of Dubai Inc have left commentators struggling for the right phrase to describe Dubai World and its various siblings.

He ran Puntland with authority and ambition, grandiosely hoping to turn it into the Horn of Africa's Dubai.

Like Lehman, much of Dubai's collateral is real estate-related--and potentially even more distressed than the Wall Street firm's portfolio.

A debt standstill by Dubai World, a state-backed property venture in the Middle East, made bond investors more nervous about sovereign risk.

The Mid East Shopping Trip, Never to be Missed- Briefs of the Major Shopping Destinations in Dubai and Sharjah.

In recent years it has expanded in the Gulf, acquiring an investment banking licence at the Dubai International Financial Centre.

One of the bigger Dubai investors from Wenzhou is Hu Bin, chairman of Zhongzhou International Group Co.

But it was well worth their turning up to Dubai's, held on November 13th-17th, given the bumper orders they won.

But is Dubai about to give international banks a lesson in what happens when a government doesn't bail out its big companies as hoped?

However, it is Abu Dhabi, also a major city in the United Arab Emirates, that tops Dubai when it comes to the cost of home rentals.

A Dubai World spokesman declined to comment on when the company first informed bond holders about the standstill request.

He got his start in Toronto, but his comedy has been appreciated all over the world, selling out shows in Canada, the US and Dubai.

Dubai is not, after all, the only aspiring financial hub in the Gulf.

Seven people were killed when a helicopter crashed into an oil rig off the coast of Dubai, officials say.

He's said to have been on a flight from Dubai to Central Asia when his plane was ordered to land in Iran.

The government imposes few levies (Dubai has no income tax) and accounts for only $10 billion of the emirate's debts.

But for all Dubai's woes, the Gulf still needs a financial centre, a port, and a secure place to live, Mr Cooper points out.

Some brokers are now predicting that stocks in Dubai and Abu Dhabi will drop to their limits, with banks likely to be hard hit.

So far there's Hamburg, Dubai and Berlin where the shop is on the main shopping artery of Unter den Linden.

A. Dubai is still seen as the premier place to do business in the Middle East and beyond.

Previous attempts by the Dubai-based billionaire to visit Japan and other major nations have been stymied by a hostile Thai government.

International property advisers braced for a potential slew of instructions to sell trophy assets owned by Dubai World.

Earlier this month, Art Dubai, a fair, coincided with the preview of a sprawling group show, the Sharjah Biennial.

The Sultanate of Oman occupies the corner of the Arabian Peninsula nearest India, and lies between Dubai and Yemen.

And how is the Dubai World debt to be met, even after the six-month delay, if Abu Dhabi will not fund the rescue package?

Dubai "is in a mess, " said Nick Barnes, head of international residential research at Knight Frank.

Dubai World's announcement on Wednesday also sent the cost of insuring Dubai's debt against default soaring and bond prices tumbling.

Last week, Dubai's largest investment company called for a 6-month delay in paying some of its debts.

The financial district, normally a sleepy version of Dubai, is now moribund as Western expatriates have fled.

Thailand's ousted leader watched the proceedings from his exile home in Dubai.

Lazio see off Marseille Lazio have reached the Final of the Dubai Cup after defeating former European champions Marseille on Monday .

The fame-loving Hilton promised to dress conservatively and said her Dubai-based MTV series will be open to women only.

If that does not sound familiar , nothing screams Dubai more than the 7 -star hotel and indoor ski slope that are also part of the plans .

Drivers who observe traffic regulations will be awarded "White Points" by the Dubai police. This new system will be announced in a month.

Its intervention came after the Dubai debt crisis caused its own borrowing costs to rise alongside those of other Gulf states.

The MBA program at IMT-Dubai is designed to provide students with a solid foundation in the management disciplines.

Sultan bin Sulayem, head of Dubai World, said such moves by regulators were discriminatory and would deter him from investing.

Dubai makes an exhibition of its prosperity because its economy now depends on people with money.

Imposing architecture and sophisticated culture make Dubai one of the most beautiful tourist hot spots of the world.

Abu Dhabi and Dubai adhere to the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) economic policy, where limited restrictions apply on capital movements.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates are in the area of seven second-largest emirate (after Abu Dhabi), United Arab Emirates are the economic center.

COME April, the first tenants may finally be able to move into Dubai's Burj Khalifa, now the tallest building in the world.

MSU Dubai offers undergraduate degrees in areas including business, engineering, education and telecommunications.

Dubai already has the world's third-busiest international airport, with traffic growing at 20% a year.

Still, someone lent Dubai World the tens of billions it used to build glitzy real estate projects from Vegas to the Middle East .

Dubai came close to default last month until Abu Dhabi stepped in with a $10 billion bailout.

I followed in horror last week as the international media continuously featured Dubai in their headlines on television and online.

Make sure to pack anything that you are sure you will not able to get in Dubai.

Dubai World helped transform Dubai into a regional hub for finance.

Yet Dubai also has a liberal tax regime, small hydrocarbon revenues and a persistent fiscal deficit.

Last month it was the turn of delegates at an accountancy conference in Dubai.

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In Arab gulf region, dubai and a fund emirates etc are China's main custom-made horological export markets.

Dubai may have generated the biggest splash thus far, but much of the Gulf region has seen a surge of activity in recent years.

Dubai would, however, pay a heavy price in terms of reputation.

Dubai rode the wave of easy credit during the boom years generating phenomenal growth but was badly hit by the global credit crisis.

Istithmar, a Dubai government investment fund, is to open an office in Shanghai before the year's end.

Dubai is in the United Arab Emirates, a thirty-eight year old federation of seven territories ruled by emirs.

It has provided Dubai with $20 billion in emergency cash to help cover its debts.

But to lure Saadiyat's would-be 45, 000 home-owners away from the glitz of Dubai, next door, Abu Dhabi knows it must offer a bit more.

A British pair were sentenced to a month in prison in Dubai followed by deportation for kissing in public, Daily Mail reported.

Dubai Aquarium is one of the world's largest aquarium, the world's largest viewing glass.

Dubai World is Dubai government's flagship holding company that has developed some of the world's most extravagant real estate projects.

IN A Dubai branch of Nando's, a restaurant serving flame-grilled chicken, a sign informs customers that "Our neighbours are rich in oil. "

Global Investment House of Kuwait is badly hit too, and Shuaa Capital, Dubai's biggest investment bank, has had a torrid time.

PROS Spending money is Dubai's pleasure. Far from sneering at huge bonuses, Dubai celebrates such excess.

In Dubai, long an oil-rich Gulf symbol of rapid economic growth, the building reflects the city's hunger for global prestige.

But this is not because Dubai is backing down on its plan to force losses onto Dubai World's creditors.

The exhibit also explores Elderly camps in Dubai, which are no longer integrated into the city fabric.

Mauser is part of the Mauser group, controlled by Dubai Holding, and produces and supplies rigid industrial packaging.

Unease over Dubai's debt turned into global concern, and the cost of insuring Dubai debt against default started to rise sharply.

Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari has returned to Pakistan after receiving medical treatment in Dubai, officials say.

Dubai have identified European passport holders as suspects in the killing of a senior figure in Hamas.