quinta-feira, novembro 26, 2009

O Dubai afunda-se em dívidas ...


Segundo as últimas notícias poderemos estar perante uma segunda vaga de falências financeiras de dimensão desconhecida visto que ainda hoje na Bolsa de Londres as cotações dos principais bancos ingleses se afundaram para além dos 7 e 8%...
A encerrar o ano, e perante um dólar no mínimo de há 4 anos, a UE, e mesmo o Mundo podem vir a sofrer um duro golpe na tentativa de recuperação económica já em curso.
Parece que a construção de edifícios, na sua maioria destinados ao luxo asiático e à exibição da maior inutilidade, mesmo com mão-de-obra barata importada, mas financiados pelos maiores bancos mundiais, nada garante de bom ou de útil...

Pode ler-se já no Washington Post:
"DUBAI - Just a year after the global downturn derailed Dubai's explosive growth, the city is now so swamped in debt that it's asking for a six-month reprieve on paying its bills - causing a drop on world markets Thursday and raising questions about Dubai's reputation as a magnet for international investment.

The fallout came swiftly after Wednesday statement that Dubai's main development engine, Dubai World, would ask creditors for a "standstill" on paying back its $60 billion debt until at least May. The company's real estate arm, Nakheel - whose projects include the palm-shaped island in the Gulf - shoulders the bulk of money due to banks, investment houses and outside development contractors.

In total, the state-backed networks nicknamed Dubai Inc. are $80 billion in the red and the emirate needed a bailout earlier this year from its oil-rich neighbor Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates.

Markets took the news badly - with the Dubai woes and the continued fall of the U.S. dollar giving investors twin worries.

In Europe, the FTSE 100, Germany's DAX and the CAC-40 in France opened sharply lower. Earlier in Asia, the Shanghai index sank 119.19 points, or 3.6 percent, in the biggest one-day fall since Aug. 31. Hong Kong's Hang Seng shed 1.8 percent to 22,210.41.

Wall Street was closed for the Thanksgiving holiday and most markets in the Middle East were silent because of a major Islamic feast

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