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, 28 Nov 2008 13:14:12 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_003_01C9514A.7112A3AF" Received: from p03c11m032.symantecmail.net ([208.65.144.243]) by jaowa.jafi.org.il with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Fri, 28 Nov 2008 13:14:11 +0200 Received: from unknown [194.90.9.21] (EHLO mxout2.netvision.net.il) by p03c11m032.symantecmail.net (mxl_mta-5.7.0-3) with ESMTP id f72df294.3241040816.5398.00-009.p03c11m032.symantecmail.net (envelope-from ); Fri, 28 Nov 2008 04:14:07 -0700 (MST) 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 <0KB1006HAJ77E800@mxout2.netvision.net.il> for SaralynG@wzo.org.il; Fri, 28 Nov 2008 13:14:07 +0200 (IST) Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: GN Israel Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 13:14:38 +0200 Message-ID: <3862-2200811528111438853@BerniceS-WS-XP> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: GN Israel Thread-Index: AclRSnESJ0PX5t9wTsaQ1SvbYwcWjg== From: "Mark Cohen" To: "Greenblatt, Saralyn" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_003_01C9514A.7112A3AF Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1255" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable GN ISRAEL 28 11 08 http://www.angloraanana.com Quote for the Week =93It was a super performance and a huge surprise=94 (Klaus-Jorg Lals a spokesman for the Chess Olympiad =96 no, we hadn=92t = heard of him either =96 describing the reaction to Israel=92s silver = medal win. A little lacking in elegance but it says what it has to. [See = item below]) =B7 We start this week=92s GN with some GN on the employment = front which, all things considered right now, is a pretty good place to = start: =1A The unemployment rate fell to 5.9% in the third quarter = of 2008, down from 6% in the second quarter, the Central Bureau of = Statistics reported today (Wednesday). The lowest figure in the last two = decades. Whichever way you look at it, this is GN =20 =1A Israel's 11,000 doctors at government and Clalit Health = Services Ltd - run hospitals, and at the Hadassah Medical Center will = receive pay rises of approximately 24%. The other Health Funds are = expected to follow suit. Our opinion? It couldn=92t have happened to = nicer people. =20 =1A The Israel Job Fair was held in Jerusalem this week and = some 70 companies looked to fill more than 600 positions throughout the = country. The jobs offered at the fair are geared particularly to = Israel's English-speaking immigrant community, and include entry-level = as well as senior positions in fields that range from accounting and law = to engineering, teaching and technology=20 =20 =1A The CEO of a large supermarket chain, interviewed on TV = this week, said that the company was having difficulty filling a large = number of vacancies existing at all levels from senior management down. We can only conclude from this that the job opportunities are = still out there. =20 =B7 Defense and training simulator maker BVR Systems Ltd has = published its financial report for the third quarter of 2008. The = company posted a net profit of $300,000 for the quarter, compared with a = net loss for the corresponding quarter of 2007. Revenue more than = tripled over the same period to $9.1 million.=20 =20 =B7 It=92s a sport where the spectators remain absolutely silent = throughout and not a scantily clad cheerleader to be seen anywhere. They = hold an Olympiad every two years and the competition is as fierce as = you=92re likely to find anywhere. Israel's men=92s chess team, for chess = is what we=92re talking about, went into the contest ranked eighth in = the world and after a stellar performance - two of the team of four were = unbeaten - came away with a silver medal, Israel=92s first ever. = Meanwhile, Israel's women's team one of 111 participating in the = Olympiad defeated the United States team, one of the favorites for the = title and while they didn=92t win a medal they leapt from #21 to #9 in = the world rankings.[See quote above] =20 =B7 Net profit jumped at Israel Chemicals Ltd which reported its = third quarter results today. Consolidated net profit more than = quintupled, to reach $846 million. The profit is the largest ever for an = Israeli company, breaking a record the company itself held. What can one = say?! =20 =B7 Israeli author Amos Oz has been awarded the 2008 Heinrich = Heine Prize, thus becoming the first Israeli in history to receive this = prestigious honor. Oz will officially receive the prize, a tribute to = his many novels, during a ceremony scheduled to take place on the famous = German poet's birthday, December 13. The award, worth over $65,000, will = be presented by former German President Richard von Weizs=E4cker. = What=92s next for Mr Oz? The Nobel Prize we would think. Oz is highly = recommended reading =20 =B7 Defense electronics company Elbit Systems has published its = financial report for the third quarter of 2008. The company posted = $671.2 million revenue for the quarter, well up on the $518.9 million = for the corresponding quarter in 2007. Net profit rose by an impressive = 35% to $35.6 million. The Company=92s order book boasts a back log well = in excess of $4bn. That should keep a smile on a lot of faces for some = time to come. =20 =B7 The " Backpacking and Donating" project = will be sending a contingent of Israeli volunteers to a Cambodian = village for three months beginning this December. Over the course of a = year, four groups will participate in the program. They will be = teaching, building, repairing and doing a host of other activities for = 10 hours per day, five days a week. Most of them are just post three = years in the army or on national service. It does kind of give a new = meaning to the word altruism, doesn=92t it? =20 =20 =B7 The Russians are coming, the Russians are coming and Eilat is = preparing for the imminent Russian tourist invasion with new restaurants = targeting a Russian clientele, Russian-speaking staff and menus in = Russian to make the visitors feel at home, and to top it all two = Israeli Russian-language newspapers are now delivered to local hotels. = Between 25,000 and 30,000 Russian tourists are expected to fly direct to = the southern resort city by the end of April on seven weekly charter = flights from Moscow and Saint Petersburg. According to local inn keepers = now that the visa requirement for Russians visiting Israel has been = waived our Russian visitors will be arriving in large enough numbers to = fill the resort town all on their own! Very welcome they are and may = they enjoy the sun, the sand and the sea. =20 =20 =B7 El Al yesterday reported record revenues of $607.3 million, = up from $566.7 million in the third quarter of 2007. El Al says its = occupancy in planes ran at 85.4% for the quarter, a proportion almost = unparalleled in today's challenging aviation sphere. The company also = said that it tripled ticket sales online and via the phone. Israel=92s = national carrier doing what it does best. =20 =B7 Israeli know-how in emergency medical services is perhaps one = of the country's lesser - known exports. Magen David Adom (MDA) = regularly sends delegations all over the world to train EMS teams and = last week marked another milestone for MDA when the head of Indonesia's = Muhammadiyah organization arrived in Israel on an official visit to = establish cooperation between his organization and Magen David Adom. Two = things worthy of note; Indonesia is a Muslim country and it doesn=92t = have diplomatic ties with Israel. We guess that there are certain things = important enough to transcend the factors that tend to force people = apart. =20 =B7 There was a song that went; =93They=92ve got an awful lot of = coffee in Brazil=94 and we=92re sure that they have, but Israel=92s = Strauss Group Ltd makes an awful lot of money from that awful lot of = coffee. Here are some of the figures just released; in the third quarter = this year the company=92s revenue rose to NIS 1.65 billion ($428.8m = approx). The sale of 25% of the company's coffee business to Texas = Pacific Group boosted its net profit four-fold to NIS 261.7 million = ($65.5m approx). That=92s an awful lot of cups of coffee. Did anybody = mention an economic slowdown?!=20 =20 =B7 Arise Sir Shimon. It has a ring to it but, and we say this = with the utmost respect to our doughty President, it doesn=92t sound = quite right so it didn=92t happen quite like that. Our First Citizen = though is now a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St = George but like all other Knights who are not British Citizens, without = the kneeling and without the =91Sir=92. And during the few days that he = was in England he managed to fit in an address to the House of Commons, = another at Oxford University and a few to Jewish organizations. Is it = keeping busy that keeps him eternally young? Could be, could be. =20 A Beautiful Home in = Kiryat Ganim=20 Excellent property in a prestigious location For further information contact Rachel +972 9 7744133 or = info@angloraanana.com=20 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 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.=20 =20 ------_=_NextPart_003_01C9514A.7112A3AF Content-Type: text/html; charset="windows-1255" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Israel Good News Digest

GN ISRAEL = 28 11 08
http://www.angloraanana.com

=A0Quote for the Week
=93It was a super performance and a huge = surprise=94

(Klaus-Jorg Lals a spokesman for the Chess Olympiad = =96 no, we hadn=92t heard of him either =96 describing the reaction to Israel=92s silver medal = win. A little lacking in elegance but it says what it has to. [See item = below])

=B7        We start this = week=92s GN with some GN on the employment front which, all things considered right = now, is a pretty good place to start:

=1A           = ; The unemployment rate = fell to 5.9% in the third quarter of 2008, down from 6% in the second quarter, = the Central Bureau of Statistics reported today (Wednesday). The lowest = figure in the last two decades. Whichever way you look at it, this is = GN

=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0

=1A           = ; =A0Israel's 11,000 doctors at government and Clalit = Health Services Ltd - run hospitals, and at the Hadassah = Medical Center will = receive pay rises of approximately 24%. The other Health Funds are expected to = follow suit. Our opinion? It couldn=92t have happened to nicer = people.

 

=1A           = ; The Israel Job Fair = was held in Jerusalem this week and some 70 companies looked to fill more than 600 positions throughout = the country. The jobs offered at the fair are geared particularly to = Israel's English-speaking immigrant community, and include entry-level as well = as senior positions in fields that range from accounting and law to = engineering, teaching and technology

 

=1A           = ; The CEO of a large = supermarket chain, interviewed on TV this week, said that the company was having difficulty filling a large number of vacancies existing at all levels = from senior management down.

=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 We can only conclude from this that the job opportunities are still out = there.

=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 =

=B7        Defense and training = simulator maker BVR Systems Ltd has published its financial report for the third quarter of 2008. The company posted a net profit of $300,000 for the = quarter, compared with a net loss for the corresponding quarter of 2007. = Revenue more than tripled over the same period to $9.1 million.

 

=B7        It=92s a sport where = the spectators remain absolutely silent throughout and not a scantily clad cheerleader to be seen anywhere. They hold an Olympiad every two years = and the competition is as fierce as you=92re likely to find anywhere. = Israel's men=92s chess team, for chess is what we=92re talking about, went into = the contest ranked eighth in the world and after a stellar performance - = two of the team of four were unbeaten - came away with a silver medal, = Israel=92s first ever. Meanwhile, Israel's women's team one of 111 participating = in the Olympiad defeated the United States team, one of the favorites for the = title and while they didn=92t win a medal they leapt from #21 to #9 in the = world rankings.[See quote above]

=A0=A0=A0=A0

=B7        =A0Net profit jumped at Israel = Chemicals Ltd which reported its third quarter results today. Consolidated net = profit more than quintupled, to reach $846 million. The profit is the largest ever = for an Israeli company, breaking a record the company itself held. What can = one say?!

 

=B7        Israeli author Amos = Oz has been awarded the 2008 Heinrich Heine Prize, = thus becoming the first Israeli in history to receive this prestigious = honor. Oz will officially receive the prize, a tribute to his many novels, = during a ceremony scheduled to take place on the famous German poet's birthday, December = 13. The award, worth over $65,000, will be presented by former German = President Richard von Weizs=E4cker. What=92s next = for Mr Oz? The Nobel Prize we would think. = Oz is highly recommended reading

 

=B7        Defense electronics = company Elbit Systems has published its = financial report for the third quarter of 2008. The company posted $671.2 million revenue for = the quarter, well up on the $518.9 million for the corresponding quarter = in 2007. Net profit rose by an impressive 35% to $35.6 million. The Company=92s = order book boasts a back log well in excess of $4bn. That should keep a = smile on a lot of faces for some time to come.

 

=B7        The "Backpacking and Donating" project = will be sending a contingent of Israeli volunteers to a Cambodian village = for three months beginning this December. Over the course of a year, four = groups will participate in the program. They will be teaching, building, = repairing and doing a host of other activities for 10 hours per day, five days a = week. Most of them are just post three years in the army or on national = service. It does kind of give a new meaning to the word altruism, doesn=92t = it?=A0

 

=B7        The Russians are = coming, the Russians are coming and Eilat is = preparing for the imminent Russian tourist invasion with new restaurants targeting a = Russian clientele, Russian-speaking staff and menus in Russian to make the = visitors feel at home, and to top it all two=A0 Israeli Russian-language newspapers are now delivered to local = hotels. Between 25,000 and 30,000 Russian tourists are expected to fly direct = to the southern resort city by the end of April on seven weekly charter = flights from Moscow and Saint = Petersburg. According to local inn keepers now that the visa requirement for Russians visiting = Israel has been waived our Russian visitors will be arriving in large enough = numbers to fill the resort town all on their own! Very welcome they are and may = they enjoy the sun, the sand and the sea.=A0

 

=B7        El Al yesterday = reported record revenues of $607.3 million, up from $566.7 million in the third = quarter of 2007. El Al says its occupancy in planes ran at 85.4% for the quarter, = a proportion almost unparalleled in today's challenging aviation sphere. = The company also said that it tripled ticket sales online and via the = phone. Israel=92s national carrier doing what it does best.

 

=B7        Israeli know-how in = emergency medical services is perhaps one of the country's lesser - known = exports. Magen David Adom (MDA) regularly sends delegations all over the world to train EMS teams and = last week marked another milestone for MDA when the head of = Indonesia's Muhammadiyah organization arrived in Israel on an official visit to establish cooperation between his organization = and Magen David Adom. Two things worthy of note; Indonesia is a Muslim country and it doesn=92t have diplomatic ties with = Israel. We guess that there are certain things important enough to transcend the = factors that tend to force people apart.

 

=B7        There was a song that = went; =93They=92ve got an awful lot of coffee in Brazil=94 and we=92re sure that they have, but Israel=92s Strauss Group = Ltd makes an awful lot of money from that awful lot of coffee. Here are some of = the figures just released; in the third quarter this year the company=92s = revenue rose to NIS 1.65 billion ($428.8m approx). The sale of 25% of the = company's coffee business to Texas Pacific Group boosted its net profit = four-fold to NIS 261.7 million ($65.5m approx). That=92s an awful lot of cups of = coffee. Did anybody mention an economic slowdown?!

 

=B7        Arise Sir Shimon. It = has a ring to it but, and we say this with the utmost respect to our doughty = President, it doesn=92t sound quite right so it didn=92t happen quite like that. = Our First Citizen though is now a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael = and St George but like all other Knights who are not British Citizens, = without the kneeling and without the =91Sir=92. And during the few days that he = was in England he = managed to fit in an address to the House of Commons, another at Oxford University and = a few to Jewish organizations. Is it keeping busy that keeps him eternally = young? Could be, could be.

A Beautiful Home in Kiryat Ganim

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For further information contact Rachel +972 9 7744133 = or info@angloraanana.com

Have = we missed any Good News? Do you have any comments? Please let us = know.
www.angloraanana.com PLEASE VISIT = OUR WEBSITE
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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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