Investor's Iraq ForumA forum community to discuss the New Iraqi Dinar and other investment opportunities in Iraq like the ISX - Iraq Stock Exchange and Iraqi Banks.Bombs target Shiite pilgrims!!- August 14, 2008 BAGHDAD - Two roadside bombs went off Thursday in separate Baghdad locations, killing a Shiite pilgrim and a policeman and wounding 16 people, most of them Shiite pilgrims headed on foot to the holy city of Karbala for a major religious festival, police said. ...http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?t=88511&goto=newpost President Talabani Leaves Mayo Clinic after Heart Surgery- August 14, 2008 Iraqi President Jalal Talabani Thursday has left the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, US and is recovering from heart surgery, Iraqi presidency website announced. President Talabani has travelled to the Mayo Clinic on August 2 for a surgery on his left knee. But while conducting general...http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?t=88510&goto=newpost Trade Bank of Iraq opens a branch and the first ATM in Najaf, South Iraq- August 14, 2008 http:www.iraqupdates.comp_articles.phparticle35180 Trade Bank of Iraq (TBI) today announced the opening of its eighth branch, which is in the city of Najaf, South Iraq, and has 28 new employees. TBI has brought the first ATM machine to the city and has also installed an ATM at Najaf...http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?t=88508&goto=newpost Will the Kurds fit into Iraq- August 14, 2008 http:www.iraqupdates.comp_articles.phparticle35188 explaination of the hold up of election, art. 140 long article but very to the point with no arabish!!!!http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?t=88507&goto=newpost Special contract of over 48m shares concluded in ISX- August 14, 2008 A special contract worth 48.82 million shares was concluded today in the Iraqi Stock Exchange (ISX). The contract was concluded with the Baghdad Hotel Company at a value of 9 Iraqi dinars (1 U.S. dollar = 1,119 Iraqi dinars) per share. The market opened its session this morning, the third this...http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?t=88506&goto=newpost Where did we come from- August 14, 2008 Where Did We Come From A little girl asked her mother, 'How did the human race begin' The mother answered, 'God made Adam and Eve and they had children and so all mankind began with His creation.' Two days later the girl asked her father the same question. The father answered, 'Many years...http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?t=88504&goto=newpost Iraq is reviving an oil contract with China worth 1.2 Billion Dollars- August 14, 2008 14 August 2008 (Iraq Directory) The Iraqi Oil Ministry stressed on that it was reviving an oil contract worth 1.2 billion dollars had been concluded with China, but was cancelled after the invasion of United States of America against Iraq in spring 2003. The ministry said in a statement that an...http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?t=88502&goto=newpost Dana Gas Eyes First Gas from Northern Iraq in September- August 14, 2008 DUBAI (Dow Jones Newswires), August 14, 2008 Dana Gas, the United Arab Emirates-based oil and gas company, will start natural gas production from a gas field in northern Iraq in September and is preparing to drill appraisal wells at a second field next year, a top company executive said Thursday....http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?t=88501&goto=newpost Iraq '09 Budget Could Reach $100B, Up $30B Over '08- August 14, 2008 IRAQ (Dow Jones Newswires), August 13, 2008 Iraq is expected to prepare a budget of up to $100 billion for 2009, an increase of $30 billion over 2008, if oil prices remain at their current level, head of the oil and gas committee at the Iraqi parliament said Wednesday. "The finance ministry...http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?t=88500&goto=newpost Iraq's oil profits huge while U.S. shoulders reconstruction- August 14, 2008 Tue Aug 5, 6:41 PM ET WASHINGTON Iraq has benefited handsomely from this year's surge in oil prices and is well-positioned financially to shoulder a greater share of its own economic and security needs, the U.S. government's accounting watchdog concluded in a report released Tuesday....http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?t=88499&goto=newpost |