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By Ahmed Mousa Jiyad. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The Ministry of Oil should withdraw its plan to offer 12 new oilfields. In a rather surprise move, the Ministry of Oil (MoO) announced its “intention” to offer 12 medium and small […]
By Padraig O'Hannelly. The Iraq Britain Business Council (IBBC) has had to cancel its Autumn Conference, originally scheduled for 6th November in Dubai, due to circumstances beyond its control. A spokesperson told Iraq Business News that planning is now underway for an alternative conference to be held in Baghdad in December, with details to be […]
By Padraig O'Hannelly. A new LinkedIn group has been created to help promote new businesses in Iraq. The Iraqi Crowdsourcing Group is dedicated to Iraqi entrepreneurship, projects, business ideas, solutions to problems Iraqi startups face, and innovation to ensure that successful and efficient new businesses are created. It has been set up by Aziz Al […]
Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 20th Oct 2016). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. The RSISX index ended the week at IQ883 (+2.7%) / $875 (+11.3%) (weekly change) (-19.0% and -23.6% YTD change, respectively). The number of week traded […]
The Elaborated Economic Conference for Investment Projects in Iraq was held in Baghdad on 17th October, organized by the Supreme Committee of Provincial Coordination and the National Investment Commission (NIC), with the attendance of a number of Parliament members, Ministers, Governors, Heads of Provincial Councils, Heads of Provincial Investment Commissions in addition to representatives of […]
Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 6th Oct 2016). Note: ISX will be closed on Oct. 12, 2016 due to the Day of Ashura. Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. The RSISX index ended the week at IQ793 (+2.7%) / […]
By John Lee. The Government of Antigua & Barbuda has shelved plans for an Iraqi-funded project, which Prime Minister Gaston Browne (pictured) had claimed to be worth “several hundred million dollars”. Browne said on Tuesday that the project, part of the Citizenship by Investment Programme (CIP), was now “off the table”. It was to have been […]
Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 29th Sept 2016). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. The RSISX index ended the week at IQ772 (+1.7%) / $765(+0.9%) (weekly change) (-29.1% and -33.2% YTD change, respectively). The number of week traded shares […]
Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 22nd Sept 2016). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. The RSISX index ended the week at IQ760 (+2.5%) / $759 (+2.5%) (weekly change) (-30.3% and -33.8% YTD change, respectively). The number of week traded […]
By John Lee. Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr Ibrahim Al-Jaafari met the British Minister of State for International Development Mr Rory Stewart in London on Saturday. Both sides discussed a number of important issues, especially the return of the displaced families to their homes after liberating their towns from Da'esh. His Excellency said that Iraq […]
By John Lee. TThe Khoshnaw Group, a Kurdish private company, has reportedly bought the Ishik educational institutions in Iraqi Kurdistan. BasNews says that the chain of fee-paying schools and universities were affiliated with the Gulenist Movement in Turkey, and are attended by nearly 40,000 students. No further details of the deal and the future administration […]
Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 8th Sept 2016). Note: ISX will be closed starting from Sep. 11, 2016 to Sep. 15, 2016 due to the national holiday of Eid Al-Adha. The next session will be held on Sunday, Sep. 18, 2016. Please click here to download a table […]
