Monday, November 30, 2009

Dubai FUBAR - CounterPunch

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Dubai FUBAR
CounterPunch
... an old passenger ship ( actually the respectable but useless nevertheless QE2) and a long long row of dry as a bone shimmering in the heat bunch of ...

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Restructuring plan fails to lift Dubai stocks - Independent

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Restructuring plan fails to lift Dubai stocks
Independent
Other assets included in Dubai's network of sovereign wealth and investment firms include the QE2 cruise liner, the Emirates airline and the Travelodge ...

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Leaders in Dubai refuse to ease woe - nebusiness.co.uk

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Leaders in Dubai refuse to ease woe
nebusiness.co.uk
Other assets included in Dubai's network of sovereign wealth and investment firms include the QE2 cruise liner, the Emirates airline and the Travelodge ...

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Dubai cast adrift as credibility crumbles - CNN International

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Dubai cast adrift as credibility crumbles
CNN International
... encompass stakes in retail brands such Barneys, a golf complex in South Africa, a holding in a ski resort near Aspen in the US and the QE2 cruise liner. ...

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Dubai adrift as credibility crumbles - Peninsula On-line

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Dubai adrift as credibility crumbles
Peninsula On-line
... stakes in retail brands such Barneys, a golf complex in South Africa, a holding in a ski resort near Aspen in the US, and the QE2 cruise liner. ...

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Fear of creditor wipe-out as Dubai jettisons conglomerate - Times Online

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Fear of creditor wipe-out as Dubai jettisons conglomerate
Times Online
Dubai World will be restructured and some of its assets, which include Turnberry golf course in Scotland and the former cruise ship QE2, are likely to be ...

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Dubai government washes its hands of $59bn debt built up by Dubai World - guardian.co.uk

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Dubai government washes its hands of $59bn debt built up by Dubai World
guardian.co.uk
... ports business that includes the former P&O, the QE2 liner, and the property firm behind some of the more outlandish developments of the last decade. ...

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Dubai debt crisis continues to rattle world markets - HULIQ

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Dubai debt crisis continues to rattle world markets
HULIQ
Other news reports today predict that Dubai World will sell some assets, such as the QE2 cruise ship, to help pay off debts. The reports also speculate that ...

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Sunday, November 29, 2009

Dubai Or Not To Buy - AboutMyArea

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Dubai Or Not To Buy
AboutMyArea
The Sunday Times reported that Dubai was organising panic sales of some of its most high-profile assets, including the QE2 cruise liner and Turnberry golf ...

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COLUMN - Dubai can't rely on friendly creditors: Neil Unmack - Reuters India

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COLUMN - Dubai can't rely on friendly creditors: Neil Unmack
Reuters India
... the standstill and trying to enforce security over the holding company's assets -- which include the QE2 cruise liner and port operator DP World. ...

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Sellers swamp Dubai as markets re-open after Eid - ShareCast

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Sellers swamp Dubai as markets re-open after Eid
ShareCast
Aidan Birkett of Deloitte is expected to propose the sale of some of trophy assets, which include the QE2 cruise liner and Scotland's Turnberry golf course. ...

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Debt Crisis Fuels Dubai Stock Market Plunge - Original Bristol 106.5FM

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Debt Crisis Fuels Dubai Stock Market Plunge
Original Bristol 106.5FM
Other assets included in Dubai's network of sovereign wealth and investment firms include the QE2 cruise liner, the Emirates airline and the Travelodge ...

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Market jitters over Dubai debt crisis - ITN

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ITN

Market jitters over Dubai debt crisis
ITN
Other assets included in Dubai's network of sovereign wealth and investment firms include the QE2 cruise liner, the Emirates airline and the Travelodge ...

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Dubai silence on debt reignites market fears - Times Online

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Times Online

Dubai silence on debt reignites market fears
Times Online
... leading the project, is likely to draw up a list of trophy assets that could be easily sold, such as the QE2 cruise liner and Turnberry golf course. ...

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Debt-hit Dubai's shares plummet - The Sun

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Debt-hit Dubai's shares plummet
The Sun
Other assets included in Dubai's network of sovereign wealth and investment firms include the QE2 cruise liner, the Emirates airline and the Travelodge ...

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Wharf echoes as the World caves in - This is London

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Wharf echoes as the World caves in
This is London
... ski resort near Aspen, Colorado, Turnberry golf course in Scotland, an upmarket New York men's outfitter and even the former Cunard liner the QE2. ...

Global markets bounce as Dubai fears ease - Times Online

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Times Online

Global markets bounce as Dubai fears ease
Times Online
... leading the project, is likely to draw up a list of trophy assets that could be easily sold, such as the QE2 cruise liner and Turnberry golf course. ...

Advisers head to the Gulf as rumours swirl - CITY A.M.

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Advisers head to the Gulf as rumours swirl
CITY A.M.
These include the QE2 cruise ship and the Turnberry golf course in Ayrshire. Rothschild, long-standing advisers to the government of Dubai, ...

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UAE offers to support losers in Dubai crisis - Irish Times

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UAE offers to support losers in Dubai crisis
Irish Times
The company has also invested in the QE2 cruise liner, Emirates airline and the Travelodge budget hotel chain. Dubai World may seek to sell assets to solve ...

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November 28, 2009: Dubai Illustrates That Sukuks May Be Junk Bonds - istockAnalyst.com (press release)

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November 28, 2009: Dubai Illustrates That Sukuks May Be Junk Bonds
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
Bondholders are getting lawyered-up and will likely demand that assets such as the QE2 liner and other so-called investments in entities such as the ...

UAE central bank vows to honour Dubai's debts - guardian.co.uk

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UAE central bank vows to honour Dubai's debts
guardian.co.uk
The QE2 liner and the Turnberry golf course are also set to be released. Dubai sources suggest that Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Makhtoum, vice-president ...

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Saturday, November 28, 2009

UAE to back banks amid Dubai meltdown - Ireland Online

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UAE to back banks amid Dubai meltdown
Ireland Online
Other assets swept up by Dubai's network of sovereign wealth and investment firms include the QE2 cruise liner, the Emirates airline and the Travelodge ...

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Dubai World refuses to sell assets cheaply: report - France24

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Dubai World refuses to sell assets cheaply: report
France24
Emirati men walk past the Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) cruise liner as it rests in port in Dubai in 2008. Dubai World, the heavily indebted United Arab Emirates ...

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QE2 sale on the cards for troubled Dubai World? - Hotelier Middle East

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QE2 sale on the cards for troubled Dubai World?
Hotelier Middle East
Stricken conglomerate Dubai World may be forced to sell several of its assets to appease its lenders — including the QE2 ship ...

Abu Dhabi works on rescue deal - The Press Association

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Abu Dhabi works on rescue deal
The Press Association
But other assets swept up by Dubai's network of sovereign wealth and investment firms in the boom years included the QE2 cruise liner, the Emirates airline ...

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Oasis of the Seas: the ship that mistook itself for a city state - guardian.co.uk

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Oasis of the Seas: the ship that mistook itself for a city state
guardian.co.uk
I decide the Oasis, which sails out of southern Florida, is partly a tribute to XXXL, the American god of girth (although the cruise ship is 17 decks high ...

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Dubai: Just deserts - Times Online

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Dubai: Just deserts
Times Online
It recently bought Barney's, the upscale US department store, the QE2 cruise ship, Madame Tussauds and Turnberry golf course in Scotland. ...

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Abu Dhabi rides in to rescue Dubai - Times Online

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Abu Dhabi rides in to rescue Dubai
Times Online
The bankers drafted in this weekend to advise Dubai say they now expect a speedy sale of some of its most high-profile assets, such as the QE2 cruise liner ...

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How Dubai's dream sank in a sea of debt - Times Online

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How Dubai's dream sank in a sea of debt
Times Online
It bought the Turnberry golf course in South Ayrshire and paid £50m for the QE2 liner. It sought luxury hotels to add to its portfolio, ...

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Friday, November 27, 2009

BUY, BUY, DUBAI'S £36BN CRISIS SALE - Mirror.co.uk

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BUY, BUY, DUBAI'S £36BN CRISIS SALE
Mirror.co.uk
Luxury cruise liner the QE2 could be one of debtladen Dubai's first trophy assets to be put up for sale. ...

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SELL-OFF THREAT TO TOP ATTRACTIONS - UK Express

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SELL-OFF THREAT TO TOP ATTRACTIONS
UK Express
Dubai investors also bought the QE2 cruise liner for £50million to turn into a floating hotel moored off the emirate's Palm Islands complex. The ship is ...

Rothschild appointed to help sell Dubai World assets - Telegraph.co.uk

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Rothschild appointed to help sell Dubai World assets
Telegraph.co.uk
The team is tasked with assessing the group's assets, which is likely to result in a large scale sell-off of assets as varied as the QE2 cruise liner; ...

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Dubai World to face assets review - UPI.com

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Dubai World to face assets review
UPI.com
"The QE2 is one of them. It's part of the restructuring process, though it's too early to say whether there's any sale in mind." In addition to owning the ...

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Has Dubai gone bust? - GlobalPost

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Has Dubai gone bust?
GlobalPost
... that includes the famous Turnberry golf course in Scotland, Barneys clothing store, the QE2 cruise ship and a 20 percent stake in Cirque du Soleil.

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Thursday, November 26, 2009

Dubai may sell QE2 to tackle debt crisis - Telegraph.co.uk

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Dubai may sell QE2 to tackle debt crisis
Telegraph.co.uk
The Queen Elizabeth II, the world's favourite cruise liner which was bought by Dubai World's subsidiary Nakheel to be turned into a floating hotel, ...

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Dubai debt crisis could lead to fire sale of London properties - This is London

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Dubai debt crisis could lead to fire sale of London properties
This is London
Dubai investors also bought the QE2 cruise liner for £50 million to turn it into a floating hotel to be moored off the Palm Islands development in the ...

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Desert storm - The Sun

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The Sun

Desert storm
The Sun
The famous QE2 ocean liner retired last year by Cunard, supposed to become a floating luxury hotel, may end up on the scrap heap. Plans for Dubai versions ...

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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

We have had enough of the most pointless Parliament for 350 years - Telegraph.co.uk

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We have had enough of the most pointless Parliament for 350 years
Telegraph.co.uk
Strange that QE2 saw fit to dissolve the Australian parliament a few years ago , for far less reason than is facing the UK today . Seems to me that somebody ...

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Monday, November 16, 2009

Astute submarine launched into high seas - Telegraph.co.uk

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Astute submarine launched into high seas
Telegraph.co.uk
The Astute, the first attack submarine to be built in Britain almost two decades, has a listening system that can detect the QE2 cruise liner leaving New ...

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Thursday, November 12, 2009

New Costa ship naming plans - SoCruise (blog)

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New Costa ship naming plans
SoCruise (blog)
The newest Costa Cruise liner, Costa Deliziosa, is going to have her naming ceremony in Dubai, which will make her the first cruise ship to be inaugurated ...

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Monday, November 9, 2009

Dubai Naming Ceremony for Costa's Newest Ship - CruiseCritic.co.uk

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Dubai Naming Ceremony for Costa's Newest Ship
CruiseCritic.co.uk
(11:15 am EST) -- Costa Cruises has announced that its newest ship, Costa Deliziosa, will be named in Dubai -- the first-ever cruise ship to be inaugurated ...

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Dubai Naming Ceremony for Costa's Newest Ship - Cruise Critic

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Dubai Naming Ceremony for Costa's Newest Ship
Cruise Critic
Costa Cruises has announced that its newest ship, Costa Deliziosa, will be named in Dubai -- the first-ever cruise ship to be inaugurated in an Arabian city ...

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QE2's final destination still undecided - Maktoob Business

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QE2's final destination still undecided
Maktoob Business
Nakheel confirmed in July that the QE2 cruise liner, which was bought to be used as a floating hotel off the Palm Jumeirah man-made island, being developed ...

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Sunday, November 8, 2009

Nakheel Palm Jumeirah apartment handover begins - National

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Nakheel Palm Jumeirah apartment handover begins
National
The Marina Residences are located close to a site that had been earmarked for the ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2, which was bought by a sister company of ...

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How Haye won: Round by round - The Sun

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How Haye won: Round by round
The Sun
VALUEV looked like the QE2 liner trying to turn in Liverpool dock. Haye's hit-and-run tactics were paying off but he was caught by a stinging left hook just ...

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Tributes to Shields man who helped design QE2 - Shields Gazette

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Tributes to Shields man who helped design QE2
Shields Gazette
Robert Coats, who has died at the age of 94 at his home in Shropshire, was one of the design engineering staff who worked on the luxury liner when it was ...

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Tuesday, November 3, 2009

At The Shore Today - Press of Atlantic City

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At The Shore Today
Press of Atlantic City
Her solo work has taken her to Tokyo, and she has also performed aboard the QE2 ocean liner. What To Expect: Rowe will be joined on stage by four other ...

Sunday, November 1, 2009

World's largest and most lavish cruise ship squeezes under Danish bridge ... - Daily Mail

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Daily Mail

World's largest and most lavish cruise ship squeezes under Danish bridge ...
Daily Mail
It was a very tight squeeze indeed considering there was only a 2ft gap between the world's largest cruise ship and the bridge it passed ...

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Heineken buys Globe Pub Company to salvage contracts - For more hospitality ... - CatererSearch

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Heineken buys Globe Pub Company to salvage contracts - For more hospitality ...
CatererSearch
31 October, Read the full article in the Sunday Telegraph >> The world's largest, greenest cruise ship – which has been described as a “motorised, ...

World's largest and most lavish cruise ship squeezes under Danish bridge ... - Daily Mail

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Daily Mail

World's largest and most lavish cruise ship squeezes under Danish bridge ...
Daily Mail
At least that is how it's likely to look tomorrow when the South coast - briefly - gains a massive new landmark as the world's largest cruise ship stops off ...