According to the World Bank "Doing Business in 2006: Creating Jobs" report, published last week, Israel ranked 29th among 155 countries for business friendliness. The World Bank’s ease-of-doing-business index ranks 155 economies worldwide

According to CP Ship's spokesman, the decision to nominate a single agent had been made many months ago but only recently a decision was made to appoint A. Rosenfeld Shipping Ltd

The report indicated that the company earned $29.9 million in the second quarter ended June 30, a fourfold increase over $7 million earned in the year-ago period and a record for any second quarter

Due to a 56% increase in fuel prices, since the beginning of the year, the Ministry of Transport approved last week a request by El Al Israel Airlines to raise fares from August 22

China Shipping, through its local agent in Israel – "Intermaritime", will begin a new weekly round the world container service which will serve the Far East, Israel, ports in the Terranean sea and North America

The Central Bureau of Statistics ( CBS) reported last week, on the eve of Israel's day of independence, that the national spending on civilian research and development (R&D) in Israel totaled last year NIS 25.6 billion

Analysis made by the planning, control and economic research department of the Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute and published last week showed that Industrial exports to the USA, excluding diamonds, rose by 9% to $3.6 billion in the f

Mr. Shraga Brosh Manufacturers Association president and Israel Export Institute chairman said last week that Final export figures for 2004, including diamonds, indicate that the number of exporters to Asia grew by 37% to 9,286, the number of exporters to