The rankings are drawn from a combination of publicly available hard data and the results of the Executive Opinion Survey

El Al Israel Airlines reported last week that the US Federal Court for the District of Columbia had subpoenaed the airline as part of an investigation by the US Department of Justice Antitrust Division

Hirchson began conducting a series of meetings with other officials and business people at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) conference in Singapore early last week

Connexion by Boeing is a mobile information services provider delivering real-time, high-speed connectivity to airline passengers

In a detailed report the CBS noted that high-tech output rose by an annualized 14.7%. High tech exports rose by 29%

The 2006 Index of Economic Freedom, published last week by the Heritage Foundation and “The Wall Street Journal”, ranks Israel in the 36th place

Israel in the 20th place among 61 nations in the 2006 world competitiveness rankings. Israel has risen 22 places in the rankings from 42nd in 2005

Israel is ranked by “The Economist” at 23 on its list of business-friendly economies with a relatively high score of 7.8 points out of a possible 10