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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: Elroy who wrote (278600)3/6/2006 1:46:49 AM
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A controversial ports deal has raised new questions about the booming Arab sheikdom. Inside one of the world's most modern, and yet mysterious, monarchies.

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Acquisitions are key to DP World's expansion strategy, but it got its new U.S. holdings almost by accident, as part of the deal when it purchased P&O of Britain last year. The P&O-controlled terminals in the United States would require major investment to bring them up to the cutting-edge standard of DP World facilities at home in Dubai. "Believe me, they didn't set out to acquire six small properties in the U.S.," says Stephen Flynn, a transport expert at the Council of Foreign Relations in New York. "What really interests them are the P&O holdings in India and China."
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