Sunday, December 6, 2009

Dubai World looks to sell assets in quest for cash - Houston Chronicle

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Dubai World looks to sell assets in quest for cash
Houston Chronicle
The iconic British cruise liner Queen Elizabeth 2 sits unused in a downtown Dubai port awaiting renovations to turn it into a floating hotel. ...

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Dubai World looks to sell assets in quest for cash - Washington Post

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Dubai World looks to sell assets in quest for cash
Washington Post
FILE - In this July 13, 2009 file photo, a dhow sails on Dubai creek as it passes the QE2 cruise liner in background docked at Port Rashid in Dubai, ...

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Dubai World looks to sell assets in quest for cash - Kansas City Star

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Kansas City Star

Dubai World looks to sell assets in quest for cash
Kansas City Star
AP Business Writer FILE - In this July 13, 2009 file photo, a dhow sails on Dubai creek as it passes the QE2 cruise liner in background ...

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Sailors' saviour honoured - Wandsworth Borough Guardian

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Sailors' saviour honoured
Wandsworth Borough Guardian
Mr Christianson also served as a chaplain on the QE2 during the 1970s. He is still in touch with many of the sailors he provided assistance to, ...

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Dubai World looks to sell assets in quest for cash - Atlanta Journal Constitution

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Dubai World looks to sell assets in quest for cash
Atlanta Journal Constitution
FILE - In this July 13, 2009 file photo, a dhow sails on Dubai creek as it passes the QE2 cruise liner in background docked at Port Rashid in Dubai, ...

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Dubai World prepares to sell overseas assets - Financial Times

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Dubai World prepares to sell overseas assets
Financial Times
... of its foreign investments and real estate assets abroad, which include the QE2, the cruise liner, and Cirque du Soleil, the Canadian circus operator. ...

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Expensive real estate investments precipitated financial crisis - Malaysia Star

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Malaysia Star

Expensive real estate investments precipitated financial crisis
Malaysia Star
Others like the QE2 cruise liner and a stake in MGM Mirage (Las Vegas gaming operation) are more ostentatious but it was the expensive real estate ...

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Dubai Holding next in line to default? - Times of India

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Dubai Holding next in line to default?
Times of India
The revelations of problems at Dubai World, owner of P&O Ferries and the QE2 cruise liner, comes as it prepares to meet its creditors on Sunday. ...

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Saturday, December 5, 2009

Wheathampsted couple's diamond day - Advertiser 24

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Wheathampsted couple's diamond day
Advertiser 24
The couple, who have two grandchildren, are keen on travelling and have enjoyed a number of cruises including the QE2 cruise to the Land of the Midnight Sun ...

Banks face fresh Dubai debt fears - Times Online

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Banks face fresh Dubai debt fears
Times Online
The revelation of problems at Dubai Holding comes as Dubai World, owner of P&O Ferries and the QE2 cruise liner, prepares to meet its creditors today. ...

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Friday, December 4, 2009

Debt pushes Dubai to the brink - Times of India

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Debt pushes Dubai to the brink
Times of India
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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Thursday, December 3, 2009

Couple's £22000 compensation for 'stressful' penthouse cruise - Telegraph.co.uk

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Couple's £22000 compensation for 'stressful' penthouse cruise
Telegraph.co.uk
They opted to stay in a luxury resort in Honolulu and sail back on the QE2 rather than continue on the £270 million liner to Southampton and Singapore. ...

Legal challenge to court payout over £59000 cruise complaint - Yorkshire Post

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Legal challenge to court payout over £59000 cruise complaint
Yorkshire Post
But he said they had left the cruise in Honolulu where they stayed for six weeks before boarding the QE2 home. The Milners had been refunded £48240 of the ...

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Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Defiant Dubai fails to quell investors' fears - Herald.ie

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Defiant Dubai fails to quell investors' fears
Herald.ie
The QE2 cruise liner, owned by Istithmar, has been mentioned frequently for a possible sale, as has Dubai World's stake in the London Stock Exchange.

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Micky drives a hard bargain - Mirror.co.uk

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Micky drives a hard bargain
Mirror.co.uk
Since arriving in Dubai last December, there has been little sign of the promised work to convert the QE2, the most famous liner in the world, into a luxury ...