Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Debt Crisis in Dubai

10 a.m. (ET)

Financial crisis in Dubai. The United Arab Emirates tries to calm global markets after Dubai's chief investment arm, Dubai World, asks for a delay in paying on its huge debt. Implications for the world economy?

Maya Soetoro-Ng in Dillon, South Carolina - Barack Obama's photostream via Flickr

Maya Soetoro-Ng

11 a.m. (ET)

President Barack Obama's mother spent fourteen years studying village industries in remote areas of Indonesia. His half-sister reflects on their mother's life, legacy, and recently published 1992 doctoral dissertation.

The Diane Rehm Show is produced by member-supported WAMU 88.5 in Washington DC.