Alexander Smith
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Position: Columnist
I am a Reuters columnist specialising in financial services -- particularly investment banking, M&A and corporate finance. I am based in London, but have lived and worked in Spain and South America. I have been a journalist and editor for almost 19 years and before moving into commentary at the beginning of 2009 I was the editor responsible for Reuters coverage of company news in Europe, Middle East and Africa.
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Dubai will pay for Abu Dhabi aid
Abu Dhabi is not going to crow publicly over Dubai's troubles. But it will use the opportunity to assert control over its upstart neighbor. The price for Abu Dhabi's help could be prize assets like Emirates airline . Dubai has little choice but to do what it is told. Full Article | Comments [2]
Stop the Dubai World, I want to get off
At long last, Dubai has admitted what has been obvious to everyone else for months: it can't pay its debts. Full Article | Comments [5]
Bankruptcy best for overloaded JAL
Japan Airlines needs a new flight path. It has no hope of breaking even without jettisoning huge debts, massive pensions obligations and a bloated cost base. Even a last-minute deal with its pensioners ... Full Article
