Archive | 11th June 2012

Dunia Weekly Iraq Market Tracker

Advertising Feature Iraq Business News is delighted to bring you the latest Iraq Market Tracker report from Dunia Frontier Consultants. The market tracker highlights the activities and market performance of a basket of publicly traded firms who derive a significant percentage of their revenues from operations in Iraq, but are traded on foreign exchanges: a […]

DNO's AGM Presentation; Oil Confirmed at Peshkabir-1

DNO International ASA, the Norwegian oil and gas company with operations in Iraqi Kurdistan, is holding its Annual General Meeting in Oslo at this morning. Please click here to download the presentation made by the Managing Director, Helge Eide. A statement from the company added: "The latest results from testing of the Peshkabir-1 well in […]

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KRG Hosts Activity Update with UN Agencies

The KRG Department of Foreign Relations and the UN agencies in Kurdistan have agreed to strengthen mechanisms for sharing information. The meeting was organised by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Department of Foreign Relations (DFR) to provide an opportunity for a comprehensive activity report between the DFR and the various UN agencies, as well as […]

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On-Farm Trials: Tools to Reduce Poverty

By Layth Mahdi, Agricultural Advisor. The opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. On-farm demonstration trials are used to teach farmers to improve their agricultural practices and increase yield. It serves as one of the most valuable extension education program to help farmers to […]

CIA to Downsize in Iraq

The CIA is reportedly planning to cut the number of personnel in Iraq to 40% of what it had at the height of the Iraq war, when Baghdad was the headquarters of the largest CIA station in the world. At that time, there were more than 700 members of the CIA there. Supporters of the […]

US Army Major Jailed for Iraqi Kickbacks

A U.S. Army major who pleaded guilty to accepting $20,000 in bribes from an Iraqi contractor was sentenced last week to six months in federal prison, according to a report from Reuters. In addition to his prison sentence, Christopher Bradley, aged 42, of El Paso, Texas was also ordered to pay restitution. Federal prosecutors said […]

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Iraq Stock Market Report

Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 7th June 2012). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. ID1,291 / $1.407,  (+0.7%) (weekly change). The number of week traded shares was 8.0bn and the weekly trading volume was ID13.1bn ($11.0mn).   ISX Company […]