Israel Corp. is Israel's largest holding company, with interests mainly in chemicals, shipping and energy

The Austrian furniture and design chain will open open its first store in Israel on September 6, just before the Jewish New Year

World Economic Forum (WEF) published last week its 2009 annual report on enabling trade around the world

Lufthansa said it will operate the flights four times a week with Airbus A340-300 adding to the two flights a day it already offers between Tel Aviv and Frankfurt

The company will operate four weekly flights between Tel Aviv and Munich on the wide-bodied Airbus A340-330 which can carry 12-15 tons of cargo

Potatoes will go to the UK, Spain, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Russia, Greece, Belgium and Poland

In fixed prices, Israel's expenditure on civilian R&D rose by 7.2% in 2007, over the year before, after rising by 3.3% in 2006 and 4.5% in 2005

The 2007 index showed an improvement in Israel's standing from last year, rising to 30th place out of the 180 countries surveyed, while in 2006 Israel was ranked 34. This year's score rose to 6.1 out of 10, compared with 5.9 in 2006