Building sites in decrease by 15% in the department: the balance sheet 2000 of the Federation of public building and works sector in the Alpes-Maritimes is mitigated. However, there are many needs.

2- RECONSIDERER RAPIDEMENT LES CONDITIONS D’ATTRIBUTION DES LICENCES DE TELEPHONIE MOBILE DE 3EME GENERATIONEn mars 2000, les 64 % que l’Etat détenait dans France Telecom représentaient 900 milliards de francs, soit, sur la base de la participation actuelle de 54 %, 760 milliards de francs.

Les crises boursières américaine et européenne se sont superposées en Europe et ont eu des effets disproportionnés sur l’économie de la filière télécommunications-informatique.

L’ampleur des menaces qui pèsent sur la filière télécommunication-informatique doit s’apprécier en fonction des inconvénients que les retards dans ces secteurs font peser sur l’ensemble de l’économie.A terme, il ne fait aucun doute que ces deux branches d’activité retrouveront leur dynamisme et leur rôle d’entraînement.Mais dans combien de temps ? Avec quelle accumulation de retards pour l’économie française et européenne ?C’est pourquoi, il est urgent d’agir.

Someone from Sophia Antipolis has been invited to contribute during the European seminary organized by the BIC (Business & Innovation Centres), on Thursday May 31st at the Grand Palais in Lilles, a seminary which has chosen company incubation as theme: Alain André, the CEO of Cicom Organisation and former director of the CICA in Sophia Antipolis. Alain André, among contributors coming from all over Europe, will tackle a current question: “Managing an incubator which focus on the Net economy: how can we react in front of difficulties experienced by the new economy”.

NicOx, a start-up from Sophia Antipolis, listed on the stock exchange, has managed to increase the capital despite harsh economic conditions. Even if the low range has been involved since the company has risen 55.4 million euros by selling 870.000 new shares for a price of 68.20 euros. The high “range” expected 1.000.000 shares for a price of 68.10 euros. Taking the operation expenses into account, the result was 63.94 million euros to finance development and research (NicOx is specialized in the development of medicines using characteristics of nitric oxide).

5- ACCELERER L’IMPLANTATION DE L’INTERNET A LARGES BANDES SUR L’ENSEMBLE DU TERRITOIREEn septembre 2000, la mission présidée par M. Jean-Charles BOURDIER, créée à l’instigation de M.

It is the end of the adventure for people from Nice who couldn’t succeed their second investment (50 million francs were required). One of the flagships of the French Riviera economy fails.

Ces crises créent les conditions d'une "pause technologique" risquée pour les grands pays européens et particulièrement pour la France dans le domaine de l'Internet à haut débit.

No AOM-Air Liberté flights between Nice and Paris-Orly today: the strike of the second French air pole staff has been done at the international airport Nice Côte d’Azur (only two flights which were in night stop, which means planes which arrived on the eve and which spent the night in Nice have left in the morning between 6.00 and 8.00).

Françoise Pieroni-Mignon, president of the Guidance and Supervision Council and Jean Mérelle, president of the board of directors at the Caisse d’Epargne Côte d’Azur, will present the business and financial output 2000 of the Caisse d’Epargne Côte d’Azur. This presentation will be done during a press breakfast at the head office of the Caisse d’Epargne, Arenas, 455 promenade des Anglais in Nice.

The humanitarian project of Laurent Bardin, an computer engineer in Sophia Antipolis and the president of Technologie Sans Frontières, has been rewarded a youth initiative prize of 40.000 francs.

“Change and anticipation within the company”: it is the theme of the CJD evening (Young Company Managers’ Centre Cannes Antipolis), which will take place on Tuesday June 12th, at 18.30, in the premises of the CICA at Sophia Antipolis.

The Fouquet’s on the Champs Elysées in Paris is going to expand in Cannes. Bought up two or three years ago by the Barrière chain, it is going to duplicate to the “Majestic Barrière” in Cannes. This will be the first Fouquet’s outside Paris. The building works should begin at the end of this year for an opening scheduled for next year. This luxury restaurant (250 places) will set up in the right wing of the Majestic, a place where the palace’s restaurant, the “Villa des Lys”, is currently situated.

The publication of Amadeus first quarter 2001 results has reassured the stock exchange market which feared the negative influence of a slowing American market with the cut in business trips among others. Amadeus has shown that they could meet their sale expectations for this period: the group has generated a net income of 54.5 million euros, rising by 9.1% compared to last year with an EBE (exploitation gross surplus) rising by 20.3% (129.7 million euros).

Les XIXes Journées de gynécologie de Nice et de la Côte d'Azur se dérouleront du jeudi 14 au vendredi 15 juin, à l'hôtel Radisson SAS, Promenade des Anglais. Cinq cents gynécologues français et internationaux sont attendus. Au programme, un état de l'art en matière de médecine de la naissance avec une partie procréation médicalement assistée et des thèmes nouveaux comme celui des grossesses tardives illustré par le cas de Draguignan (mère à 62 ans).Les gynécologues aborderont une partie d'ordre législatif et moral autour des questions d'IVG, d'avortement etc..

L'opération d'e-recrutement de la Telecom Valley a montré que les portes de l'emploi n'étaient pas fermées. Sauf dans le secteur de la microélectronique où les plans d'embauches sont gelés.

Le projet humanitaire de Laurent Bardin, ingénieur informatique à Sophia Antipolis et président de Technologie Sans Frontière, a reçu un prix initiative jeunesse de 40.000 francs.

« If the problem of housing is not settled, either for company accommodation or not, there will be a risk to slowdown the economic development”, he reminded.

A partnership agreement between the European economic interest group “Les Alpes de la Mer” (EUROCIN-G.E.I.E.) and the three universities of Genes, Turin and Nice will be signed on Tuesday June 12th at 12.00 AM at the CCI NCA, 20 boulevard Carabacel in Nice. EUROCIN-G.E.I.E. is an economic interest group which has in charge to implement the transborder cooperation in the socio-economic field between the Piémont, Ligurie and Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur.