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Baghdad, 08 February 2012 -- 93% of entrepreneurs involved in ACTED’s pilot apprenticeship scheme in Thi Qar Governorate reported satisfaction with it, according to survey results assessing the scheme’s ...
08 February 2012 -- The International Finance Corp (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank, has announced a $124m investment in Lebanese-owned regional insurer Medgulf, in a move aimed at helping ...
Baghdad, 08 February 2012 -- Huge numbers of Iranian pilgrims visit Shiite holy places in Iraq each year but businesses have grown wary of transactions in the Islamic republic's rial as it declines ...
Najaf, 08 February 2012 -- A National Alliance Representative has called for Iraq to create 500,000 jobs annually by activating the country's investment sector.
Baghdad, 08 February 2012 -- The government is trying to reclaim money that was transferred abroad before the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Baghdad, 08 February 2012 -- The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) has sold US$37 million in its Tuesday auction for sale and purchase of foreign currencies, versus 21 million dollars in its previous session, ...
07 February 2012 -- Jordan's Housing Bank for Trade and Finance on Monday posted a 13 percent year-on-year rise in 2011 net profit to 100 million dinars, bolstered by healthy growth in its core retail ...
Dubai, 07 February 2012 -- Tightening international sanctions against Iran look set to shrink its economy, push up inflation and further erode its currency, but they may fail to deliver a knock-out ...
07 February 2012 -- Iraq’s parliament reconvened last week after the Iraqiyya bloc ended its two-month boycott protesting the alleged persecution of Sunni officials and the arrest warrant issued ...
Karbala, 07 February 2012 -- A National Alliance MP commented that investment requires the drafting of new laws and real governmental support in order to eliminate unemployment.
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