How Will Dubai Weather The Global Financial Crisis? | Gov Monitor

Steve Wynn, the man whose luxury edifices such as the Bellagio and the eponymous Wynn with its sister the Encore have helped turn Las Vegas into a high-end resort, has been quoted as saying that he expects the United States to have positive GDP growth by April 2011. ... When Dubai built the Burj Al Arab, its iconic sail-shaped hotel, Abu Dhabi responded by commissioning the Emirates Palace, a vast and fabulous white elephant on the edge of its city. ...