300 leading Israeli industrialists met with about 100 of France's top business leaders last week to deepen trade relations between the two countries and boost local industry exports to France

The Israeli airline said its decision was taken with a view to reaching a possible settlement with the Justice Department

Israel was ranked 27th in economic performance; 21st in government efficiency; 16th in business efficiency and 14th in infrastructures

Bar-On met with the heads of the OECD membership steering committee and received a briefing on the progress to date in the membership process

Israel's business environment outlook has improved from 7.18 points in 2003-2007, to 7.85 points for 2008-2012

The airline will begin operating on June 1 two weekly commercial flights. The company operates a fleet of 38 Boeing airplanes

"Zim Genova" is scheduled to make the maiden call at Hong Kong port. The EWX service was launched in mid-January 2008 using four container ships

The USA remains firmly in the first place with exports reaching US$18.9 billion, an increase of 5% compared to 2006