X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Received: from jaowa.jafi.org.il ([194.90.175.36]) by JAFIMAIL.jamain.jafi.org.il with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:39:40 +0300 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_003_01C90432.9E3120AA" Received: from p03c11m012.symantecmail.net ([208.65.144.243]) by jaowa.jafi.org.il with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:39:39 +0300 Received: from unknown [194.90.9.21] (EHLO mxout2.netvision.net.il) by p03c11m012.symantecmail.net (mxl_mta-5.4.0-8) with ESMTP id 84b7ea84.117259184.136138.00-055.p03c11m012.symantecmail.net (envelope-from ); Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:39:36 -0600 (MDT) Received: from BerniceS-WS-XP ([212.143.234.21]) by mxout2.netvision.net.il (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-8.04 (built Feb 28 2007)) with ESMTP id <0K5Z00031UPJ9V00@mxout2.netvision.net.il> for SaralynG@wzo.org.il; Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:39:35 +0300 (IDT) Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: GoodNews Israel Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:39:55 +0300 Message-ID: <3825-22008852283955590@BerniceS-WS-XP> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: GoodNews Israel Thread-Index: AckEMp4xAD7BPTlWQg+uhvw87vaHXQ== From: "Mark Cohen" To: "Greenblatt, Saralyn" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_003_01C90432.9E3120AA Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1255" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable GN ISRAEL 22 08 08 http://www.angloraanana.com =20 =09 Quote for the Week "Pessimists and optimists die in the same way, but they certainly live = differently so choose to be an optimist" (President Shimon Peres who = celebrates his 85th birthday this week, in an address to groups of high = school age scientists) =09 * Trading volume on the TASE has risen seven-fold since 1997, and the = total market value of TASE-listed companies grew by five times in the = past decade; in comparison, the aggregate market cap of companies listed = on Wall Street only doubled=20 * More GN, for the Israeli economy: Morgan Stanley is raising Israel's = investment rating from Equal-Weight to Overweight - the terms it uses = when recommending buying or selling a country's stocks. One of the few = instances when being overweight is actually good But why exactly is = Morgan Stanley bullish on Israel? One of the reasons is that the = investment bank discerns improved profitability for traded-companies.=20 * Israel Chemicals Ltd. published its financial report today for the = second quarter of 2008. Net profit rose to $709.1m from only (only?!) = $125.8m for Q2 =9107. For the first time, the chemicals producer outdid = Teva which scored a handsome $536 million, and is now, ICL that is, the = Israeli company with the highest quarterly profit. The firm handily beat = Merrill Lynch=92s forecast of a net profit of nearly $570 million. = Israel Chemicals also announced the distribution of a $300 million = dividend. So there are smiles all round=20 * The Central Bureau of Statistics reported today that Israel tops the = Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development for money spent = on R&D as a proportion of Gross Domestic Product. Israel spent NIS = 31.5bn on Research & Development last year which was 4.7% of GDP, where = the OECD average was only 1.7% of GDP. It=92s one way of keeping ahead = of the field. And=20 * Microsoft is extending its cooperation with the world of Academia. The = company's R&D center in Israel announced today that Microsoft Research = will be awarding scholarships to doctoral students in computer science = and engineering with the goal of developing products for commercial use. = * A medal at last! After some truly outstanding performances, = particularly by our swimmers who rewrote the Israeli record book without = quite making it to the coveted bronze, silver and gold, Shahar Zubari = won a Bronze medal earlier this week, Israel's first in the 2008 Beijing = Olympics. He was competing in the windsurfing event where he was = actually in first place for the initial races but what with one thing = and another he ended up third. He certainly isn=92t complaining.=20 * Elbit Systems Ltd., and we=92ve mentioned them often enough, was = awarded a contract by Boeing to supply structural components including = external fuel tanks, pylons, horizontal stabilizers and gun access doors = for the Company=92s F-15 fighter jets. The deal is valued at = approximately $31 million. In March, Elbit reported a $160 million deal = to supply aircraft doors to US aircraft component manufacturer Spirit = AeroSystems.=20 * Jerusalem and Tel Aviv have both opted for (expensive) non-polluting, = traffic congestion relieving light railway lines, which is GN as far as = it goes. The not so GN is that the laying of the tracks has been = expensive, polluting and traffic congestion creating. So? So the Haifa = municipality is bucking the trend set and instead of disrupting the = smooth running of the city it will establish a large-capacity electric = bus route, the Metronit. For an initial investment of a mere NIS 750 = million, a small fraction of the outlay by the other two cities, = large-capacity electric buses will be delivered and the inexpensive = (It=92s all relative, folks), non-polluting etc show will be on the = road-literally.=20 * Sources in the know claim that The Indian Cabinet Committee on = Security has given the go-ahead for two mega-deals with Israeli defense = industries in India. The committee, so they say, approved a $1.5 billion = Israel Aerospace Industries project to develop and upgrade the Barak = surface-to-air missile. The council also approved a $270 million = purchase of Rafael's SpyDer defense systems. According to Indian news = reports, Rafael has already inked the final agreement, and IAI is about = to do the same. But wait! Arms deals are notorious for falling through = at the last minute, so we=92ll hold our breath on this one.=20 * People with chronic neck and head pain, and there are millions of them = around usually combat migraines with heavy drugs and invasive procedures = but help is at hand in the form of Occiflex that gives gentle massage = therapy to the neck muscles of the patient. Using biofeedback methods, = the device mimics the pain relieving hands-on therapy given by = physicians and physical therapists and the result is therapeutic. GN = indeed.=20 * Here=92s an interesting item that caught the attention of a GN reader = in Shanghai-yes, we have them there too-. In the latest published = statistics on a wide range of situations, the CBS reports that income = from the export of goods and services in 2007 reached $71.56bn, which = looks pretty good to us but compare it with the figure of $43.6bn only = three years earlier, and it begins to look even better..=20 * Pharmaceutical exports totaled $2.22 billion in the first half of = 2008, 43% more than in the first half of 2007, with the largest increase = going to Eastern Europe. Pharmaceutical exports to Russia, a potentially = huge market rose 250% to $4.4 million but the US was still way ahead of = the pack for sheer volume, with exports rising 43% to $1.65 billion.=20 * One of the main concerns of medical staff in hospitals is the = proliferation of monstrous, mutant, drug resistant bacteria that really = belong in science fiction rather than in the havens for the healing of = the sick. Enter the team of Balaban and Geffen researchers at the Hebrew = University who have developed a way of attacking the enemy with bacteria = armed with phages that are viruses that kill bacteria. So far laboratory = trials have been highly successful and hopefully the technique will soon = be applied in the field.=20 * Financial services clearing solutions developer Fundtech Ltd. has = closed another deal with a major UK bank Sources are saying that the = institution in question is Lloyds TSB Group plc Britain=92s fourth = biggest bank, and that the contract is worth an eight-digit figure. = Fundtech works with the UK's top four banks: HSBC plc, Barclay's Bank = plc, Royal Bank of Scotland, and, as of now, Lloyds. Rather good going = we=92d say.=20 * For the most part sub-Saharan Africa is not GN but Israeli=92s are out = there helping to make it better for some. The Little Light Children=92s = Center in Kampala Uganda was established by volunteers from here and = they assist the locals to run the kindergarten that caters for children = in dire need including AIDS orphans, war victims with disfiguring = injuries and regular kids from the slums. They=92re educated, fed and = have their lives turned around by the Nation that prides itself on being = a =91light unto the nations=92 and very often is. And just for good = measure=20 * A medical team has been dispatched to war-torn Georgia to tend to = those who are victims of the strife there. Well there you are, The Red = Magen David is there whenever and wherever it=92s needed and that = without regard to race, color or creed.=20 * Our best wishes go to our President on the occasion of his 85th = birthday. May he continue to amaze us with his perennial youth, his = enthusiasm, his wisdom and all the qualities that make him the special = man that he is.=20 New cottage in the = East=20 Luxurious and well designed=20 For further information contact Joe +972-9-77-44-133 or = info@angloraanana.com =09 =09 Have we missed any Good News? Do you have any comments? Please let us = know. www.angloraanana.com PLEASE = VISIT OUR WEBSITE=20 WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF ANGLO SAXON RA'ANANA =09 Disclaimer of Liability While Good News strives to report the news accurately and faithfully,we = cannot accept responsibility for errors in, misinterpretations of, or = omissions from the material printed in The Good News Digest above, nor = are we responsible for the application of the information contained = herein to your personal or business situation. =09 ------_=_NextPart_003_01C90432.9E3120AA Content-Type: text/html; charset="windows-1255" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Israel Good News Digest
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http://www.angloraanana.= com
=09 Quote for the = Week
"Pessimists and optimists die in the same way, but they certainly = live differently so choose to be an optimist" (President Shimon Peres who celebrates his 85th birthday this week, = in an address to groups of high school age scientists) =09

=09
    =09
  • Trading volume on the TASE has risen seven-fold since 1997, and = the total market value of TASE-listed companies grew by five times in = the past decade; in comparison, the aggregate market cap of companies = listed on Wall Street only doubled

  • More GN, for the Israeli economy: Morgan Stanley is raising = Israel's investment rating from Equal-Weight to Overweight - the terms = it uses when recommending buying or selling a country's stocks. One of = the few instances when being overweight is actually good But why exactly = is Morgan Stanley bullish on Israel? One of the reasons is that the = investment bank discerns improved profitability for traded-companies. =

  • Israel Chemicals Ltd. published its financial report today for = the second quarter of 2008. Net profit rose to $709.1m from only = (only?!) $125.8m for Q2 =9107. For the first time, the chemicals = producer outdid Teva which scored a handsome $536 million, and is now, = ICL that is, the Israeli company with the highest quarterly profit. The = firm handily beat Merrill Lynch=92s forecast of a net profit of nearly = $570 million. Israel Chemicals also announced the distribution of a $300 = million dividend. So there are smiles all round

  • The Central Bureau of Statistics reported today that Israel tops = the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development for money = spent on R&D as a proportion of Gross Domestic Product. Israel spent NIS = 31.5bn on Research & Development last year which was 4.7% of GDP, where = the OECD average was only 1.7% of GDP. It=92s one way of keeping ahead = of the field. And

  • Microsoft is extending its cooperation with the world of = Academia. The company's R&D center in Israel announced today that = Microsoft Research will be awarding scholarships to doctoral students in = computer science and engineering with the goal of developing products = for commercial use.

  • A medal at last! After some truly outstanding performances, = particularly by our swimmers who rewrote the Israeli record book without = quite making it to the coveted bronze, silver and gold, Shahar Zubari = won a Bronze medal earlier this week, Israel's first in the 2008 Beijing = Olympics. He was competing in the windsurfing event where he was = actually in first place for the initial races but what with one thing = and another he ended up third. He certainly isn=92t complaining. =

    =09
  • Elbit Systems Ltd., and we=92ve mentioned them often enough, was = awarded a contract by Boeing to supply structural components including = external fuel tanks, pylons, horizontal stabilizers and gun access doors = for the Company=92s F-15 fighter jets. The deal is valued at = approximately $31 million. In March, Elbit reported a $160 million deal = to supply aircraft doors to US aircraft component manufacturer Spirit = AeroSystems.

  • Jerusalem and Tel Aviv have both opted for (expensive) = non-polluting, traffic congestion relieving light railway lines, which = is GN as far as it goes. The not so GN is that the laying of the tracks = has been expensive, polluting and traffic congestion creating. So? So = the Haifa municipality is bucking the trend set and instead of = disrupting the smooth running of the city it will establish a = large-capacity electric bus route, the Metronit. For an initial = investment of a mere NIS 750 million, a small fraction of the outlay by = the other two cities, large-capacity electric buses will be delivered = and the inexpensive (It=92s all relative, folks), non-polluting etc show = will be on the road-literally.

  • Sources in the know claim that The Indian Cabinet Committee on = Security has given the go-ahead for two mega-deals with Israeli defense = industries in India. The committee, so they say, approved a $1.5 billion = Israel Aerospace Industries project to develop and upgrade the Barak = surface-to-air missile. The council also approved a $270 million = purchase of Rafael's SpyDer defense systems. According to Indian news = reports, Rafael has already inked the final agreement, and IAI is about = to do the same. But wait! Arms deals are notorious for falling through = at the last minute, so we=92ll hold our breath on this one.

    =09
  • People with chronic neck and head pain, and there are millions = of them around usually combat migraines with heavy drugs and invasive = procedures but help is at hand in the form of Occiflex that gives gentle = massage therapy to the neck muscles of the patient. Using biofeedback = methods, the device mimics the pain relieving hands-on therapy given by = physicians and physical therapists and the result is therapeutic. GN = indeed.

  • Here=92s an interesting item that caught the attention of a GN = reader in Shanghai-yes, we have them there too-. In the latest published = statistics on a wide range of situations, the CBS reports that income = from the export of goods and services in 2007 reached $71.56bn, which = looks pretty good to us but compare it with the figure of $43.6bn only = three years earlier, and it begins to look even better..

  • Pharmaceutical exports totaled $2.22 billion in the first half = of 2008, 43% more than in the first half of 2007, with the largest = increase going to Eastern Europe. Pharmaceutical exports to Russia, a = potentially huge market rose 250% to $4.4 million but the US was still = way ahead of the pack for sheer volume, with exports rising 43% to $1.65 = billion.

    =09
  • One of the main concerns of medical staff in hospitals is the = proliferation of monstrous, mutant, drug resistant bacteria that really = belong in science fiction rather than in the havens for the healing of = the sick. Enter the team of Balaban and Geffen researchers at the Hebrew = University who have developed a way of attacking the enemy with bacteria = armed with phages that are viruses that kill bacteria. So far laboratory = trials have been highly successful and hopefully the technique will soon = be applied in the field.

  • Financial services clearing solutions developer Fundtech Ltd. = has closed another deal with a major UK bank Sources are saying that the = institution in question is Lloyds TSB Group plc Britain=92s fourth = biggest bank, and that the contract is worth an eight-digit figure. = Fundtech works with the UK's top four banks: HSBC plc, Barclay's Bank = plc, Royal Bank of Scotland, and, as of now, Lloyds. Rather good going = we=92d say.

  • For the most part sub-Saharan Africa is not GN but Israeli=92s = are out there helping to make it better for some. The Little Light = Children=92s Center in Kampala Uganda was established by volunteers from = here and they assist the locals to run the kindergarten that caters for = children in dire need including AIDS orphans, war victims with = disfiguring injuries and regular kids from the slums. They=92re = educated, fed and have their lives turned around by the Nation that = prides itself on being a =91light unto the nations=92 and very often is. = And just for good measure

    =09
  • A medical team has been dispatched to war-torn Georgia to tend = to those who are victims of the strife there. Well there you are, The = Red Magen David is there whenever and wherever it=92s needed and that = without regard to race, color or creed.

  • Our best wishes go to our President on the occasion of his 85th = birthday. May he continue to amaze us with his perennial youth, his = enthusiasm, his wisdom and all the qualities that make him the special = man that he is.
=09
New cottage in the = East

=09 Luxurious and well designed

=09 For further information contact Joe +972-9-77-44-133 = or info@angloraanana.com
Have we missed any Good News? Do you have any = comments? Please let us know.
www.angloraanana.com=20 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE
WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF ANGLO SAXON RA'ANANA
Disclaimer of Liability
While Good News strives to report the news accurately and = faithfully,we cannot accept responsibility for errors in, = misinterpretations of, or omissions from the material printed in The = Good News Digest above, nor are we responsible for the application of = the information contained herein to your personal or business situation. =
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