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Iraqi Firms Need Foreign Expertise as much as Capital

By on 2nd January 2013 in Sherif Salem

By Sherif Salem. While attending an investment conference in Erbil in November, I was struck by a theme that came through in almost all my meetings with listed-company executives: a desire to engage with foreign companies. It seems as if expertise is more in demand than capital as companies look to grow and take advantage […]

Higher tariffs on hold

By on 21st February 2011 in Iraq Banking & Finance News, Mark DeWeaver on Investments and Finance

On February 14, the National Iraqi News Agency reported that the import tariff increases originally scheduled to go into effect on March 6 are being suspended until further notice. (The story is at http://www.ninanews.com/english/News_Details.asp?ar95_VQ=FFHEEK.) This is not surprising. With protestors already in the streets in some places, now can hardly be the best time to […]