Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 26

28-Jun-2010

UAE

US Investigation Halts Dubai World Shipping Subsidiary Sale

Troubled conglomerate Dubai World has reportedly suspended the sale of one of its key assets, Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), as a result of an investigation into the company by the US Department of Justice. Istithmar, Dubai Worlds private equity arm, had been planning to sell off the entity as part of a fundraising drive to help clear up the conglomerates $23.5bn of debt, and...