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| Iraq says competition deciding factor in oil deals |
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| Iraq announced that it would be guided by the principle of competition when awarding contracts to global energy companies hoping to cash in on the country’s vast oil and gas fields. |
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| Iraq’s GDP to double by 2009 |
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| Merrill Lynch expected Iraq’s nominal GDP to double by the end of 2009 on the strength of high oil prices and an increase in oil production. |
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| Iraq eyes 44% budget boost to record 70bn |
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| Iraq''s Finance Ministry wants to raise its 2008 budget by 44 percent to a record $70 billion, cashing in on record oil prices to rebuild shattered infrastructure, the government''s spokesman said. |
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| Iraqi businessmen call on Japanese companies to invest in Iraq |
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| Iraqi businessmen called on Japanese companies to invest in Iraq, while Japanese businessmen expressed readiness to come to Iraq. |
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| Iraq establishes new oil company |
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| The Iraqi government is to establish a new oil company with a proposed capital of more than 9.5 billion Iraqi dinars (USD 7.9 million) and converting Maysan oil fields into a public company and disassociating it from the a statement to KUNA. |
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| Baghdad has hired thousands of independent contractors to complete small-scale projects that are beginning to dot the shattered cityscape |
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| Since the 2003 invasion, piles of rubble and filth have become the new icons of Baghdad. Broken sidewalks, gaping potholes, hulking neighborhood ramparts, concertina wire and other impediments have made movement through the city, either by car or on foot, slow, hazardous and demoralizing. |
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| Iraq may be a tough market, but for those prepared to take the plunge, the potential rewards are enormous |
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| When Wilson Varghese, president and CEO of Kalimat Telecom, pitched the idea of establishing a nationwide fixed-wireless voice and data network in Iraq in 2004, many investors thought the idea was little more than a brave but foolhardy venture with little chance of success. |
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| Turkish delegation expressed intention to invest in Iraq |
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| The major aim of the Turkish delegation that recently visited Iraq is the Turkish government’s intention to invest in the country, in the fields of electricity, power, and transportation, the Iraqi Ministry of Trade’s media spokesperson said. |
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