Jean-Pierre Mascarelli didn't succeed yet the grand slam of Sophia. Vice president of the county council, he had obtained in May the renewal of its president mandate at CAD (French Riviera Development). It is an organization for the economic promotion on the county and its attributions had been extended in Sophia Antipolis (CAD was given the charge to take up the communication service the SAEM was in charge of before).
La crise continue pour les start-up de la Net économie. Ainsi, www.webmerger.com, site spécialisé dans la vente et l'achat de sociétés Internet, a-t-il fait un bilan du mois de mai qui reste peu rassurant pour les "dotcoms". Le site a enregistré dans le monde 54 avis de décès en mai 2001, soit quatre de moins qu'en avril 2001, le record ayant été atteint en février 2001 avec 59 fermetures. Webmerger signale ainsi que la crise mondiale des "dotcoms", suite à l'e-krach d'avril 2000, a démarré véritablement il y a un an.
Gemplus' security, listed on the first market of Paris marketplace early December 200 keeps on falling. Yesterday, on Thursday, it lost 7.59%, closing at 3.53 euros. A new hit which follows a second warning resulting from the slack of the growth of the mobile phone market and from the feedback effect of the SIM card activity which represents half of its turnover. The decrease of the security, compared to the listing price (6 euros), is thus up to 41%. Compared to the beginning of the year, the fall is even more significant: 63% !
On Friday June 8th, 3.00 pm, at the CCI Nice Côte d'Azur office, 20 Bd Carabacel in Nice, they will review economic conditions in the Alpes-Maritimes with a balance of the first three months 2001 and prospects for the coming months. Francis Perugini, the president of the CCI NCA, Gérard-Louis Bosio, the president of the Union des Entreprises de la Côte d'Azur and Christophe Baud-Berthier, the assistant-manager of the Bank of France in Nice, will thus present great tendencies in the department.
What will the price of the GPRS ? how much does the user will have to pay for the successor of the dead WAP, the second generation Internet which will allow to wait easily for the coming of the third generation mobile telephony, the UMTS one ? A price range has been given through the business battle which has just started in Great-Britain. The mobile first. British Cellnet offers in its pack a Motorola for 200 pounds (around 2.200 francs), while its competitor Vodaphone sells the same phone for 100 pounds (1.100 francs).
Le titre de Gemplus, introduit au premier marché de la Bourse de Paris au début décembre 2000 continue sa plongée. Hier, jeudi, il a encore perdu 7,59 %, clôturant à 3,53 euros. Un nouveau décrochage qui fait suite à un second avertissement prenant acte du ralentissement de la croissance du marché des mobiles et par contrecoup de l'activité cartes SIM qui représente la moitié de son chiffre d'affaires. La baisse du titre, par rapport à son prix d'introduction (6 euros), se monte ainsi à 41 %. Par rapport au début de l'année, la chute est encore plus sensible : 63% !
Rodriguez Group works as fast as its Open boats. Listed on the Second Market of Paris in May 1998, the group from Cannes will soon be listed on the First Market. Specialized in the construction of luxury yachts and particularly in Open boats, Rogriguez Group has announced yesterday Thursday that Euronext Paris had decided that its securities would be eligible for the SRD (Delayed Payment Service) from June 26th 2001. At the same time, the group, which doesn't seem to be affected by the worldwide economic slowdown, has announced a record order book at 1.15 billion francs.
Eventually we have come to an agreement between the council of the department and the Administrative Court of nice about the way the CICA (International Center for Advanced Communication) in Sophia Antipolis will be managed during the transition: the Council of the department has obtained a five month delay to call for new european tenders and to set up a new managing team. According to the judgement of last April 27th, two have been allowed to the Council to cancel the call for tenders.
The general manager of the Martinez in Cannes, Jean-Louis Bottigliero, 37, the new rising star of the European hostelry, has been nominated executive general manager of the international chain Relais & Chateaux, an office he will be on October 1st 2001. it is a new post , created by Régis Bulot, the president of the voluntary hostelry chain. Relasi & Châteaux have started an international development combined with partnerships such as the one signed in August 2000 with the Leading Hotels of the world", another luxury hotel chain.
Teleform 2001, the appointment of teletraining professionals, will take place June 7th and 8th 2001 at the hall 8 Parc Chanot in Marseilles. For its fourth edition, this show will gather companies and institutions around strategic stakes such the New Information and Communication Technologies for the use of the professional training. A contest will reward the best Intranet-Extranet training applications made by companies or training organizations.
