President Jalal Talabani Receives Jawad Hashim
President of the Republic of Iraq Jalal Talabani received Dr. Jawad Hashim (Iraq's former Minister of Planning and former President of the Arab Monetary Fund) in Washington, DC, on August 30th, 2008.
During the meeting, the President and Dr. Hashim discussed the situation in Iraq and the evolvement of the democratic process since the fall of Saddam's regime. President Talabani expressed his wishes for the return of Dr. Hashim to Iraq to participate in the restructuring of economic planning apparatus with a view of creating an efficient system and mechanism to speed up the implementation of strategic economic program which Iraq badly needs. Two days prior to the meeting, President Talabani sent a letter to Dr. Hashim.
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- Embassy Of Iraq (Canada): Rebirth Of Iraq
- Money Morning: Wall Street Plays Let's Make A Deal
- Money Morning: Eight Ways To Profit If Opec Dumps The Dollar
- The Atlantic: Countdown To A Meltdown
- Wall Street Journal: The Woe On Wall Street
- Wall Street Journal: How To Save The Financial System
- Wall Street Journal: Bad Accounting Rules Helped Sink AIG
- Wall Street Journal: Victory Is An Orphan In Iraq
- Wall Street Journal: The Fed And AIG
- Wall Street Journal: The Foreign Policy Difference
- American Chronice: Artist Sundus Abdul Hadi On The Prostitution Of Iraqi Refugee Girls In Syria
- Washington Post: Female Suicide Bombers Are Latest War Tactic
- Foreign Affairs: The September 12 Paradigm
- Foreign Affairs: The Next President
- Foreign Affairs: How To Leave A Stable Iraq
- Foreign Affairs: A War To Start All War
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INVESTCORP - The True Story Behind Its Creation
By Jawad Hashim
INVESTCORP - The True Story Behind Its Creation
One of Dr. Jawad Hashim's achievements, and by far the most internationally visible, is the establishment of INVESTCORP -- a unique financial entity during the period 1980-1982 while I was at the helm of AMF. Here in this website, he gives a rare insight into the true story behind the creation of INVESTCORP. He does so because there is no agony like bearing an untold story inside oneself.
Apart from presenting INVESTCORP story, this website contains a variety of topics and comments in politics, finance, Iraq and recent international events.
Table of Contents - INVESTCORP:
» INVESTCORP - The True Story Behind Its Creation
» Chronology of Events
» 01. Introduction
» 02. Why Writing Now?
» 03. The "Project"
» 04. Nemir Kirdar at Arab Monetary Fund
» 05. Retention of Law Firm
» 06. Soliciting Investors
» 07. Summer of 1981
» 08. Application for Incorporation & Founder Shareholders' Meeting
» 09. Incorporation & First Meeting of the Board of Directors
» 10. Events Leading to Dr. Hashim's Resignation
» Appendixes
INVESTCORP's first Board of Directors:
Back row, third from left: Dr. Jawad Hashim | Front row, right: Nemir Kirdar