La Jeune Chambre Economique de Menton Roquebrune Cap Martin organise les 27, 28 et 29 avril 2001 le 1er salon de la bourse & Internet au Palais de l’Europe à Menton. L’objectif de cette manifestation est de faire découvrir et de présenter à un large public toute la filière de la bourse sur le Net. Ce salon dont l’entrée est gratuite s’articulera autour de l’information, l’explication et le conseil.De nombreux stands permettront aux visiteurs de rencontrer et de discuter avec des représentants de sociétés en ligne.

The recent Chamber of Economy in Menton Roquebrune Cap Martin is organising on April 27th, 28th, and 29th 2001 the first stock exchange & Internet exhibition at the “Palais de l’Europe” in Menton. The aim of this event is to present to a large public the sphere of the stock exchange on the Net and to make them discover it. This exhibition for which entry is free, will focus on information, explanation and advise.Many stands will enable visitors to meet and discuss with representatives of on-line companies.

Cannes had welcome the laureates of a Singapore publicly owned company during the advertising film festival. An exchange of friendly services, ten Crauwn taxis plugs the city…

L'inauguration du tunnel, qui désormais relie physiquement les deux sites d'Amadeus de Sophia Antipolis auparavant séparés par la route du Pin Montard, servira de prétexte au directeur général Jacques Lignières, pour lancer le 3 mai prochain à 11h30, un nouveau concept : l'Amadeus Campus. Le GDS (Global distribution services) a connu une croissance exceptionnelle au cours des dernières années, devenant la plus grande entreprise de la technopole avec 1.400 personnes.

A sudden change took place at the end of last week in the small fight pursued between the maritime companies for the concession of public service for Corsica from January 1st 2002: the SNCM (Corsica Mediterranean National Company) and the CMN (Southern Shipping Company) were the only ones for the call for tenders for the shuttle between Marseille and Corsica.

How much money do congresses bring to the city ? The SEMEC (Société d'économie mixte des évènements cannois) has one its accounts : 1.38 billion francs and some 3.500 direct or indirect occupations.

The team is entirely feminine for the Chacok which participates from April 7th to April 14th at the sailing ship competition called Spi Dauphine. The ship with the colours of the French Riviera brand of upmarket ready-to-wear has then formed a team recruited within the higher Institute of communication, ISCOM Paris. Constance, Camille, Laurence, Fanny, Louise and Ombline, all students at this Institute, will embark on the Jod 35 of Chacok. Camille Beauchène, a member of the team coming from the French Riviera, had the idea and succeeded to convince the company to get involved.

The prefect of the Alpes-Maritimes has authorized the operating of the Villeneuve-Loubet site. A new episode of the incredible serial of rubbish dumps in the department which started in March 2000.

The inauguration of the tunnel which will now link the two Amadeus sites separated by the road of the Pin Montard, in Sophia Antipolis, will be an excuse for the general executive, Jacques Lignières, to launch a new concept on May 3rd at 11.30: the concept of Amadeus Campus. The GDS (Global Distribution Services) faced an exceptional growth during the last few years, to become the largest company of the research park with 1 400 people. Important construction works were undertaken in order to gather the employees of the company at Sophia Antipolis.

Le Monaco World Summit se tient jeudi et vendredi 26 et 27 avril au Sporting d'Hiver de la Principauté sur le thème du crime économique et de la criminalité transnationale organisée. Deux intervenants vedettes : le juge Eric Halphen, qui fait actuellement la "Une" de l'actualité avec l'affaire des HLM de Paris et la mise en cause du Président de la République; Michel Hunault, rapporteur de la loi sur le blanchiment de l'argent sale.

The Principality escapes the black list of the FATF (Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering) but is strongly soaked by the parliamentary mission. Pressure from France should increase.

The municipal council of Cannes has resumed the deliberation dated from last June, just before the hot season, a deliberation which allowed the transfer of Carlton Club games to the Palm Beach (both buildings belong to the Partouche group). As well, the council allotted 200 slot machines to the Palm Beach (that is to say they have increased fourfold the number of slot machines as the Carlton has only 50 machines).

Le dossier de l'appel d'offres est passé devant le Tribunal Administratif et le Commissaire du gouvernement a retenu trois points d'annulation. Le jugement est aussi très attendu.

Under the supervision of Sun Microsystems, the first European Code Camp will take place at the ESSI from May 9th to 11th and will be dedicated to the Java 2 Enterprise Edition technology. It is the key of opened information technology.

During inquiries about Russian real estate investments on the French Riviera, Boris Eltsine's daughter was often mentioned as the one who bought the Garoupe castle at the Antibes cape. The "Paris Match" magazine brings a new element in that sense by announcing that Boris Eltsine, the former president of the Russian Federation, would be soon at the Garoupe castle and that men were already at the castle in order to prepare the arrival of their boss.

Set up in collaboration with the Foundation of Sophia Antipolis, the club Sophia UK has been officially launched on Tuesday April 24th at Newcastle Upon Tyne. Located in the north east of Great Britain, it benefits from a high mobilization of resources and energy for the development of sectors based on knowledge. This new club is highly linked to the French Riviera research park. The leaders have already participated many times to the meetings of the Sophia Start-up association.

The news has been known all over France. It is true that the senior of instruction judges in Grasse has been very severe : he has decided to remand on custody the driver responsible for a serious traffic accident while she was phoning with her mobile phone. The accident occurred in Antibes, at the quatre chemins crossroads, late last week. An employee of Antibes city hall, who was driving her car, was called on her mobile phone.

Gilbert Constans, a rose grower, has opened his cyber shop three months ago. More than one hundred people have already visited the site with some ten orders registered.

"The Sophia Antipolis sun is not enough to attract young talents" : that is the title of an article of Le Monde newspaper, about the difficulty to recruit in the first European research park. Bruno Aubry, the regional correspondent of the daily, has focused on Amadeus, on the association of the Telecom Valley, on the Sophia Antipolis Foundation, on Sophianet.com, on AG Consulting.

The little war that happened early 1999 about the opening of supermarkets on Sunday morning has been revived in Cannes La Bocca. It stopped with the prefect order of March 22nd 1999 which, after having consulted several supermarket union organisations, forbade to open on Sunday. But, the debate has been revived by the order made late January by the Court of Appeal of Aix-en-Provence. This jurisdiction contested the validity of the prefect order because all involved union organisations did not give their agreement to the closure demand.