The recent debt crisis in Dubai revealed how jittery the markets remain after the dark days of gigantic bank bailouts.

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Others are selling Venezuelan debt to avoid further losses in the wake of the Dubai financial crisis.

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For years, Dubai consistently bested its smaller sibling, but the city's debt crisis and its downfall has allowed Abu Dhabi to shine.

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Its proponents hope the grandeur of the Burj Khalifa--as it was recently renamed, for the Abu Dhabi president who's financial bailout saved Dubai late last year--will make stakeholders forget the Gulf state's crushing debt crisis.

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