In /www.vakooler.com/article262.html"> 'Vakooler.com', the economy's itching powder, this story of domain names which Thales, the former-Thomson-CSF that has invested 100 million francs in his name changing, has to face today. If you're looking for pieces of information about Thales, the first reflex will be to type 'Thales.fr', or Thales.com, .net or .org. Bad luck. Every time, you fall onto a company that has nothing to do with the former-Thomson-CSF. Thales.fr is a seller of wine barrels for professionals.

Michel Lévèque, State Minister of Monaco, head of the princely government will leave his duties at the end of December, after his term in office of 3 years. Former ambassador in Lybia, Marroco, Brazil and Algeria, this French diplomat, aged 66, is retiring. In Monaco, he participated to the implementation of the new Millennium policy marked by many important projects as the underground station, which inauguration has just took place, the construction of a floating seawall for the harbour Hercule as well as the construction of the Grimaldi Forum.

The banking sector of Monaco strengthens its regulations after being strongly critized by many international reports published last June (see the article 'Blanchiment d'argent sale : Monaco sur la sellette'. The banks' Association of Monaco has just enacted new recommendations to Monaco's credit institutions as far as the fight against laundered money is concerned.

A European web agency, a member of the Beaufort group, PLC, the Sync Mediacom company from Sophia Antipolis organizes, on the occasion of the coming of Gordon Stewart, the group CEO, a breakfast followed by a round table about the theme : 'the management of changes towards the new economy'.This one will take place on December 1st, 8.30 am, at the Sophitel Le Méditerranée in Cannes (2, boulevard Jean Hilbert).The contributors will be :·Michel Quéré, a CNRS searcher, a specialist in the innovation economy (responsible for Meditérranée Technologies at Sophia Antipolis)·Michel Bern

En Europe, le cap est mis sur la troisième génération des mobiles avec le haut débit que permet l'UMTS. Au Japon, où cette technologie sera opérationnelle en 2001, on pense déjà à l'étape suivante. Le Japonais NTT DoCoMo, spécialiste de la technologie W-CDMA (large bande) et des services I-mode, a ainsi conclu une alliance avec l'Américain HP (Hewlett-Packard) pour étudier les applications et services de téléphonie quatrième génération.

Today, Monday December 18th, this is the start of the last-born radio stations of Radio France. France Bleu Azur, which is part of the development plan of a local radio network starts its broadcast from Nice. On the FM, (103.8 in Nice and 94.8 in Menton), the three daily local information programs are at 7, 8 and 9 o'clock. They will last 7 minutes and will cover all information on the French Rivera's cities. A maximum of ten subjects will be developed in each news cast.

The stock certificate of the veterinary laboratory has fallen by 16% in the beginning of last week, as the investors fear the 1996-97 situation to repeat. Hence the reaction of the group.

Vantas, which has taken over HQ Global Work Places business centres last August has changed its name in November to become HQ Global. Sophia's business centre of Sophia Areas has changed its name once again. It would also change of address next year. This centre of 2000 sq meters isn't adapted to the current needs of the new economy anymore. Hence a transfer planned on the first semester 2001 on 4 500 sq meters in a building which is under construction at the moment. A new undergoing massive change…

The former CICA manager has fallen back to 'Antipolis' (former Dow Corning) and intends to launch out an incubator for private companies. Kick off on December 21st.

Former Director of the European technological innovation and expert evaluation centre of Andersen Consulting in Sophia Antipolis (he had left this position last year and was replaced by Liam McErlane), Christian Charvet has taken over the management of Microsoft Solutions Organization (MSO) of France, branch created within Andersen Consulting. Christian Charvet, a polytechnicien (1971), has joined Andersen Consulting in 1975 and then became a partner in 1986.

The Council of the Department gives 60 million francs on three years to the office of economic promotion of the French Riviera whose missions and objectives have been put up.

Vantas, qui a racheté en août dernier les centres d'affaires HQ Global Work Places, a changé de nom en novembre pour devenir HQ Global. Le centre d'affaires sophipolitain des Espaces Sophia a donc une nouvelle fois changé d'enseigne. Il devrait changer aussi d'adresse l'an prochain. Ce centre de 2.000 m2 ne s'avère plus très adapté aux besoins actuels de la nouvelle économie. D'où un transfert qui est envisagé au premier semestre 2001 sur 4.500 m2 dans un immeuble actuellement en cours de construction. Une nouvelle mutation...

La DRIRE organise avec l'ADEPA une manifestation sur le thème de l'externalisation dans les PMI le 17 Janvier 2001 de 14h00 à 18h00 au centre d'affaires de l'aéroport (Terminal 1).Les thèmes qui seront abordés sont les suivants:- Entreprise étendue et externalisation- Pourquoi externaliser ?- Quelles sont les activités concernées ?- L'évolution du sous-traitant au partenaire- Le nouveau rôle des achats- Contrat de progrès et plan de progrès- L'organisation des sous-traitants: structuration par niveau, les alliances- Avantages et limites du systèmeContactRenseignements et inscription a

'Our graduates in Masters of Finance are easily recruited, either on a national or an international scale. Most of them are employed before being available, with an average wage of 200 KF.

The DRIRE organizes with the ADEPA a meeting about the theme of outsourcing for SMIs on January 17th 2001 from 2.00 pm to 6.00 pm at the airport business center (Terminal 1).The issues that will be discussed are the following :-Large industry and outsourcing-The reason for outsourcing ?-What are the concerned activities ?-The evolution from the subcontractor to the partner-The new role of purchasing-Progress contract and progress plan-The organisation of subcontractors : structuring according to the level, partnerships-Advantages and limits of the systemContactInformation and registra

Mauvaise surprise hier matin pour les nombreuses entreprises sophipolitaines qui utilisent l'ADSL : pas la moindre connexion Internet, pas le plus petit mail. Tout le secteur de Sophia-Antipolis se trouvait privé d'ADSL, à la suite vraisemblablement d'une panne de logiciel. C'est ce que diagnostiquait dans la matinée le centre de Lyon chargé de la télésurveillance du réseau ADSL de France Télécom. Pendant toute la journée, l'équipe lyonnaise a essayé de relancer le système. En début de soirée toutefois l'Internet à haut débit n'était pas encore revenu sur la technopole.

The banking sector of Monaco obtained the agreement of the I.R.S (Inland revenue services) on customer identification rules, main instrument of the fight against the money laundering.

Le titre du laboratoire vétérinaire a chuté de 16% en début de semaine dernière, les investisseurs craignant un renouvellement de la situation de 1996-97. D'où la réaction du groupe.

Coucou, nous revoilà ! Alain André et Denis Chambrier, directeurs de Cicom Organisation, fêteront jeudi 21 décembre à 12 heures, au 300 route des Crêtes, leur nouvelle implantation après leur départ du CICA. Ce sera une première pour 'Antipolis 1' ex-Dow Corning, le bâtiment où ils se sont installés dans 200 m2 pour l'instant, des locaux de taille plus réduite que celle du CICA (14.000 m2) mais avec des possibilités d'agrandissement importantes et d'immenses ambitions.

Tous les regards étaient tournés samedi vers le congrès départemental du RPR et sur Charles Ginesy, actuel président du Conseil général, et Christian Estrosi, son dauphin désigné.