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Invest in Israel Newsletter September 2011 Edition

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Trade in 2010 between Israel and the other countries that comprise Mercosur, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay, reached $1.8 Telmap, which provides mapping, local business listings and other location-based services, has been profitable since last year, with sales for 2010 reaching $28 million, and an expected turnover of $33 million for 2011.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2010 Edition

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Ratiopharm, a privately-owned subsidiary of German holding company VEM, was founded in 1973 and has annual sales of about $8.6 Brazilian President Luiz Inácio (Lula) da Silva gave Israeli President Shimon Peres his final approval for a free trade agreement between Israel and the Mercosur bloc (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay).

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Soundbites from the Future – 2013

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Here he found out that every kid in Uruguay is given a free laptop by the government – (for me it’s a bit like western countries giving all kids a free public education some 200 years ago and that’s why they currently lead the developed world). The entire country of Uruguay is connected to the web.

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