A new central superintendent in Nice

Posté jeu 19/04/2001 - 00:00
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Francis Wetta has been nominated central superintendent in Nice. He takes over the chief superintendent Bernard Orengo who has left for the direction of protcetion and security of National Defense in Toulon. The superintendent Francis Wetta, 43, comes from Nantes where he was security chief. He started in the judicial police in Dijon in 1983 as assistant in the Crime Squad. Then, he went to Grenoble and Lyon where he worked as an assistant to the chief security.

Satellites : a good Franco-Italian agreement for Cannes

Posté mer 18/04/2001 - 00:00
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An Franco-Italian agreement which should be good for the Alcatel Space setting up in Cannes. During the Franco-Italian summit, in Turin, they did not only decide to launch the project of linking Lyon and Turin by fast train. A cooperation agreement for a system of earth observation satellite has been achieved. They have decided to manufacture and to put into orbit a constellation of ten multi-sensor earth observation satellites (radar and optic) for civil population as well as for the army, between 2003 and 2006.

The Skybridge programme postponed in a year, but?

Posté mer 18/04/2001 - 00:00
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Alcatel Space Cannes will have to wait another year for the construction of the 80 satellites of the constellation. However, the first wideband services will be opened at the end of the year.The Skybridge programme is postponed in a year, Pascale Sourisse, general manager of Skybridge and Alcatel Space, announced in an interview given to “La Lettre des Télécommunications” (Telecom Letter), owned by the group “Les Echos”. The launching into orbit of the 80 multimedia satellites will be postponed in 2003 for an activation in 2004.What are the reasons for this delay?

Le Monde : Etexx en exemple de place de marché

Posté mer 18/04/2001 - 00:00
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Dans Le Monde Interactif du 18 avril 2001, un article sur les places de marché, avec en exemple un coup de zoom sur une des places de marché azuréennes les plus avancées, la société Etexx, installée à l'Arénas. Dans l'article "Etexx facilite le négoce de tissus" est expliqué le "modèle d'affaires" : l'abonnement pour les acheteurs et la mise en ligne de catalogues pour les fournisseurs.

Le Monde : Etexx as an example of marketplace

Posté mer 18/04/2001 - 00:00
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In Le Monde Interactif of April 18th 2001, an article about marketplaces, with an example which focuses on one of the most advanced marketplaces on the Riviera, the Etexx company, set up in the Arénas. In the article "Etexx facilite le négoce de tissus", they explain the “business world” : subscription for buyers and on-lining of catalogues for providers.

Marineland :inauguration for its 30th anniversary

Posté mer 18/04/2001 - 00:00
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The building works of the biggest killer whale basin are coming to an end for Marineland in Antibes. The French “seaworld” (1.2 million visitors per year, 170 full time employees, turnover of 120 million francs) cannot miss the stake. They have invested 130 million francs in a giant basin (44.000 m3 of sea water, 12 m of depth), equipped with a glass face of 64 meter long and a height of almost 5 meters and stands of 3.600 spectators. This equipment, which should allow Marineland to reach a new stage, will be inaugurated next June 24th.

Nice: 1st national meeting for local governments and Internet

Posté mer 18/04/2001 - 00:00
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Collectivité «on line» is the first forum of the Net and the NTIC (New technologies of information and communication) dedicated to local governments. It will gather on April 18th and 19th 2001 in Nice Acropolis about a thousand of local decision-makers. This forum is organised by the network association IDEAL called Réseau IDEAL set up in 1985 with the mission to encourage the exchange of “savoir-faire” between local governments.

Tourism website: carnavaldenice.net well ranked in February

Posté mer 18/04/2001 - 00:00
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Toutsurlacom.com, from a NetValue survey, reviewed the audience of tourism websites in February 2001 and noticed that “Nearly 30% of French Internet users visited a tourism website in February 2001". In this category (it gathers travel, tourism and transport of persons websites), the website of Nice carnival, carnavaldenice.net has been one of the French websites the most visited reaching a number of 179 000 visitors.

AOM-Air Liberté : grève sur le Nice-Paris

Posté mer 18/04/2001 - 00:00
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La grève du personnel d'Air Liberté et d'AOM a été particulièrement suivie à Nice où les vols des deux compagnies sur Paris Orly ont été annulés (la liaison aérienne avec la capitale a continué d'être assurée par Air France). Les deux compagnies aériennes, qui appartiennent à SAirGroup sont sous la menace d'un plan drastique de restructuration qui devrait être annoncé le 25 avril, date de l'assemblée générale de leur propriétaire, le SAirGroup en pleine déconfiture. Les salariés qui ont entamé une phase d'action ont manifesté dans l'après-midi sous les fenêtre du Medef.

Nice : Capital Gestion investit dans CLL Pharma

Posté mar 17/04/2001 - 00:00
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Si Sud Capital Gestion, à Marseille, n'a guère été présente dans le financement des start-up sophipolitaines, en revanche, cette société de capital-risque vient d'investir une dizaine de millions de francs dans CLL Pharma, une entreprise niçoise spécialisée dans la conception de médicaments génériques. Créée en 1995 par Claude Laruelle, ancien chercheur des départements médecines humaines de Virbac et Arkopharma, CLL Pharma (une trentaine de personnes) cherchait des fonds pour son développement et son regroupement sur Sophia Antipolis.