Yes, there are some deals that must be had. Kuwaiti princes… I’m looking at you!
How would you like to own a prime piece of Manhattan real estate?
It seems the Chrysler Building is up for sale. For only $800 million dollars you too can be an owner of a shiny sky scraper! Well you better step up your offers because the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, or ADIA wants to buy it first. ADIA is basically a giant investment firm run by Abu Dhabi, a city in the United Arab Emirates.
You may remember two years ago when Dubai Ports World wanted to buy out some of the major United States shipping ports raising fears over national security. The nerd patrol in Capitol Hill said that it was a bad decision and thoroughly quashed the deal to sell our port systems to a nation in the middle east.
Well if you don’t have that $800 million to spare you better hurry up because the next time you walk through Manhattan the Chrysler Building might look like this.
But wait, there’s more!
For the low low price of only $47 Billion dollars you can buy yourself some Budweiser, well… all of it really! A Belgian company wants to take over the major American beer company that you all know and love. It seems that they’re finally tired of pot, and want to try some beer.
Crazy dutchmen.
Finally…
TRAINS!!! CHOO CHOO!!
It seems that a shadowy corporation known only as The Children’s Investment Master Fund. Is trying to buy out CSX which runs most of the freight on the East Coast of the United States and links our military bases. Yes, you two can bitch around the United States Army and major corporations.
I personally welcome our new masters. Welcome Children’s Investment Master Fund!
Make me King of the Eastern Seaboard and I will ensure the co-operation of your servants!
June 15, 2008 at 2:57 am
I’m sorry, maybe I’m just dense or it’s too late–but I really don’t get the meaning of this post. Are you saying it’s a bad thing to sell the Chrysler Building to an Abu Dhabi firm? If so, why?
June 15, 2008 at 10:37 am
Chris, you fail to realize that this is exactly what makes NYC the greatest city in America. Our ability to put our prejudices and worries aside and let people conduct buisness as usual has made us New Yorkers as successful as we are. The UAE has some of the most intellegent economists in the world. After watching the economic turmoil in America over the past few years, maybe this is exactly what we need, outsiders with a good plan coming in and turning us around; just like we’ve done for the past 400 years. Just because they’re Muslims doesn’t mean they want to kill us. To bring back the Dutch reference…the world is finally handling itself much like the Dutch handled New York (then New Amsterdam) and allowing people to conduct buisness. Lets put aside the fear and prejudice and lets make some good money
As far as the picture goes… I seriously doubt they would buy the Chrysler Building and turn it into a giant spiral minaret in the middle of downtown Manhattan. When China finally took back Hong Kong…what did they do? Nothing. Because they knew whatever was going on in Hong Kong was working. If it ain’t broke…don’t fix it.
June 15, 2008 at 5:52 pm
In my defense, the article was meant to be satirical. I’m not exactly Lou Dobbs.
However I don’t think it’s smart business sense to sell off your key assets. If someone is going to buy them, they obviously think that they can make these businesses either successful or increase their success so these aren’t exactly businesses losing money.
This article just goes to show (or intended to show) how the American Economy is struggling, amid rising oil prices, a weakening dollar and the up and coming economic superpowers in the Middle East.
We’ll basically become renters in our own society. Personally, I’d rather own a house than rent one.
July 22, 2008 at 11:23 pm
This is so messed up. We need to stop losing everything.