Marseilles gambles on the new technologies and Mediterranean countries.Net'Expo 2000, which takes place at the Parc Chanot from December 7th to 9th 2000, positions on both of these niches. First Mediterranean B2B exhibition dedicated to the new technologies and Internet, it has been set up by Xcom, an organizer of high-tech specialized events, with the Marseilles city hall, IBM and Arisem as partners.
'The on-line retail trade market looks like the latest episodes of 'Survivor', this reality-show in which competitors are frozen out one after the other',the 'New York Times' was written down, quoted by Libération. In an article entitled /www.liberation.com/multi/actu/20001127/20001128marzi.html"> 'Des accrocs dans la Toile, Libération has a disillusioned look on the evolution of the electronic business. It is written that in France ' the e-business accounts for only 0.05% of retail trade, that is to say as much as the turnover of two supermarkets (source : Credoc).
Monaco independent ? Neither France, nor Monaco would be well advised to. They don't want to break open the piggy bank…Le Nouvel Observateurwrites down, its in November 9th edition, about the conflict between Monaco and France. A report is published on the theme of /www.nouvelobs.com/economie/eco1_1.html"> 'Monaco : la ville dont le PDG est un prince'. Such a report describes, always with this exasperating look from Paris onto the south, Monaco S.A., the first employer of the region with Sophia Antipolis.
The results of the comparative study carried out by Business Travel International, a specialist in business travel management is quite interesting. In 1999, within the classification of cities in terms of price, Nice ranks 88th with an average price of 779 francs for a room. In France, Paris ranks 26th (1106 francs with a drop of 1.05%, worth noting, compared to 1998) whereas Lyon ranks 112th (680 francs). Worldwide, New York is the most expansive city : 1654 francs, with a rise of 6% compared to 1998.
Three nominations took place at the beginning of the year within the marketing communication and quality management of the Caisse d'Epargne Côte d'Azur (savings bank of the French Riviera). Those nominations improve the management since the three new promoted persons are high-tech engineers and particularly qualified in new technologies of information and communication.
A real great initiative from the start-ups of the Sentier in Paris; an initiative presented in an article of La Tribunedu 8 janvier 2001 dans l'article /www.latribune.fr/Tribune/Online.nsf/Articles/20010108167941?OpenDocument"> Des start-up du Sentier s'unissent dans un système productif local'. Thus, about forty start-ups have created a new structure, a SPL (Système productif local, a local productive system, LPS) which acts as an interlocutor with the authorities and which organizes synergies between the five hundred start-ups of the area.
The new robotics event, registered in the next Games' programme of Sophia, in June 2001, is a success. Fourteen teams have already registered for this championship of robots in Sophia. For those who are interested, you can visit the Sophia Games' website at the following address : /195.83.41.66/robotik2.html"> http:robotik.jeuxdesopha.org. You can also find the rules, the registration form and links towards the main websites owned by robotics lovers.
The rumor of a buyout by Tiscali of the Internet Service provider Liberty Surf, owner of the start-up of Sophia, Respublica was spreading again at the end of the week. The suspense ended at the end of the morning this monday January 8th 2001 : Tiscali announced during a press conference in Paris the buyout of the two main Liberty Surf's shareholders, Bernard Arnault's investment fund, Europ@web and the English Kingfisher.The new offer which was accepted is however less interesting than the one made during the previous negotiations in October 2000.
