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Emerging Geo's Please any Questions: send to breitlingcurrency@gmail.com I will get to your questions as soon as possible by personal e-mail, blog post or audio "If you Knew you could not fail, what would you try today? " Iraq seen poised to emerge as a favorite of investors. With its neighbors facing political and economic turmoil in the wake of the Arab Spring, Iraq could emerge as a business leader in the region, according to a panel of experts hosted by the World Bank.
“Iraq is going to attract a lot of interest,” Hamid Biglari, vice chairman and head of emerging markets and content at Citigroup, told business leaders at the “Investment Prospects in the Wake of the Arab Spring” conference on Wednesday. “Iraq has already went through its difficult stage.” Ian Bremmer, president of the Eurasia Group and another member of the panel, urged investors to take a good look at Iraq, which seems to have put decades of dictatorship, multiple foreign wars and a deadly sectarian conflict behind it.
“I completely agree that Iraq is the most exciting investment opportunity in the Middle East right now,” he said, “and we should get going.” In the coming year, Mr. “Everyone that pays attention to the Middle East is thinking about Iraq right now,” he said. Nevertheless, Mr. Foreign investment begins to pour into Iraq. By Jim Michaels, USA TODAY Updated 7/20/2011 1:08 AM WASHINGTON — Foreign investment is beginning to pour into Iraq this year, fueled by a growing confidence in the country's stability.
By Ahmad Al-Rubaye, AFP/Getty Images By Ahmad Al-Rubaye, AFP/Getty Images The amount of new foreign investment deals is on track to double this year, according to a report by Dunia Frontier Consultants, which specializes in emerging markets. The rush of investment this year reflects a new confidence in Iraq's stability and a reduction in risk, analysts say.
U.S. companies have been slow to get in on the investment opportunities in Iraq, even lagging behind countries that opposed the war, such as France. Last year, French companies represented 9.9% of the foreign investment in Iraq, compared with 4.7% for American companies, the Dunia report says. The U.S. This year, U.S. companies have shown more of an appetite for investing in Iraq. 'Re-evaluate the Iraqi market' U.S. business interest is growing. BMI: Iraq Infrastructure Report (Jun-11) « The Currency Newshound. Kurds: Formation of the new Iraqi gov't is summarized in 19 points. The negotiating team will continue its talks with the other blocs until a final agreement is reached for the formation of a new government.
After meeting with members of the Kurdistan Alliance team,www.ekurd.netPresident Barzani will hold several meetings in the next few days with representatives from the other Iraqi blocs in an effort to try to reach a final agreement and form a government as soon as possible. The Iraq Transition. The Transitional Administrative Law (TAL) was signed on 08 March 2004 by the Interim Governing Council (GC) of Iraq and will be the Supreme Law of Iraq during the transitional period.
The TAL sets out a path for the establishment of a representative and sovereign Iraqi government that protects fundamental rights and provides a stable political structure. The TAL will expire once a government is elected under a permanent constitution and takes office, which will happen no later than December 31 2005. The first phase of the transitional period began on 30 June 2004 when an Iraqi Interim Government was vested with full sovereignty, and the Coalition Provisional Authority was dissolved. Middle East - Shell, Mitsubishi Expected to Sign Iraq Gas Deal. Murtadha al-Jashaamy, deputy spokesman of Iraq's oil ministry, told Dow Jones that the initial contract should be signed on Tuesday.
The joint venture between Iraq's South Gas Co. (51 percent) Shell (44 percent) and Japan's Mitsubishi Corp. (5 percent) concentrates on gas from three of Iraq's southern oil fields - Rumaila, Zubair and West Qurna Phase 1, the DJ report said. The gas will be sold to the Iraqi government for domestic power generation, according to Dow Jones. Doing business in Iraq: oppportunities for the private sector. Jobs in Iraq. REBUILD IRAQ RECRUITMENT PROGRAM (-RIRP-) - A GERMAN INDUSTRY INITIATIVE TO REBUILD IRAQ - Regcomp11. List of Security Companies Doing Business in Iraq - Names, Addresses, Phone, etc. Security Companies Doing Business in Iraq From "Executive Summary and Key Conclusions - A Fistful of Contractors: The Case for a Pragmatic Assessment of Private Military Companies in Iraq," by David Isenberg BASIC RESEARCH REPORT 2004.
September 2004 The below list does not claim to be comprehensive; rather it is intended to be illustrative in order to show the wide range of shapes and sizes that PMCs come in and the scope of activities they perform. Some have been around for decades; others are newly created subsidiaries of other firms. Some have contracts directly with the CPA or the Army, other U.S. governmental agencies, or as subcontractors working for contractors, working for a government agency. Others work as subcontractors to primarily civilian contractors such as Halliburton, Fluor, GE, Parsons et cetera. Some individuals and small teams have simply incorporated a company and offer their services through it. AD Consultancy www.adconsultancy.com Headquarters: ADC House, P.O. Iraq Opens Up to Foreign Oil Majors. (Bloomberg) -- BP Plc and Exxon Mobil Corp. took the best deal they could get in Iraq last year when they won the largest oil contracts since addam Hussein was toppled in 2003.
Oil companies may wait a long time to get a better one. Parliamentary elections may produce a weak or unstable government incapable of tendering new oil contracts, said Samuel Ciszuk, a London-based analyst at IHS Global Insight. He said he does expect the 10 technical-services contracts won by Exxon, BP and 20 other companies to be honored.
"One thing that's fairly certain is there won't be a strong coalition, so it may take time for the next government to get its act together," Ciszuk said in a telephone interview. "Bottlenecks could hold up production increases" if no government forms by June. Western producers haven't had access to oil fields in southern Iraq since 1972, when the country nationalized production including concessions owned by the companies now known as BP, Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Exxon. DynCorp International Wins $915 Million Iraq Aviation Contract : GovCon Wire. Iraq: Agreements signed with Chinese auto companies. Great Wall Motor China More > , , , , Create alert for GonowGonow The Iraqi Ministry of Industry and Minerals said in a statement Tuesday that the General Company for the Automotive Industry had signed two contracts with two Chinese companies for the assembly and production of 7500 saloon cars and pick-ups.
These cars annual value of sales is put at to 99.05 billion dinars (about US$84 million). Iraq Says Signed Contract With Kogas to Develop Akkas Field. Iraq signed an agreement with Korea Gas Corp. (036460) to begin developing the Akkas natural-gas field, an Oil Ministry official said, ending seven months of delays in progress at one of the country’s biggest deposits of the fuel.
Marriott to open two hotels in Iraq. Marriott International today signed agreements with Empire Iraq to manage two new properties in Iraq’s Erbil. The agreements, signed at the newly inaugurated US Consulate in Erbil, cover a 200-room, upscale Marriott Hotels & Resorts-branded hotel and a 75-unit deluxe Marriott Executive Apartments property. Both are planned to open simultaneously in 2014. List of companies that have contracts in iraq. CNBC Recommends Investing In Iraq. Iraq News Headlines: Finance, Business & Politics. Classifieds in Iraq - by Allo' Expat Iraq. Baghdad : Aswat Al Iraq. Iraq Business News.