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Dubai World may Pull Out of Malaysian Maritime Project

DUBAI — The Dubai government’s investment arm, Dubai World, is contemplating pulling out its stake in the 16 billion ringgit or $4.5 billion Malaysian maritime centre project with local infrastructure and utility firm MMC Corporation Bhd., as the global economic slump takes its toll on the government-run company’s projects abroad.

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Man Behind Atlantis Succumbs to Heart Attack

DUBAI — Kerzner Development, a unit of Kerzner International Holdings Inc, which developed the Atlantis hotel complex in Dubai, confirmed on Wednesday that its president Jim Boocher has died of a heart attack on Tuesday morning in El Jadida, Morocco, where he was overseeing the finishing touches of the company’s new development at Mazagan.

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