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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

This is an interesting and much larger economic discussion. It's hard to imagine that the world financial crisis doesn't eventually affect Dubai.

eventually?

I have friends in Dubai, American engineers that is, and they have been laid off in Dubai. They have serious money problems.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

eventually?

I have friends in Dubai, American engineers that is, and they have been laid off in Dubai. They have serious money problems.

It was tongue-in-cheek. It feels like a bigger racing related issue, however, than is being acknowledged.

[Linny]

The Maktoum family is more impacted the real estate markets than oil. Dubai is not as oil rich as it it heavily invested in real estate and related fields.