Posts Tagged ‘Dubai’

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Debt free is the way to be. CITI Group to pay back $20 Billion to US Government.
Thanks to Wikicommons
Imagine for a moment someone owes you money (sounds familiar?) and then they tell you they may be, um… a little late paying it back (sounds rather too familiar?).
Now imagine that debtor is Dubai World, a company owned by the oil- rich emirate of Dubai (one of seven emirates, similar to states in the US) that makes up the United Arab Emirates.
Now imagine they owe you the hefty sum of $59 BILLION DOLLARS. (Yes, that’s BILLION). …read more.
