Dubai debt fallout puts stocks into slide – Norwalk News – The …

Concerns that a government-backed investment company risked defaulting on $60 billion in debt ripped through world markets and served as a reminder of how fragile the financial system remains a year after it nearly collapsed. …

Investors.com – Republic Of Debt

After all, Dubai’s total debt of $60 billion or so is but a rounding error on the U.S. deficit of $1.4 trillion in fiscal 2009. Yet world markets plunged sharply when Dubai announced that its debt-fueled building boom had left it unable …