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Investor's Iraq Forum (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
... added. FIND MORE STORIES IN: Iraq | Green Zone | Tigris River | Ferris | London Eye | U.S.-led | Robert Kelley Now that insurgent attacks and sectarian bloodshed have declined over the past year, Iraqis are venturing outside their homes. Now that insurgent attacks and sectarian bloodshed have declined over the past year, Iraqis are venturing outside their homes. Families are often...
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USA Today (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
... is weak and bombings still occur on a daily basis.But there are risk-takers.American businessman Robert Kelley announced plans last month to build a luxury hotel in Baghdad's Green Zone, which houses Iraqi government offices and the U.S. military and diplomatic facilities.Iraq's Tourism Board also is seeking investors to develop a "romantic" island on the Tigris River in Baghdad that...
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Today's Tribune-Review (Free subscription) | 07/27/2008
As Bank of New York Mellon's CEO Robert Kelley said earlier this month, the banking company is making significant strides in fulfilling its pledge to create 1,000 to 2,000 jobs in the region by 2012.
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 07/27/2008
... a few risk-takers to invest in Iraq, but when that happens others should follow."One risk-taker is Robert Kelley, an American businessman who stood at the edge of a field in Baghdad's Green Zone on Saturday and said a luxury, $100-million hotel would be built there. The zone houses Iraqi government offices and American diplomatic and military facilities."We think the Iraqi people...
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
... land for the project is being leased by the Summit Global Group, a U.S.-based investment company. Robert Kelley, head of Summit Global, says the 300-room hotel will cost $100 million.A Shiite militia that has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of five Britons in Iraq more than a year ago said one of the hostages committed suicide, a British newspaper reported.Seattle Times...
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Business Spectator (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
... and think it is very positive ... We believe the security is just right for our investment," said Robert Kelley, chief executive of the US-based Summit Global Group, which is building the hotel.The hotel is expected to open in just over a year.The Summit Global Group is a special purpose investment vehicle set up for the project and will mobilise funds from investors. The identify...
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
BAGHDAD Iraqi officials say they have approved plans to build a five-star hotel in the Baghdad's heavily guarded Green Zone.
Iraq's National Investment Commission says land for the project is being leased by the Summit Global Group, a U.S.-based investment company.
Robert Kelley, head of Summit Global, says the 300-room hotel will cost $100 million. He says American and Iraqi...
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Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
Five-star hotel planned for BaghdadPosted on Sat, Jul. 19, 2008The Associated PressRobert Burns / AP PhotoPeople sit in front of some of the houses that villagers have built using bricks and cinderblocks from the rubble Thursday, July 17, 2008 in the Euphrates River village of Khidr, Iraq. The villagers rebuilt their homes from what remained after al-Qaida was driven from Khidr, 45 miles south...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
... after al-Qaida was driven from Khidr, 45 miles south of Baghdad, in December 2007. (AP Photo/Robert Burns) BAGHDAD -- Iraqi officials say they have approved plans to build a five-star hotel in the Baghdad's heavily guarded Green Zone.Iraq's National Investment Commission says land for the project is being leased by the Summit Global Group, a U.S.-based investment company.Robert Kelley,...
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
BAGHDAD — Iraqi officials say they have approved plans to build a five-star hotel in the Baghdad's heavily guarded Green Zone.Iraq's National Investment Commission says land for the project is being leased by the Summit Global Group, a U.S.-based investment company.Robert Kelley, head of Summit Global, says the 300-room hotel will cost $100 million. He says American and Iraqi investors...
