These activities shift capital into projects that have little or no long-term value, such as speculative real-estate developments in the swamps of Florida.

这些行为将资本注入几乎没有价值或没有长期价值的项目，比如投机于在佛罗里达州沼泽地中开发的不动产。

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Luxurious real-estate developments like the Dolfin Hotel, which opened last January, have emerged along the seafront, waking Pitsunda's tourist industry from years of comatose postwar decay.

像去年一月开张的杜尔·弗林宾馆一样，海滨如雨后春笋般出现的奢华建筑群使匹斯达战后沉睡多年的旅游业得以复苏。

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The rise in the value of Kingdom Holding's hotel assets and real estate developments has offset some of the losses from Citi, says Kingdom Chief Financial Officer Shadi Sanbar.

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Vingroup now has a portfolio of 31 real estate developments: 12 have been completed, 3 are under construction and the rest are in some stage of preconstruction planning (several projects are on hold, so as not to drive down the prices of other inventory, given the soft market).

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These activities shift capital into projects that have little or no long-term value, such as speculative real-estate developments in the swamps of Florida.

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