Manufacturers Association president Shraga Brosh said last week that industrial exports, excluding diamonds, would grow by only 3.5% this year, compared with 17.5% in 2004

An updated macroeconomic forecast for the Palestinian Authority ( PA ) published last week by the World Bank, provided, on the one hand an insight to the flow of money to the PA and on the other hand a highly pessimistic forecast for the next two years

The Finance Committee dealing with the construction of the SESAME (Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East) Particle Accelerator met in Amman, on November 7 and 8, 2005

Mr. Eitan Rub, Israel Tax Authority director announced last week his resignation from his post at the end of the year. Rub notified Minister of Finance Ehud Olmert of his decision last week, and rejected Olmert’s request to stay on

A WTO working group approved last week the final package of Saudi Arabia's entry terms, to be discussed at a meeting of the body's ruling General Council on 11 November. The approval followed over ten years of continuous negotiations

A. Rosenfeld Shipping Ltd, representing Salamis Lines in Israel, announced last week that a third RoRo ship had been added to the Israel – Cyprus –Greece service on November 10th

14 Vietnamese officials and businesspeople arrived last week on a visit to Israel. The delegation, headed by Vietnam’s deputy minister of industry Do Nhu Dinh, was hosted by The Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute

According to figures released last week by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) the consumer price index rose 0.8% in October