Japan and Iraq agree to expand business partnership
Japan and Iraq convened their first economic meeting, hailing a new investment accord as a key step in strengthening bilateral ...
Country: Other Middle East
Iraq holds 4th postwar oil and gas auction
A Kuwaiti-led energy consortium won the right to search for oil and gas in southern Iraq as part of the ...
S&P maintains Kuwait credit ratings at AA
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said it has maintained sovereign credit ratings for Kuwait at AA on strong financial resources ...
Iraq and Germany discuss cooperation in construction and residential projects
Iraq's Ministry of Construction and Housing has discussed with the German ambassador in Baghdad ways of joint cooperation in the ...
Microsoft appoints first official Iraq distributor
Microsoft Corp. says it has appointed a local company to distribute its products in Iraq in what it says is ...
Lukoil to bring Asian partners to Iraq
Russia’s No.2 oil producer Lukoil is enjoying higher 1Q earnings and seeking partnership with Asian oil firms to participate in ...
First railway tracks project in Kuwait underway
The Undersecretary of Ministry of Public Works Abdul Aziz Al-Kuleib says the Ministry is working on the project of constructing ...
Arab advertising market to reach $5bn in 2012
Deloitte & Touche projected the advertising market in the Arab world to reach $4.9bn in 2012, constituting an increase of ...
GCC cement sector profits up 21.2% in first quarter
Profits of the GCC cement sector increased by 21.2 percent in Q1, 2012. Net profits increased from $359.5 million in ...
Economic outlook for Middle East in 2012 improves sharply
Middle East economies are set to beat forecasted figures this year, with the GDP growth of 3.8% in 2012 and ...
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