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Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (trading week ending: 30th July 2026. Please click here to view a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. Note: ISX will be closed on August 3-4, 2026 (Monday and Tuesday), due to the official holiday in observance of Arbaeen of Imam Hussein. […]
By John Lee. The deputy head of the National Investment Commission (NIC), Salar Muhammad Amin, has met with Egypt's trade attaché to Iraq, Samir Qurashi, to discuss strengthening economic and investment cooperation between the two countries. The meeting, which was also attended by the director-general of the Relations and Media Department, Haider Hammad, covered mechanisms […]
By John Lee. Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi has received Germany's Ambassador to Iraq, Daniel Krebber, for talks on bilateral relations and economic cooperation. According to the Prime Minister's Office, discussions covered ways to strengthen cooperation across various sectors, as well as regional and international developments. Al-Zaidi highlighted the government's programme of economic, financial, and […]
From the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Investment in the Kurdistan Region Exceeds USD 25 Billion The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has, as part of broader ongoing efforts to diversify revenue sources and lay the foundation of […]
By Simon Watkins, for OilPrice.com. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Inside Washington's Quiet Bid to Break China's Grip on Iraq It looks like the U.S.'s renewed engagement with Iraq could signal a major shift back in Baghdad's geopolitical alignment away from […]
By John Lee. The Iraqi Private Banks League (IPBL) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) in Washington, DC, aimed at supporting Iraq's banking sector in financing the transition to a green economy and developing the country's energy infrastructure. The signing took place on the sidelines of Prime […]
By Nadim Kawach, for Arabian Gulf Business Insight (AGBI). Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq Corruption Crackdown to Cut Project Costs, PM's Aide Says Iraq's new government hopes an unprecedented crackdown on corruption will cut the cost of projects and […]
Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (trading week ending: 24th July 2026. Please click here to view a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. Rabee Securities' Market Indexes Change - Weekly Index Code Closings Change (w/w) (%) Change (YTD) (%) IQD-RSISX 2,834.7 1.93% 10.87% USD-RSISX 2,787.3 1.93% 10.87% […]
By John Lee. Iraq's Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi held a phone call with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Wednesday, covering bilateral relations and cooperation across economic, trade, investment, and migration sectors. According to the Prime Minister's Office, al-Zaidi expressed Iraq's interest in expanding economic ties and attracting German companies to invest in the country. He […]
By John Lee. Progress on the Development Road project was discussed during a meeting in Baghdad between Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi and Turkey's Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Abdulkadir Uraloğlu. According to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Al-Zaidi called for a clear mechanism to be established for financing and implementing the project, with practical steps […]
By John Lee. The Iraq Development Fund has identified investment opportunities worth $40 billion in goods currently imported into the country that could instead be produced domestically. Mohammed al-Najjar (pictured), head of the fund, told the state-run Iraqi News Agency (INA) that Iraq's annual import bill provides a measure of the scale of the opportunity, […]
By Guest Blogger. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. 1. A historic volume of agreements - 48 in total A total of 48 agreements, memoranda of understanding, cooperation agreements and partnership declarations were signed between public and private sector entities in Iraq […]
