We are pleased to inform you that I-Biz – Israel Business Information Services has recently launched its new, fully upgraded website: the address of the site remains www.i-biz.co.il.

If you are not already fam iliar with our site, you w ill find it an extremely efficient way of monitoring current developments in the Israeli economy. If you are already a site user, we hope that you w ill be pleased with the improvements and changes we have made.

We list here the major changes and improvements incorporated in the upgraded site:

1. The site is now much more user-friendly and has an updated design.
2. A blog has been added, with frequent commentary on current economic developments: we invite site users to respond to the blog.
3.  Users can now purchase and renew subscriptions to the popular I-Biz monthly and (new) quarterly macro-reports directly on the site. As part of the site-upgrade process, prices of annual subscriptions to the reports have been significantly reduced: you are invited to join the ever-growing list of subscribers to the I-Biz report.
4. Subscribers to the macro-reports can see the latest issue online (as well as receiving it by e-ma il directly to their Inbox) and also all archived reports.
5. Enhanced search ab ility via Google Site Search, a high-end search solution used by websites worldwide to fac ilitate a quick and efficient site search.
6. The site now supports the following browsers (as well as Internet Explorer – versions 6 and 7): Firefox, Google's Chrome, Apple's Safari.
7. The site has been reconstructed as a dynamic, database-driven site.

The favorite sections "Forecasts of Upcoming Data" and "Were We Right?" (where we report on new data as they are published and check the accuracy of I-Biz forecasts) remain on the homepage: we have added a 2^nd graph to the homepage to keep you completely updated regarding the most current economic developments.