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Still, Qatar insists it is not trying to become the next Dubai. Emir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, Qatar's ruler, doesn't want to make his country a global capital, so much as use his nation's gas resources to move what was once a tribal, Bedouin society into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Lessons of Dubai | 2/22/2010 | See Source »

Other countries in the gulf are spinning the same line: cherry-picking the best of Dubai while avoiding the worst. Saudi Arabia, the region's behemoth, has ambitious plans for new development, and Riyadh, its capital and biggest city, is bound to host the central bank for a proposed future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Lessons of Dubai | 2/22/2010 | See Source »

And then there's Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates. Dubai's staid big brother has re-exerted political and financial control over its profligate sibling, mostly because it has an interest in Dubai's success. Dubai's port and airport are among the largest in the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Lessons of Dubai | 2/22/2010 | See Source »

Unusually heavy rains that began Feb. 3 have caused floods in the Mexican state of Michoacán, on the central Pacific coast, and in Mexico City, the nation's capital. At least 40 people have died; a dozen others were missing after a mudslide covered a busy highway. More than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World | 2/22/2010 | See Source »

The credit crunch wasn't as hard on Goldman Sachs as it was on some other companies. Why then did it still ask for money under that first set of bailouts in 2008? -Mulkah Ade, London We brought nine big banks into Treasury and asked them to all take capital...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Henry Paulson | 2/22/2010 | See Source »

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