Word on the Street Thursday 1/25/18

Word on the Street Thursday 1/25/18:

TNT CONFERENCE CALL WEDNESDAY 1/24/18 DC NY CALL RECAP:
Ray: Good afternoon TNT Superfantastic Family. Today is Hump Day. Things are kind of quiet as far as Intel. Last minute things trickling in. The only real update is that everything is status quo.
Tony: Good morning TNT. It is a good day and looking at an email I just received and talked to some people this morning. Lower denoms, Iraq exposing lower denoms last week and they were out doing that. We know we are that close and know it is supposed to go this month. Even though they have scheduled it to go and put in a request for this to go. It is still sitting there. The main banks believe it will stilll happen this week. The rates are still the same. They put out a pay schedule today and start paying next week at what rate. Sovereign rate or next higher rate. You are looking at rates. In Iraq they will have more buying power and two years to turn in their 3 zero notes. We have been here for a while and 1.20 per note on the ZIM is what they would get in order to get 3 zero notes off the streets in Iraq for 3 years. That is their exchange in Iraq. We are just sitting around waiting and hearing everything is on schedule. Banks looking with 72 hours. It is now visible and know is clear. All we are waiting for is a release. All the technical part is done. Iraq has done all they were supposed to do. We could see it this week. Do we need Abadi to be in Iraq and Trump in the US? No. Our country will use this as a stimulus plan. All is supposed to start with February's paycheck. It was scheduled for this month. That is all I have to talk about.
Qand A:
Q: Is what Tony is talking about the buy or sell rate? Ray: We are talking about the sell rate which is the value of the currency. Q: For dinar reserves can we pay them off . Tony: If you need to go get a loan to pay it off there is more than one way to skin a cat. Q: 25 year payout? Who will pay us.Tony: It was limited to 25 years since banks didn't want contracts more than 25 years. Q: If the currencies are being in a joint account and no NDA is signed do we both have to go to the bank? Tony: No. Q: How do we get daily/weekly interest? Tony: Ask for it. Q: regarding taxes do we put 50% aside and do we need to keep dinar in a separate account. Tony: I would still do that until you see it go through. Dinar will be taxed and the rest won't and we hear it will be taxed before we get it. Q: Will you reaffirm the currencies in the first basket. Tony: Ray has the list and we will find out about the currencies in the future if you have 10 million net worth and ask the wealth manager about future opportunites. I will tell you if you put your money to work making money, it doesn't matter. Long as it makes money for you. Q: You recommended not to exchange all our currency at once. How will we know the rates. Tony: They will tell you the rates at the banks and we will give you the rates that they give us too. We already told you the range. You have to negotiate the rates. All is negotiable and the more currency you have the more negotiable it is. Q: I went to my Chase bank and asked if I could exchange a dinar note. It showed $2.40 and not $3.71 but could not be exchanged. Tony: Yes some people say rates last week. Q: Is there a cap on exchange? Tony: If a couple purchased it seperately then they can exchange to the cap on each person. There is more than one way to skin the cat. I would get a gift letter if you give it away since someone will be paying the taxes. Q: Is there expectation of the US Dollar going up. Tony: The whole GCR top coming down and the bottom coming up. Does it means USD will drop to 70%. No it does not. The dollar will drop when the yuan becomes a reserve currency. Q: Are the tax treaties applicable to more than the US and Canada, and is it for just on the Dinar or VND? Tony: Yes, this was applied to in Canada. Q: Will all WF managers be informed when we RV? Tony: There are wealth managers that are well aware of the exchange.
Callers: Caller: 404 Catnip: Appreciate all the snippets and insight. I remember years back this will be done when the banks are closed? Tony: It still makes sense to me. I used to tell you that. I haven''t been hearing that exactly. What they have done now on phone calls to be on stand by. Now there are a group of wealth mangers looking what is happening and told to be ready originally after the market closed. Anytime other than that, I would be surprised. Catnip: PM Abadi is at the Davos Forum. What is you source saying about that? Tony: They are not really paying attention to that, since it has no relationship to the currency. They already know the date and time. The closer we get to the end of the month, the closer we get to it. Could it happen when they are still there on Friday evening in Davos? Yes. They know it is supposed to go. They are just waiting to call themselves International. Caller: Tennesee: You heard it has been supposed to you many times, but it didn't go. Tony: It was supposed to go under Obama, and didn't want it just to go for the money. Then the terrorists took over Iraq. They wanted to make sure Iraq was stable before it would go. Trump comes in and says I am going to let it go, since I know what happened when Clinton had it. It is a new tax law and all this money is going to come into this economy just like what happened with Clinton with Kuwait. That is how Trump wants to do it and hide it from the tax man. That is why he is pushing to see this in February, and more so than ever we will see this happen. It was supposed to happen in December and then on the first working day in January. Iraq said they would have everyone paid by the 12th, and then we will do it. They didn't get all their debt wiped out till last Saturday. Saturday night 11 pm they met all the qualifications, so I believe it is going to happen by the end of this month. Tax plan kicks in on the first paycheck in February. Next week people getting tax returns and this will fit right in. Exchange locations hours, bankers were told will be open 7 am to 7pm. Caller: In New Zealand they are not selling dinar now. They had been orignally but not now. I am curious can you give us a hint of Tier II money would look like? Tony: I don't know yet. Tier may be 5 or 600 million just don't know where it will start out at. Caller: 604 British Colombia With regards to signatures do you have to take your husband with you to exchange? Tony: I don't know if that is a requirement, but I am pretty sure that is what they want. I can't definately answer that question. With an NDA they will want your spouse to sign it too. Caller: 219 Post RV going from fiat to asset backed, do you expect we will have major price adjustments and should we wait on purchasing items? Tony: When we went from gold to non gold back what happened. No prices changed. Noone even noticed it. With gold and asset backed nothing is going to change. It doesn't matter as far as currency. Caller: Nevada; Didn't you say last week there won't be any taxes? Tony: Yes, we are being told there are no taxes. Caller: Arkansas: What is the difference of Tier 1, tier 2 and 3 banks. Tony: Tier one are your larger banks such as WF, Chase, Citi, B of A. Tier 2 based on the amount of currency those banks can hold and Tier 3 are the smaller banks Caller: 954 Zim if it is over 500 million you would have to have a payout of 25 years. If I exchange 1/2 in one bank and another. Tony: HSBC and WF will be the only ones doing the ZIM.
Wrap Up:
Ray: That is going to do it for now. That will be it for this segment and hopefully this will come in !
Tony: Everyone is sitting on pins and needles meaning government people, and this is sitting right there. I look at everyday is our last day till the end of the month. Whether it is Friday or the 31st, I know they want it to look like this is the tax plan not the GCR. Everyone have a Superfantastic Day.
Ray: Ditto what Tony said. Enjoy your Hump Day Everyone!

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USD/VND	22,671.5000	22,741.5000	22,675.5000	22,284.0000	22,284.0000	387.5000	07:11
USD/CNY	6.3214	6.3234	6.3690	6.3078	6.3687	-0.0473	07:15
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Tomorrow .. Opening of the ATM for teachers and teachers in Dhi Qar

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Dhi Qar / Al-Ghad Press:

Dhi Qar Education Directorate announced on Wednesday the opening of an ATM for teachers and teachers of the province, stressing that this step is the first of its kind in the education of the provinces. The Director of Education, Riyad Al-Omari told "Al-Ghad Press" that "the Directorate of Education opens on Thursday ATM to pay the salaries of teachers and teachers in the province, in a move considered the first of its kind at the level of Iraq's education

He pointed out that ATM will contribute to the rapid disbursement of salaries of teachers and teachers, without waiting for long hours in the queues on the gates of banks stressing that "the notification of salaries will come after 24 of his arrival to banks He explained that "the province now owns 5 ATMs in the Directorate of Education and will apply the experience of payment through ATMs to 750 teachers and teachers in the provinceAll 500 teachers and teachers will have their own ATM," he said, noting that "the center of the city of Nasiriyah will contain 45 ATMs

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US Deputy Secretary of State Visits Baghdad

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aljournal January 25, 2018

A member of the House Foreign Relations Committee, Renas Jannu, met Thursday with US Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan to visit Baghdad on Sunday.

"Sullivan will arrive in Baghdad next Sunday," Jano said, noting that the visit comes with the aim of activating the strategic framework agreement between the two countries in the diplomatic, political and economic aspects, according to the semi-official Al-Sabah newspaper.

He said that "Sullivan will hold meetings with the relevant parties to reach a formula of agreement between all parties, and to address mechanisms and plans and projects that would activate the strategic framework agreement on more than one level."

"The American side was one of the main factors in the process of change that took place in Iraq in 2003, so it should be the level of responsibility for this change to be positive," he said. "There are political solutions that can address the real problems in the country, "Adding that the adoption and the advancement of these agreements between Iraq and the United States of America is a guarantee for the achievement of security and stability.

Five thousand cases against the Ministry of Finance due to delayed salaries

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Journal News January 25, 2018

Sources confirmed in the province of Nineveh the existence of a large campaign to collect the signatures of five thousand employees, in preparation for filing a lawsuit against the Ministry of Finance to demand the salaries of employees saved », indicating that« the legal and judicial way will be open to the people of Nineveh to recover their rights ».

"We sent our demands on the budget (11) to the government, but did not take them, and did not make any changes to the budget," she said, adding that "the issue is not political or aimed at embarrassing the Prime Minister, but it is a matter of rights must be returned.
For his part, the deputy of the Anbar province, Salim al-Issawi, that «our regions and our provinces exhausted by the war against Da'ash», adding that «the infrastructure is destructive».
The federal government plans to reconstruct liberated areas and return displaced people before elections are held.
However, Issawi believes that this endeavor can not be achieved in light of the "lack of technical capabilities in our regions." He pointed out that "demands to postpone the elections are realistic and logical, and the government must provide the appropriate environment for holding elections before going to them."
He also pointed out that «the Electoral Commission needs funds to hold elections on time, and so far did not receive anything».

Proposal to cancel the monthly deduction of salaries of employees in the budget

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January 25, 2018 A member of the Finance Committee MP Faleh al-Sari that the monthly deduction rate of salaries of employees of 3.8% will be lifted from the draft budget for 2018 to the absence of the need of the government imposed in 2015 when the fall of oil prices in world markets. The MP said in a televised statement that " Finance will submit a draft abolition of monthly deductions from the salaries of employees in preparation for the abolition of this paragraph of the draft budget when voting on them in the coming sessions.

The MP that "the government was suffering from the deficit in the budget when oil prices fell to $ 28, confirming the stability of the price of a barrel of oil over $ 56 during the last period."

He said that "in case of cancellation of the deduction, the government should return the amounts of deductions to employees and retirees starting in January of this year."

Barzani and UN Deputy Secretary-General discuss the latest developments in the dialogue between Erbil and Baghdad

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He stressed the importance of the support and participation of Kurdistan in the conference to reconstruct Iraq ...

Nechirvan Barzani and Jeffrey Feltman

On Wednesday, the head of the Kurdistan Region's ministers, Nechirvan Barzani, met with UN Deputy Secretary-General Jeffrey Feltman and discussed with him the latest developments in the dialogue between Baghdad and Erbil. He stressed the importance of support and participation of Kurdistan in the reconstruction conference.

Barzani and Feltman met on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Switzerland.

The President of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Nechirvan Barzani, also met Wednesday, both the Jordanian monarch King Abdullah II, Prime Minister of Armenia Karan Karaptian, and Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi on the sidelines of the Forum.

Barzani, during his meeting with Feltman, touched on the work of the joint technical committees between the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Iraqi government, with the aim of solving the existing problems between the two sides. He also talked about his recent visit to Baghdad and stressed that the Kurdistan Region is committed to dialogue and resolving differences within the framework of the Iraqi constitution, Region.

With regard to the file of the displaced, Nechirvan Barzani said that the Kurdistan Region has provided great assistance to refugees and displaced people, stressing the importance of support and participation of Kurdistan in the conference to reconstruct the race in Kuwait.

During the meeting, the two sides also discussed the issues of accelerating the return of displaced persons, the aid of the province to the Christians and Yazidis and the continuation of such assistance.

Pope Says Fake News Is Satanic, Condemns Use in Politics

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Thursday, January 25, 2018
Pope Francis on Wednesday condemned fake news as satanic, saying journalists and social media users should shun and unmask manipulative “snake tactics” that foment division to serve political and economic interests.
“Fake news is a sign of intolerant and hypersensitive attitudes, and leads only to the spread of arrogance and hatred. That is the end result of untruth,” Francis said in the first document by a pope on the subject, Reuters reported.
The document was issued after months of debate on how much fake news may have influenced the 2016 US presidential campaign and the election of President Donald Trump.
“Spreading fake news can serve to advance specific goals, influence political decisions, and serve economic interests,” the pope wrote, condemning the “manipulative use of social networks” and other forms of communication.
“This false but believable news is ‘captious’, inasmuch as it grasps people’s attention by appealing to stereotypes and common social prejudices and exploiting instantaneous emotions like anxiety, contempt, anger and frustration,” Francis said.
He called for “education for truth” that would help people discern, evaluate and understand news in order to recognize the “sly and dangerous form of seduction that worms its way into the heart with false and alluring arguments”.
Francis compared the use of fake news to the Bible story of the devil, who, disguised as a serpent, persuaded Eve to eat the fruit of the forbidden tree. He said she was fed wrong information by Satan, who told her the fruit would make her and Adam as all-knowing as God

Marine International provides technical support to Iraqi ports and maritime sector free of charge

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Release Date: 2018/1/24 19:50 • 134 times read

(KUNA) - The World Maritime Organization (IMO) has agreed to provide support to Iraqi ports and the maritime sector, without charge, Transport Minister Kazem al-Eamy said on Wednesday.

Al-Hamami said in a statement received by the agency {Euphrates News} copy today, "With extraordinary efforts and unprecedented, the Iraqi Ambassador to London Salah Hussein al-Tamimi succeeded as the Permanent Representative of Iraq in the World Maritime Organization and in fruitful cooperation with the representative of the Ministry of Transport, What we have been looking at for a long time. "
He pointed out that "the Organization has expressed its agreement with an official letter to provide the required technical support for the Iraqi ports, and the development of the maritime sector without charge."
"Most of our training programs will be fully subsidized and free of charge, ensuring that Iraq is in the throes of maritime progress," Hamami said

Parliamentary Finance: 2018 budget appointments confined to this body

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January 24, 2018

The Finance Committee of the Parliament revealed on Wednesday that the Financial Budget Law of 2018 limited the appointments with the approval of the Council of Ministers after it was the powers of the Minister.

The committee member MP Jabbar al-Abbadi said in an interview with local media and the agency [media treasures] that "the reason for the disruption of the adoption of the budget is to keep the proportion of Kurdistan region," pointing out that "there are parties harmony of the Kurds in disrupting the passage of the budget under various pretexts" .

He added, "We are determined to reduce the proportion of Kurdistan within the budget and as determined by the government," calling for "to stay away from the exploitation of the issue of the budget for election propaganda."

Abadi said that "the issue of appointments in the budget and within the version sent by the government, it has identified the appointment of the Council of Ministers and not the minister."

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Iraq to resume compensation of the invasion

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2018/01/25

KUNA) - Kuwaiti Deputy Foreign Minister Khalid al-Jarallah said on Wednesday that Iraq has resumed payment of Kuwaiti compensation for the Iraqi invasion in 1990 and has started paying the installments.
Al-Jarallah told reporters after the participation of the Indian embassy in the country on the occasion of the National Day that the compensation will be paid in cash under an agreement under the umbrella of the United Nations program until the end of 2021.
On the property of Kuwaitis in Iraq, he stressed that the property of the citizens are present, preserved and established and there is contact with the brothers in Iraq on enabling Kuwait to dispose of its property.
The United Nations Compensation Commission announced that the rate of payments from the Iraqi Fund for compensation to Kuwait will increase annually until 2021.
Payments from the fund were suspended in October 2014 due to security challenges and the difficulties Iraq faced in its budget.4f

What did Israel advise Kurdistan to confront its economic crisis?

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Journal News January 25, 2018

Kurdistan has difficulty securing salaries for its employees and paying off debts over the past two years, putting the region at risk of economic collapse.

To overcome the crisis in the Kurdistan region, Israeli experts see the most important options to overcome the crisis, the most important to reach a revenue sharing agreement with the central government, to pay Baghdad salaries of civil servants in the region.

The provincial government should allow the use of oil pipelines from Kirkuk through marketing from the Iraqi oil company "Sumo," the experts added.

The government in Kurdistan managed to control Kirkuk and its oil rights, produced about 700 thousand barrels per day, and exports about 550 thousand barrels per day to Ceyhan. With the loss of Kurdistan to Kirkuk, production of about 350 thousand barrels per day, and at current oil prices, generate revenues far less than what is required of the employees of Kurdistan.

Iraq did not make a decision to exempt Jordanian products from customs duties

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25-01-2018 12:58 AM

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According to identical sources, the Iraqi authorities have not yet implemented the decision to exempt Jordanian products from customs duties, and are still collecting these fees in varying percentages.

This comes despite a decision by the Iraqi authorities last month to exempt Jordanian products from customs duties.

The sources, who asked not to be named, said that the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Supply began to move quickly and addressed the Iraqi side in order to emphasize the need to comply with the application of the exemption of Jordanian products from customs duties.

The sources indicated that the Ministry of Industry is currently waiting for the response of the Iraqi authorities to the communications sent to them; the response is expected to be decisive today (Thursday), either by agreeing to apply or waive the exemption.

The sources said that the Ministry of Industry circulated lists of goods exempt from customs duties on the industrial sector after the Iraqi authorities supplied to Jordan.

For his part, said an Iraqi official source at the Iraqi embassy in Amman, "The delay in the implementation of the decision to exempt Jordanian products is due to delay in reporting to the Iraqi customs authorities of the decision, denying that there is a retreat from the decision to exempt, especially as this decision of the Iraqi Council of Ministers."

He added that the staff of the Iraqi embassy in Amman is following up with the authorities of his country to implement the decision to exempt Jordanian products and circulate to the Iraqi ports.

This comes at a time when the Minister of Industry, Trade and Supply expressed the judges last month that Iraq will begin to implement the decision to exempt 371 Jordanian goods from customs duties to enter its markets earlier this year, "which did not happen until now, as confirmed by industrialists.

Industrialists expressed their fears that the Iraqi authorities would retract their commitment to Jordan to exempt Jordanian products from customs duties imposed on all imports by 30% by the end of 2016.

The invoices for the clearance of goods exported to Iraq show that the Iraqi authorities have levied customs duties on them.

The head of the committee to follow up on export issues to Iraq, Hassan al-Smadi, said that Jordanian products exported to Iraq are still imposed customs duties by the Iraqi authorities in varying degrees.

Al-Smadi said that the products included in the decision to exempt fees, which have been announced recently, the Iraqi authorities still pay their customs duties.

He called on government agencies to communicate with the Iraqi authorities to implement the decision to exempt Jordanian products from customs duties.

He pointed out that many of the owners of Jordanian factories to export to Iraq until the implementation of the decision to exempt Jordanian products from customs duties.

He stressed that the application of the exemption of Jordanian products from Iraqi fees encourages the increase of exports and gives advantage to Jordanian products to compete within the Iraqi market.

He reiterated that Iraq is one of the most important trading partners of Jordan, the main nerve of the Jordanian industry, and enjoys the priority and priority of many Jordanian traders, importers and industrialists who prefer his market to other markets.

It is noteworthy that the Committee to follow up the export issues to Iraq was established in 2015 by the General Authority in the Chamber of Industry Oman.

The value of national exports during the first ten months of last year increased by 843.6 thousand dinars to 274.88 million dinars instead of 274.05 million dinars compared to the same period of 2016.

Jordanian exports to Iraq peaked in 2013 to reach 882 million dinars, while in 2016 they fell to 330 million dinars.

Despite the decline of Jordanian exports to Iraq, but the industrial sector maintained the export to Baghdad before the reopening of "Trebil" at the end of August, through the road through Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to Iraq or through the sea route through the port of Aqaba to the port Umm Qasr through Jebel Ali Port, despite the high shipping costs and the length of time required for the arrival of the goods.

The Iraqi government decided to reduce the tariff rates imposed on imports of goods as of the beginning of this year, with a minimum fee of 0.5% and a maximum of 30%.

The Director General of the Industry of Oman, Dr. Nael al-Husami, said that the industrial sector is still waiting for the decision to apply the exemption of Jordanian products from customs duties; there is a state of anticipation of industrialists until the implementation of the decision and benefit from it.

He called on government bodies to communicate with the Iraqi authorities in order to implement the decision and increase trade exchange between the two countries.

He said the revival of trade relations between the two countries requires that Iraqi trucks be allowed to enter Jordan for direct loading from the factory land or allow Jordanian trucks to enter Iraq loaded with goods.

He explained that allowing trucks to enter the two countries reduces shipping costs by not less than 36%, and allows the loading of larger quantities of goods, especially since the method used to ship goods to Iraq through the exchange yard caused an increase in shipping costs and damage to goods.

Davos discusses balancing the Middle East

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The meeting was held on Wednesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, with the participation of Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir, UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash and Bahraini Foreign Minister Khalid Bin Ahmed.
Al-Jubeir said that Iran is the darkest view in the Middle East, stressing that Iran is trying to revive an empire destroyed hundreds of years ago.

"There is a loss of confidence with Iran. Iran has the people, culture and history we know. On the other hand, there is the situation since 1979," said Bahraini Foreign Minister Khalid al-Khalifa.

"Iran must change its actions and be part of the international alliance to protect the region."

Gargash said that militancy must be fought and that the countries of the region should be natural states by creating local solutions.

"We must win the war on terrorism and stop funding extremism," the UAE minister of state for foreign affairs said at a symposium run by American journalist Thomas Friedman.

Iran, Iraq Set to Jointly Develop Shared Oilfields

https://financialtribune.com/articles/energy-economy/80689/iran-iraq-set-to-jointly-develop-shared-oilfields
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Iran and Iraq have reached an agreement to jointly develop two shared oilfields in the southern Khuzestan Province, according to a deputy at the National Iranian Oil Company.
We are collaborating with Iraq is some [joint] fields. An agreement has been made to integrate the development of two small oilfields in the city of Khorramshahr," Gholamreza Manouchehri, deputy for development and engineering at the NIOC, was quoted as saying by ISNA on Tuesday.
He did not disclose the name of the fields or the framework of the agreement. But the remarks echo a statement by Iraqi Oil Minister Jabar al-Luaibi in September that Baghdad would soon sign a deal with Tehran to jointly invest in two oilfields.
Integrated development of oil and gas deposits shared by two or more countries is an increasingly common practice that helps to cut back production costs and maximize output and profit.
Iran shares a spate of oil and gas reservoirs with neighboring countries, including several oil deposits with Iraq that shares over 1,400 kilometers of border with Iran to the west.
Iran also draws over 500 million cubic meters of gas per day from South Pars, a giant offshore gas deposit in the Persian Gulf that is shared with Qatar and contains ultra-light crude oil in deeper layers.
With a daily output of around 3.8 million barrels, Iran is the third-largest OPEC producer after Iraq that currently pumps close to 4.5 million barrels per day.
Holding the fourth-largest crude and second biggest gas reserves in the world, Iran has assigned a high priority to develop its shared reservoirs.
Iran hopes to sign a contract to develop its giant Azadegan Oilfield, a giant deposit of 33 billion barrels of crude that lies near the Iraq's Majnoon Oilfield in Basra.
Manouchehri said efforts are underway to launch a tender for Azadegan, which was singled out as the first development project to be tendered since Tehran lifted the veil on its new model of contracts, known as IPC, in late 2015.
Azadegan is located in the West Karoun oil block that holds around 67 billion barrels of crude.
South Pars Deal
Manouchehri said a deal with French energy company Total to develop an offshore phase of South Pars is underway, but the deal requires further considerations.
"Total has not backed out of the deal, but the NIOC has decided to look more carefully at the details of the agreement because Total is also present on the other side of the field", Manouchehri said.
Total signed a $5-billion deal in July last year to develop Phase 11 of South Pars in Collaboration with China's CNPC and Iran's state-owned Petropars.
Complicating Total's presence in Iran is the partnership of the French company with Qatar Petroleum in Al-Shaheen, the oil layer of South Pars/North Dome whereof Iran began extracting crude just a year ago.
"Negotiations on the oil layer [of South Pars] have made good progress, but there are some ambiguities because of Total's ownership" in the oil layer of the joint field, the official said.

Tamimi discusses with Agence France-Presse representatives ways to support the agricultural sector

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The head of the Committee on Agriculture and Water MP Fratt Tamimi discussed with representatives of the French Development Agency to discuss ways to support the agricultural sector in the country.

A statement issued by his office received the agency {Euphrates News} a copy of today that "Tamimi received at the headquarters of the Committee in the House of Representatives, the representatives of the French Development Agency headed by Pearl of the good to discuss the opportunities for cooperation in support of the agricultural sector.
He stressed Tamimi, according to the statement, "the need for joint cooperation between the governmental and international effort to promote the agricultural reality in Iraq and upgrading it, because of the agricultural sector of great importance in economic development and one of the main pillars of the country."
He called on the French Agency and the international community to "support the Iraqi side, especially in the agricultural sector through opening new horizons for investment, as well as the acquisition and exchange of experiences between the two sides." is over

Large positive returns will accrue Iraq after participating in the Davos conference

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Media and political sources in Davos on Wednesday expressed great interest in the Iraqi delegation led by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi by the delegations and

investors participating in the World Forum.
The sources said in an interview with Alsumaria News that "there is a significant change in the world view and the international community and investors positively to Iraq and there is competition between companies and businessmen to work in Iraq after their conviction of the Iraqi vision presented by Abbadi and victories and stability as well as positive relations with all countries.

The sources said that "a large positive returns will be earned by Iraq after this participation in the Davos conference and the meetings that took place and will take place."

It is expected that 70 heads of state and government, employers, millionaires and celebrities will attend the forum, which will last from Tuesday to Friday in eastern Switzerland, where the main theme on the agenda will be "building a common future in an integral world.

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10 U.S. cities with the best growth, employment, and business opportunitiesMarketWatch

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Some Police Departments today have

received complaints by citizens being harassed by a so called IRS agent. They have asked me to send out another electronic warning to my large email data base.

Aggressive and threatening phone calls by criminals impersonating IRS agents remain a major threat to taxpayers.During filing season, the IRS generally sees a surge in scam phone calls that threaten police arrest, deportation, license revocation and other things. Taxpayers need to guard against all sorts of con games that arise at any time and pick up during tax season.

Don't be fooled by surprise phone calls by criminals impersonating IRS agents with threats or promises of a big refund if you provide them with your private information. If you're surprised to get a call from the IRS, it almost certainly isn't the real IRS. They generally initially contact taxpayers by mail.

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) reports they have become aware of over 10,000 victims who have collectively paid over $54 million as a result of phone scams since October 2013.

How do the scams work?

Scammers make unsolicited calls claiming to be IRS officials. They demand that the victim pay a bogus tax bill. They con the victim into sending cash, usually through a wire transfer or a prepaid debit card or gift card, like an iTunes card. They may also leave "urgent" callback requests through phone "robo-calls," or via a phishing email.Many phone scams use threats to intimidate and bully a victim into paying. They may even threaten to arrest, deport or revoke the driver's license of their victim if they don't get the money.Scammers often alter caller ID numbers to make it look like the IRS or another agency is calling. The callers use IRS employee titles and fake badge numbers to appear legitimate. They may use the victim's name, address and other personal information to make the call sound official.

Here are some things the scammers often do but the IRS will not do. Any one of these four things is a tell-tale sign of a scam.

The IRS will never:

Call to demand immediate payment using a specific payment method such as a prepaid debit card, gift card or wire transfer. Generally, the IRS will first mail a bill to any taxpayer who owes taxes.
Threaten to immediately bring in local police or other law-enforcement groups to have the taxpayer arrested for not paying.
Demand that taxes be paid without giving the taxpayer the opportunity to question or appeal the amount owed.
Ask for credit or debit card numbers over the phone.

For taxpayers who don't owe taxes or don't think they do:

Do not give out any information. Hang up immediately.
Contact TIGTA to report the call. Use their "IRS Impersonation Scam Reporting" web page. Alternatively, call 800-366-4484.
Report it to the Federal Trade Commission. Use the "FTC Complaint Assistant" on FTC.gov. Please add "IRS Telephone Scam" in the notes.

For those who owe taxes or think they do:

Call the IRS at 800-829-1040. IRS workers can help.
Or better yet, call a tax professional.

Stay alert to scams that use the IRS as a lure. Tax scams can happen any time of year, not just at tax time.

OIL/COMMODITIES/ENERGY

Oil Prices Tread Water Ahead of EIA Weekly Supply Report
Investing.com

Oil Prices Tread Water Ahead of EIA Weekly Supply Report
Investing.com

Natural gas rally triggers circuit breaker in electronic trade
MarketWatch

Natural-gas futures continued to rally in electronic trading, after settling at a more than one-year high on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Trading was so volatile that a circuit breaker was triggered in natural-gas futures at around 2 p.m. Central time, prompting a five-minute pause in electronic trading, according to Phil Flynn, senior market analyst at Price Futures Group. He referred to the move as a "big short squeeze on a changing weather forecast, as well as expectations for another Read the full story

Natural gas soars, with the leap setting off a trading halt
MarketWatch

Fears that a ‘polar vortex’ is headed for parts of the U.S. in January is driving up natural-gas prices, while oil awaits an update on U.S. supply. Read the full story

US Crude Oil Inventories Rose 4.755 Million Barrels Last Week - API
Investing.com

Gold Recovers Losses as Treasury Yields, Dollar Slump
Investing.com

Commodities Jan 23, 2018 19:13 GMT Investing.com – Gold recovered from lows to trade higher as a slump in dollar and US treasury yields boosted demand for the yellow metal. Gold futures for February delivery on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange rose by $5.10, or 0.40%, to $1,337.20 a troy ounce. Gold prices recovered lows to trade within a tight range as traders awaited further direction ahead of the European Central Bank meeting, and US economic growth data this week. Read the full story

Gold Prices Rally to Highest Since September Amid Dollar Weakness
Investing.com

This is the best time in decades to own commodities, says Goldman Sachs commodities chief
CNBC
Today's global economy has created the best backdrop in "decades" for owning commodities, says Jeff Currie, global head of commodities for Goldman Sachs. Read the full story

BANKS/BANKING/CREDIT

Money-Losing Bankers Face Jail as German Prosecutors Get Tough
Bloomberg

The case stems from the 2008 financial crisis when Sal. Oppenheim put itself up for sale after reporting a loss of 117 million euros, its first yearly loss since World War II. German courts should give stiffer sentences to bankers who waste millions with irresponsible business decisions, a top prosecutor told judges hearing an appellate case against former executives of Sal. Oppenheim. The four managers convicted in 2015 by a Cologne court over the demise of the lender should all go to prison, Read the full story

Regulatory rollback will take time: Bank of America CEO
Fox News

Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan on the impact of the tax reform legislation on the bank's strategy, the Trump administration's potential rollback of bank regulations, the state of the U.S. consumer and the outlook for stocks. Read the full story

Budget 2018: Recapitalisation Done, Time To Signal Banking Reforms
The Quint

At the turn of the century, the then Indian finance minister Yashwant Sinha signalled a move towards banking sector reforms. While presenting the Budget of 2000-01, Sinha said the government had decided to accept recommendations of the Narasimham Committee on Banking Sector Reforms. Crucial among these was a decision to reduce the minimum government shareholding in nationalised banks to 33 percent. That was a time when banks were stressed, needed capital and the government did not have adequate Read the full story

TSB marketing boss on why it's using fifth birthday to expose 'lazy cat' banksThe Drum

TSB has shaken up its marketing with a new campaign looking to get the UK public to question whether their bank does enough for them. Based on research it commissioned to unfurl the issues consumers have with the current banking industry, the campaign - dubbed the 'Five Cats’ after HSBC, Barclays, RBS, Lloyds and Santander - looks to expose the weaknesses of TSB's rivals. Pete Markey, ‎marketing director of ‎TSB Bank told The Drum that the campaign is leveraged on the insight that over 70% of UK Read the full story

China's HNA Group says wins compliance clearances from JPMorgan, UBS, other banks
Business Insider

FILE PHOTO: Illustration photo of the HNA logo Thomson Reuters By Julie Zhu HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's HNA Group [HNAIRC.UL] said on Wednesday several global banks have given it a clean chit after conducting compliance checks, a rare bit of good news for the cash-strapped conglomerate amid questions about its governance and ownership. HNA said in a statement emailed to Reuters that it has passed know-your-customer (KYC), or internal due-diligence checks, of JPMorgan Chase & Co , UBS Group AG Read the full story

BNP Paribas' Morris Expects Dollar Depreciation to ContinueBloomberg

BNP Paribas Asset Management Senior Investment Strategist Daniel Morris discusses trade and the depreciation of the U.S. dollar on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia." Read the full story

JPMorgan sees brick-and-mortar branches pivotal to U.S. expansionReuters

JPMorgan Chase & Co sees brick-and-mortar banking as essential to expanding into more than a dozen markets over five years, even though customers do 80 percent of their transactions online or at ATMs, a bank executive said on Tuesday. Read the full story

Bank of America Was Never the Solution for Poor Americans. The U.S. Post Office Could Be.
Slate
Moneybox January 23 2018 10:11 PM This week offered a small but vivid reminder that we can’t expect banks to serve anybody except their shareholders. On Monday, Bank of America ended a free checking service used by some of its lower-income depositors called e-banking, which it had been gradually winding down for several years. The final customers were transferred to new accounts that will require them to keep a minimum balance of $1,500 or agree to have $250 from their paycheck directly Read the full story

Be wary of in-flight credit card offers

MarketWatch

Making financial decisions when you’re not fully oxygenated can get you into trouble. Read the full story

Commonwealth Bank owes compensation over advice, watchdog says
BBC News US

Australia's biggest lender owes A$1.9m over "inappropriate" financial advice, a regulator says. Read the full story

Davos 2018: Top bankers warn of financial stability threats amid the calmHITC
Global financial regulators have run out of ammunition to fight the next financial crisis, top bankers, investors and economists have warned, with some questioning the sustainability of current market conditions. Read the full story

TREASURIES/BONDS/STOCKS

Investing with borrowed money is tempting but a roll of the dice for most
CNBC

The temptation to use low-interest money from mortgages, credit lines and 401(k) plans to invest in the booming stock market is great, but is it wise? Read the full story

Top 5 Things to Know in the Market on WednesdayInvesting.com

Will rising bond yields slay the stock-market rally?
MarketWatch

As bond yields climb to record heights, nervous investors are eyeing the uninterrupted rally in stocks with skepticism Read the full story

Pay close attention to the message out of Davos ... then unload your stocks?
MarketWatch
The world’s political and economic power are gathering in Davos, Switzerland, this week to chew on the pressing issues facing the global economy, such as immigration, inequality, climate change and, of course, what to expect from the Trump Train. But what does it mean for investors? Read the full story

INSURANCE/HEALTH

Working Americans are using less healthcare but paying more for it, study says
Miami Herald

Most Americans have health coverage through their jobs, but that doesn’t mean they are better off when it comes to spending for their care, according to a five-year analysis of billions of insurance claims by the nonprofit Health Care Cost Institute. Read the full story

Health-Care Costs Rose for Americans With Employer-Sponsored Insurance
The Wall Street Journal

Spending on health care accelerated in 2016 for Americans who get insurance through work, even as use of most health-care services declined or remained flat, a new report found. Read the full story

Shutdown deal bestowed a $31 billion gift on health-care industry
The Seattle Times

The deal to end the shutdown delivered a win to the health-care industry, either suspending or delaying three taxes imposed by the Affordable Care Act. Read the full story

7 Early Flu Symptoms You Should Never, Ever Ignore
Bustle

Next time you're at work, take a quick scan of your office. Notice anyone missing? Flu season is in full swing, so there's a good chance that at least a few people are hacking up a lung at home. Hopefully, you've avoided becoming one of them so far, … Read the full story

The madness of American medical billing, in one woman’s tweets
Vox
Her experience is, frustratingly, a relatively common one in the American health care system. Read the full story

CRYPTO'S / DIGITAL CURRENCY

Regulators literally don't know what cryptocurrency is: Jamie Smith
Fox News

Global Blockchain Business Council CEO Jamie Smith on the future of cryptocurrency. Read the full story

Now is the best time to invest in bitcoin, says digital currency hedge-fund manager
CNBC

Digital currency hedge-fund manager Brian Kelly says now is the best time to invest in bitcoin and offers three tips for investing. Read the full story

Opinion: Bitcoin is crashing and likely to bottom around $2,000
MarketWatch

Cryptocurrency’s meteoric ride mirrors silver’s boom and bust, writes Howard Gold. Read the full story

Bitcoin tumbles below $10,000 and is now down 25% on the year
CNBC
Bitcoin briefly fell Tuesday below the psychologically key $10,000 for the second time in a week. Read the full story

CURRENCIES

Despite a brutal 2017, the U.S. dollar may still be 10% overvalued, says IIF
MarketWatch
Trade is one of the central themes of 2018 and the U.S. current-account deficit has been a popular topic of politicians who place blame on bad trade deals and the devaluation of foreign currencies. Read the full story

Forex - Dollar Index Extends Losses, Hits Fresh 3-Year Trough

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Forex - Dollar Hits Fresh 3-Year Lows on Euro Strength
Investing.com

Dollar continues to drop vs. rivals, hits fresh 3-year trough Read the full story

Forex - GBP/USD Hits 19-Month Highs after UK Data
Investing.com

© Reuters. Pound continues to rally after mostly positive UK economic reports Read the full story

Forex - Aussie, Kiwi Edge Higher as Greenback Continues to Drop
Investing.com
© Reuters. Aussie and kiwi gain ground vs. broadly weaker greenback Read the full story

Forex - PBOC Sets Yuan Parity At 6.3916 Against Dollar, Strongest Since Dec 2015
Investing.com

Dollar falls below ¥110 amid worries over U.S. protectionism | The Japan Times

Trump picks tax lawyer as next IRS commissioner, sources say
POLITICO

President Donald Trump is expected to soon nominate Charles Rettig, according to sources with knowledge of the White House selection process. Read the full story

Trump nominee Powell overwhelmingly confirmed as Fed chair
POLITICO

Powell joined the Fed board in 2012 as an Obama appointee. Read the full story

WTO head rejects talk of global trade war as US hints at more tariffs
the guardian

Roberto Azevêdo says countries see risks of going it alone despite Trump’s action against China The head of the World Trade Organization (WTO) has played down talk of a global trade war after the US said it was planning to take fresh action against Chinese imports. Speaking to the Guardian in Davos, Roberto Azevêdo said countries were becoming more aware of the risks of a go-it-alone approach that would harm their poorest citizens the most. Continue reading... Read the full story

Trump's Trade Policies Raising Concerns in GOP, Roberts Says
Bloomberg
Columbia University’s Joseph Stiglitz discusses tariffs from the Trump administration and the global economy. The top Republican on the Senate Agriculture Committee said every GOP senator is concerned about the direction President Donald Trump is taking on trade, from slapping tariffs on solar panels to his threats to withdraw from the North American Free Trade Agreement. “I do not know of a senator in the Republican conference who has not voiced concern about our trade policy,” Senator Pat Read the full story

The shutdown is over but the immigration fight has just begun
NBC News

Now that the government has reopened with a commitment to address DACA, lawmakers are still miles apart on the content. Read the full story

Immigration talks quickly hit a wall
POLITICO

Senators can barely agree on the terms of negotiation, let alone what a Dreamers deal would look like. Read the full story

Trump's FDIC Pick Plays It Safe on Fight Over Big Bank Leverage
Bloomberg

Jelena McWilliams during a confirmation hearing in Washington on Jan. 23. Jelena McWilliams, President Donald Trump’s pick to be the next chief of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., is tiptoeing through a battlefield that pits the agency against other regulators in a fight over big-bank leverage. The Federal Reserve wants to relax a post-crisis requirement known as the leverage ratio that led to dramatically increased capital levels at Wall Street lenders. But the FDIC, which for now is run by Read the full story

Mueller seeks to question Trump about Flynn and Comey departures
The Washington Post

The special counsel’s interest indicates an intensifying focus on possible efforts by the president or others to obstruct the probe. Read the full story

Pacific trade deal progresses with Canada and without US
BBC News US
Canada joins a new Trans-Pacific Partnership, which is moving forward without the US. Read the full story

EMERGING MARKETS

BRAZIL: Usiminas And Gerdau Increase Steel Prices For Local DistributorsRTTNews

Usiminas and Gerdau increased flat steel prices for distributors in Brazil, said the chairman of the Brazilian Institute of Steel Distributors (Inda), Carlos Loureiro. The decision comes up only a few weeks after Companhia Sider£rgica Nacional (CSN), and ArcelorMittal increased their prices. Read the full story

BRAZIL: Finance Minister Refrains From Talking About Petrobras PrivatizationRTTNews

Brazilian Finance Minister Henrique Meirelles said that this is not the time to "create noise" regarding the privatization of the state-owned oil company Petrobras. Read the full story

Brazil believes its growth rate will be double the IMF’s forecastCNBC

Brazil expects to see upwards of 3 percent GDP growth in 2018, says Brazilian Finance Minister Henrique Meirelles Read the full story

Puerto Rico has become a colonial ghetto. Time to make it the 51st state.USA TODAY

Today, this longest-held territory in U.S. history remains a blemish in the American credo of democracy. Read the full story

In Post-Hurricane Maria, Teachers in Puerto Rico Lead Where the Government FailsVICE

Puerto Rico's educators need help in their fight to keep schools open and moving. Read the full story

NAFTA is a 'mixed' disaster: Fmr. Chrysler CEO Bob NardelliFox News
Former Chrysler CEO Bob Nardelli on Tuesday said NAFTA is a "mixed" disaster and believes Trump is right to renegotiate the 24-year-old trade deal. Read the full story

MIDDLE EAST

Saudi gold reserves surpass 19m ounces – MinistryMubasher

Riyadh – Mubasher: The Saudi Ministry of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources estimated the nation's gold reserves at more than 19 million ounces, said Al Eqtisadiah newspaper. The kingdom's reserves of phosphate, iron, aluminium, zinc, and … Read the full story

KSA to maintain crude oil exports at 7m bpd in Q1-18Mubasher

Riyadh – Mubasher: Saudi Arabia plans to keep its crude oil exports at 7 million barrels per day (bpd) in the first quarter of 2018, oil sector sources said on Wednesday. The Kingdom will maintain crude exports at this level despite … Read the full story

QSE hits highest since August 2017 WednesdayMubasher

Mubasher: The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) on Wednesday hit an all-time high since August 2017, encouraged by companies' fourth-quarter 2017 earnings announcement. The general index increased 1.12%, or 103.99 points, to 9,358.60 points. The QSE’s … Read the full story

Israel Tried Really Hard To Assassinate Yasser Arafat, Considered Downing Passenger PlaneHuffPost

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was so intent on assassinating Palestinian Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat in the 1980s that he considered downing commercial passenger planes, according to a New York Times Magazine article published Tuesday. ... Read the full story

Saudi corruption cash settlements will help finance royal handouts: finance ministerBusiness Insider
Saudi Minister of Finance Mohammed al-Jadaan speaks during the Euromoney Saudi Arabia Conference 2017 in Riyadh Thomson Reuters DUBAI (Reuters) - Cash settlements obtained from people detained in Saudi Arabia's crackdown on corruption will help to finance a 50 billion riyal ($13.3 billion) package to help citizens cope with the rising cost of living, Finance Minister Mohammed al-Jadaan said on Wednesday. The package was announced by King Salman early this month, said Jadaan, speaking to Al Read the full story

AFRICA

Zimbabwe May Build its Reserves to Back Currency Relaunch - BloombergZimbabwe May Build its Reserves to Back Currency Relaunch

Zimbabwe May Build its Reserves to Back Currency Relaunch

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Zimbabwe’s new president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, said his government is considering building reserves of gold and d...

Zimbabwe's gold output rose to 24.8 t in 2017 – central bank
Mining Weekly Africa

Zimbabwe's full year gold production rose to 24.8 t in 2017 from 22.7 t the previous year, the central bank's refining and printing subsidiary said on Wednesday. Gold is the southern African nation's top mineral export earner, with production rising in the last four years after small-scale and individual miners received financial and equipment support from the government. Read the full story

Zimbabwe: President Mnangagwa Orders Ministers to Declare Assets
AllAfrica

Senior government workers including cabinet ministers have been given until the 28th of February to submit written declarations of theirs assets, chief secretary to the President and Cabinet, Misheck Sibanda, has said. Sibanda said President Emmerson Mnangagwa expects full and urgent compliance with the order. In a statement, Sibanda said this is in line with Mnangagwa's undertaking to create a responsible, transparent and accountable public service that is "sworn to high moral standards and Read the full story

Zimbabwe is 'open for business,' new president Emmerson Mnangagwa tells Davos
CNBC

Zimbabwe's new president discussed his plans for repairing his country's long-battered economy. Read the full story

Zimbabwe: Minister Bimha Speaks On Fuel Duty Reduction
AllAfrica
Industry and Commerce Minister Mike Bimha has agreed to the assertion that the reduction in fuel prices marked the start of internal devaluation, but noted that a lot needed to be done to address other cost drivers. "Very much so because a lot of things that Government is already doing will have an impact on the business environment," Minister Bimha said in a sideline interview with The Herald during the ongoing 48th edition of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. "The issue ( Read the full story

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ASIA

Asian Shares Mixed With Tokyo Down On Stronger Yen, US Trade Views Eyed
Investing.com

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Forex - Dollar Falls Further In Asia On Global Trade Worries, Trump At Davos
Investing.com

© Reuters. Dollar down in Asia Read the full story

Asia shares surf global growth wave, dollar sinksBusiness Insider

A man stands in front of an electronic board showing Japan's Nikkei average outside a brokerage in Tokyo Thomson Reuters By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares scaled record peaks on Wednesday as strong corporate earnings and optimism on global growth outweighed concerns over trade tensions, while a fresh burst of speculative selling took the U.S. dollar to three-year lows. A 10 percent surge in Netflix led gains across the tech sector as it became just the latest to top forecasts. So far Read the full story

China Says It's 'Strongly' Dissatisfied With TariffsBloomberg

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CBI Update:

http://www.cbi.iq/

The CBI for Thursday 1/25/18 did update on the indicative rates Sell Rate 1184

The currency auction is 189,975,125

There is one news and announcements for Thursday 1/25/18

1.Auction for Sale (central air conditioning system)

The Central Bank of Iraq announces a public auction for the sale of the air conditioning system.

ISX Update:

www.isx-iq.net/isxportal/portal/homePage.html

Value Traded

434,735,393

Shares Traded

611,963,880

ISX ended in Green

Kauaihn Chatter:

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1-25-2018 Newshound/Intel Guru Mnt Goat ...update to a recent conversation with my contact in the Central Bank. Folks it does not get any better than this to confirm what I (and others) have been saying about a very good timeframe for the month of January to see this revaluation to occur. Q: In past news articles we read that some of the categories of the lower notes have been distributed to the banks within Iraq. Is this true? A: Yes, but not all the branches. ...This effort was a year long effort and is now completed. Q: When do you plan to turn on the ATMs with these new categories? A: These new notes will be loaded into the ATMs and the bank windows soon if not already at some banks. I can tell you this timing is on conjunction with paying the govt payouts (salaries, pensions, etc.) for the month of January. [post 1 of 3....stay tuned]

1-25-2018 Newshound Guru mike Article "National Investment: Kuwait conference will offer a strategic and 157 medium-sized projects" I'm really looking forward to seeing what comes out of this conference in Kuwait. Like most investors the whole point of investing is to allocate money with the expectation that I'll financially benefit in the future. I'm wondering how these guys are going to drum up this kind of money without the open market functionality to repay these investors...

1-24-2018 Intel Guru Frank26 [During the 72 -78 days, will the value stay at 1:1 or will it still be moved up in controlled steps before the free float?] STAY AT 1 TO 1 TO DRAW IN 000'S. IMO ABOUT 72 TO 78 DAYS POST RI THEY WILL ALLOW THE FLOAT TO BE FREE.

1-24-2018 Newshound Guru Adam Montana Dinar is in a good spot. ALL of the points I hit in my last 3 updates are still moving forward, and FINALLY I get to say something I rarely get to say: Not only are the things I mentioned in my last 3 weekly updates moving forward... they are moving forward with NO snags that I can see. ZERO. NONE. There's a VERY good chance that we're going to scoot on into February with solid ground under us, we should see a successful re-election of my man Abadi, and HCL simply can't be avoided forever. At SOME POINT they are going to be ready to pull the trigger on this damn thing, and the "perfect scenario" is so close we can almost TOUCH it. Hang in there, friends! We made it this far, there's no reason to jump ship now. [reference Guru Adam Montana's post between January 3rd and January 10th 2018.

1-24-2018 Newshound Guru Kaperoni Quote: "Foreign exchange markets in Baghdad, on Wednesday morning, a decline in the dollar exchange rate against the Iraqi dinar. ...The selling price of the dollar is 1245 dinars, or 124 thousand and 500 dinars, for one hundred dollars." Spread has dropped to 1245.

1-24-2018 Newshound/Intel Guru Mnt Goat Now if we go to more recent announcements from the CBI they have told us they want to bring back the value of the dinar to this time period. Do you wonder why this Basra branch is highlighting this older note? The CBI is simply proud of what they are doing with the currency as they are showcasing their efforts for the citizens to see and read when they walk into the Basra bank. But this showcasing effort does not stop at the Basra branch. This is happening all over Iraq in all the banks. ...this is part of the education process. [post 2 of 2]

1-24-2018 Newshound/Intel Guru Mnt Goat So this week much hype about a news article with the CBI governor at a Central bank branch in Basra. Pictures were included... I want to bring to your attention one picture in particular. This picture is of Alaq holding up a very large note. Many started to spread rumors that his was of the new one dinar note. This simply is not true. This is instead a 1947 era note from the past...in 1947 timeframe the Iraqi dinar was valued at $4.86 (USD)... [post 1 of 2....stay tuned]

1-24-2018 Intel Guru Bruce There are some new Iraqi bonds that will be offered for sale to the Iraqi citizenry at 8:30 in the morning Baghdad time tomorrow [Wednesday]. That is half past midnight tonight EST. What is significant about that? To have a bond that is to be available or open for purchase tomorrow for Iraqi citizens you have to have a rate tied to it. Those same bonds are being traded tonight [Tuesday]. We have people doing that. There is a rate tied to those bonds already. That is amazing. That is another good indicator. That would be essentially another in-country rate, and higher than it was yesterday. It is indicating that things are happening there that we are very close. We don’t know the when, the day or hour exactly, but we have heard bankers talk about this week and we have heard others talk about before the end of the month. I think we are in a good place to get started. [post 2 of 2]

1-24-2018 Intel Guru Bruce When are they going to show publicly the value of their dinar either on their website or some other way? CBI site is probably where people would think it would have to be or just plain out and be on the Forex. I don’t think the Forex will come out until the public at large, not just us, is ready to begin exchanging. What is showing on the new Qi cards in Iraq, these are for Iraqi citizens or dual citizens if you happen to be one, there is an in-country Iraqi dinar rate already on that card as of yesterday [Monday]. We saw it...It is over $4 and it is a good rate for in-country Iraq. There is also the Iraqi dinar and the other currencies...on back screens at the bank, not the front teller screens but back screens. All the currencies were live yesterday [Monday] and showing real rates. Not tiny little rates, but real rates. I think that is a good indicator. [post 1 of 2....stay tuned]

1-24-2018 Newshound Guru G-Lin Article quote: "Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has announced his intention to pursue the corrupt in the country after the expulsion of an organization calling for the end of last year, but the campaign is facing severe criticism." This pretty much tells us what we expected. Protection of the corruption for the wicked. And it seems Abadi is outnumbered. Time will time. This is NOT an example of a Democracy. I have been watching this develop ever since they amended the Amnesty Law. It doesn't surprise me. However, regardless of the political developments we still continue to see economic reform.

Elmer:

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Artmeister:

Subject: Clearing up 99 page "FISA Memo"- New Q: "Last posts to show TRUTH"

I have not listened to it yet...

Destroying the Illusion:

1.23 #2 - Clearing up 99 page "FISA Memo"/FBI/New Q: "Last posts to show TRUTH"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0mHHTsHkqc&feature=em-lbcastemail

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ARTICLE 1 (from PM Abadi's website; posted on both Arabic and English sides)...headlines

Prime Minister Dr. Haider al-Abadi meets on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq Mr. Nigervan Barzani and Mr. Qubad Talabani

24-Jan-2018

Prime Minister Dr. Haidar Al-Abadi meets on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan King Abdullah bin Al Hussein

24 January - 2018

Prime Minister Dr. Haider Abadi meets on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentloni

24 January - 2018

Prime Minister Dr. Haidar Al-Abadi meets on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos German Chancellor Angela Merkel

24-Jan-2018

Prime Minister Dr. Haidar al-Abadi meets with German Defense Minister Ursula von der Lien on the sidelines of the World Economic Conference in Davos,

January 24, 2018

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Prime Minister Dr. Haider Abadi meets Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos

25 January 2018

Prime Minister Dr. Haider al-Abadi met with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos.

During the meeting, they discussed the development of relations between the two countries, the situation in the region and the means to solve them, in addition to the vision presented by Iraq regarding the future of the region.

Prime Minister 's Media Office

25 January 2018

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ARTICLE 2

Iraq pays compensation Kuwait in cash .. Know the date of the last batch

KUWAIT CITY: January 24 - Kuwaiti Deputy Foreign Minister Khalid al-Jarallah said today that Iraq has resumed paying Kuwaiti compensation

As a result of the invasion in 1990 and began a month ago to pay the premiums. "The compensation will be paid in cash in accordance with an agreement under the umbrella of the UN program until the end of 2021," Jarallah told reporters after participating in the ceremony of the Indian embassy in the country on the occasion of its national holiday.

On the property of Kuwaitis in Iraq, he stressed that "the property of the citizens are present and preserved and established and there is contact with the brothers in Iraq on enabling Kuwait to dispose of its property."

The United Nations Compensation Commission announced that "the rate of payments from the Iraqi Fund for compensation to Kuwait will increase annually until 2021."

The Iraqi government suspended payments from the Fund in November 2014 due to security challenges and difficulties Iraq faced in its budget following the invasion of several cities.

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ARTICLE 3

Iraq, Kuwait and America discuss border security and navigation in Khor Abdullah

2018/1/25 9:44 •

[Ayna-Baghdad]

Iraq, Kuwait and the United States of America conclude a round of talks on border security between the two countries.

"On the invitation of the Chief of Staff of the Kuwaiti Army, Lieutenant General Mohammed Khalid Al-Khader, and on a historic visit, the first for decades to a senior military official, the Chief of Staff visited Lieutenant General Othman Al-Ghanmi of Kuwait and met with him to discuss cooperation and strengthen relations between the two countries. Neighbors ".

The statement added that "a meeting was held between the Iraqi and Kuwaiti sides in addition to General Joseph Fotil, commander of the US Central Region to discuss and discuss the security of land and sea borders and navigation in Khor Abdullah through cooperation and coordination between the two countries."

He also presented the Chief of Staff of the Iraqi army "a briefing on the current and future view to combat terrorism and prevent its emergence again in the region, especially as Iraq is at the forefront of countries that have considerable experience in this area."

For his part, the Kuwaiti Chief of Staff presented "congratulations and congratulations to the Iraqi side and all the security forces that have been able to fight terrorism on behalf of the whole world and eliminate it and free all areas controlled by the criminal."

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ARTICLE 4

The work warns against the spread of cases of human trafficking and confirms its readiness to receive its victims

BAGHDAD - January 24 - The Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare warned on Wednesday of the dangers of human trafficking in recent decades, On the one hand and the treatment of its effects on the other. "

"Many countries have passed laws to combat human trafficking crimes and the concept of human trafficking means recruiting, transporting, harboring or receiving people by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion," said Amer al-Moussawi, Kidnapping, fraud, deception, exploitation of power, giving or receiving money for the purpose of selling or exploiting them for prostitution, sexual exploitation, forced labor, slavery or begging and trafficking in their human organs for the purpose of medical trade. "

Al-Moussawi said that "the causes of crimes of human trafficking are poverty, lack of employment opportunities, lack of effective social protection systems and weak religious preachers." The ministry has created a care center for victims of human trafficking in order to implement the provisions of Law No. 28, In order to combat the crime of trafficking in human beings and to limit their spread and to deal with their effects and to punish the perpetrators of such crimes. These crimes are dangerous to the individual and society and to the human dignity.

He stressed that "the readiness of the House to receive the victims of Iraqi and non-Iraqi people," noting that the reason for the sale of human organs is the weakness of religious awareness, and the clerics in mosques (mosques, mosques and religious institutions) awareness of the seriousness of trafficking in human beings, School and education to reduce it. " End Ah

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ARTICLE 5

For sale .. novel "romantic" written by Saddam Hussein

The Amazon Web site offers a romance novel written by former regime chief Zubeiba and the king. The Metro site pointed out that this romantic novel was written by Saddam in 2000, 18 years ago, where the site of "Amazon" English version of the novel entitled "Zubaybeh and the King," is among four other accounts attributed to Saddam.

The 160-page novel tells the story of an unreal love story that took place thousands of years ago between an Iraqi king, who symbolizes Saddam himself, and a village called Zubeiba, and during her night visits to the King's Palace she talks to him for hours about religion, love, nationalism and the will of the people. 1)

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Plot summary

The plot is a love story about a powerful ruler of medieval Iraq and a beautiful commoner girl named Zabibah. Zabibah's husband is a cruel and unloving man who rapes her. The book is set in 7th or 8th century Tikrit, Hussein's home town. Although the book is on the surface a romance novel, it is (and was intended to be read as) an allegory. The hero is Hussein and Zabibah represents the Iraqi people. The vicious husband is the United States and his rape of Zabibah represents the U.S. invasion of Iraq at the end of the Gulf War, as illustrated by the date of the rape being January 17--the same date that U.S.-led forces commenced the 1991 offensive that drove Iraq out of Kuwait.^[2] In the novel, the king dies after capturing the rapists and avenging the honor of Zabibah.^[2]

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The book was a best-seller in Iraq when it was originally published for 1,500 dinars (about US$0.50). It is estimated that over one million copies were sold.^[3] Royalties, according to the back cover, were to go to "the poor, the orphans, the miserable, the needy, and [other] charities".^[1]

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ARTICLE 6

China succeeds in cloning the first monkey in the world

2018/1/25 12:40

[Where - Continue]

Chinese researchers have for the first time cloned two macaque monkeys in the same way that Dolly's sheep were reproduced.

The first cloned monkey was named Chung Chunae and was born eight weeks ago, while the second cloned monkey was named Hua Hua and was born 6 weeks ago.

The scientists said the cloning was done by implanting DNA into a cell after modifying its genetic genes so as not to stop embryonic growth.

Scientists said the genomes of all monkeys were similar, which would be useful in research on human diseases, but critics say it raises ethical concerns, making the world closer to human cloning.

Chitag Sun, of the Chinese Academy of Neuroscience, said monkey cloning would be useful as a model for studying the genetic diseases of humans, including cancer and immune disorders.

According to Chinese researchers, the two monkeys are fed by a bottle of breast feeding, and their growth is normal. They said they expected to clone more macaque monkeys in the coming months.

"The technology used to clone Chong Chung and Hua Hwa is still ineffective and dangerous," said Robin Lovel-Badge, a professor at the Francis Creek Institute in London.

"This research is not a starting point for finding ways to clone people," he said. "This step will be useful for the study of human diseases, but it raises ethical concerns," said Darren Griffin, a professor at Kent University.

Dolly, who has been in the Roslyn Institute in Edinburgh for the past 20 years, was the first time in history that scientists had succeeded in cloning a mammal.

"We tried several ways to clone monkeys, but one way worked," said Dr. Sun, the research supervisor. "There were a lot of failures before the cloning succeeded.

The scientists confirmed that they followed strict international guidelines for animal research.

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Word on the Street Thursday 1/25/18

US Deputy Secretary of State Visits Baghdad

Five thousand cases against the Ministry of Finance due to delayed salaries

Proposal to cancel the monthly deduction of salaries of employees in the budget

Barzani and UN Deputy Secretary-General discuss the latest developments in the dialogue between Erbil and Baghdad

Pope Says Fake News Is Satanic, Condemns Use in Politics

Marine International provides technical support to Iraqi ports and maritime sector free of charge

Parliamentary Finance: 2018 budget appointments confined to this body

Iraq to resume compensation of the invasion

What did Israel advise Kurdistan to confront its economic crisis?

Iraq did not make a decision to exempt Jordanian products from customs duties

Davos discusses balancing the Middle East

Iran, Iraq Set to Jointly Develop Shared Oilfields

Tamimi discusses with Agence France-Presse representatives ways to support the agricultural sector

Large positive returns will accrue Iraq after participating in the Davos conference

lsumaria News / Baghdad

Zimbabwe May Build its Reserves to Back Currency Relaunch

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