Some mixed news for Emaar properties, one of Dubai’s — state owned — master developers. That is, mixed news, not in a share of good and bad news, but rather in the fact that the bad news was tinged with goodness.
The company posted a 69 per cent decline in net profits for the second quarter of this year, which is obviously not good news. However, the decline was largely put down to the equity-hit the company took for writing off its 30 per cent stake in Dubai Bank, which was taken over by the government earlier in the year. This is being reported as good for the company, because it removes a “corporate distraction” and absolves the firm of any further calls for equity injection. In short: allowing the developer to concentrate on development.
