Dubai Debt Leads To Abadoned Cat And Dog Problem (VIDEO)
GlobalPost looks at Dubai's abandoned pet problem. ...
GlobalPost looks at Dubai's abandoned pet problem. ...
Sophie Schmidt | Posted 05.25.2011
I've now been in Dubai long enough to chuckle at the disparity between "routine maintenance" and "near-catastrophic engineering failure." My recent trip to the Dubai Mall was the latest instance.
AP | ADAM SCHRECK | Posted 05.25.2011
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Visitors on the observation deck of the world's tallest tower heard a loud boom, then saw dust that looked like sm...
AP | ADAM SCHRECK | Posted 05.25.2011
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The world's tallest skyscraper has unexpectedly closed to the public a month after its lavish opening, disappointi...
Posted 05.25.2011
(AP) DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Dubai opened the world's tallest skyscraper Monday, and in a surprise move renamed the gleaming glass-and-metal to...
Project Syndicate | Kenneth Rogoff | Posted 05.25.2011
There are those that revel in what they see as a come-uppance for brash Dubai's outsized ambitions. I, for one, do not share this view. Yes, Dubai, wi...
AP | ADAM SCHRECK | Posted 05.25.2011
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Dubai World, the cash-strapped conglomerate at the center of Dubai's debt crisis, appears set for an unaccustomed ...
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
NEW YORK — Gold prices fell for the first time in 10 days and oil slid as jitters over debt problems in the Middle Eastern city of Dubai drove t...
AP | ADAM SCHRECK | Posted 05.25.2011
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Tiger Woods' business partners in Dubai on Wednesday wouldn't comment on the golfer's personal woes, but say despi...
Fareed Mohamedi | Posted 05.25.2011
Despite this proclivity towards over-borrowing, the fundamentals of the Dubai model are still sound. The infrastructure has been built and is still very useful, and the underlying business logic is still very viable.
Posted 05.25.2011
Dubai's decade of oil wealth, property speculation and wild dreams created a roster of projects that are awe inspiring in their ambition. The world'...
AP | STEFANIA BIANCHI | Posted 05.25.2011
DUBAI --Dubai's government Monday said it received $10 billion in financing from Abu Dhabi, which will pay part of the debt held by conglomerate Dubai...
AP | BARBARA SURK | Posted 05.25.2011
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — For years, Dubai seemed unstoppable, an oasis of excess boasting indoor ski slopes and manmade islands, the world'...
Johann Hari | Posted 05.25.2011
Once the manic burst of building has stopped and the whirlwind has slowed, the secrets of Dubai are slowly seeping out.
GlobalPost | Christopher Booker And Tomd Hundley | Posted 05.25.2011