A ranar 25 ga Nuwamba, 2009, gwamnatin Dubai ta sanar da cewa kamfanin "yana da niyyar tambayar duk masu samar da kudade ga Dubai World don 'tsayawa' da kuma kara tsawon lokaci har zuwa akalla 30 ga Mayu, 2010". Kamfanin ya kori ma'aikata 10,500 a duk faɗin duniya. A wannan lokacin, Dubai World yana da bashin dala biliyan 59, wanda ya kai kusan kashi uku cikin uku na bashin dala biliyan 80 na masarautar. Wannan ya haɗa da bashin dalar Amurka biliyan 3.5 wanda kamfanin bai iya biya ba a ranar ƙarshe ta Disamba.
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