Cross Israel with Chique

The Israeli BUSINESS ARENA reports that Bank Hapoalim is close to finalizing the $850m financing needed for a start on the Cross Israel toll road (H6). This will be good news for CHIC, or as the Israeli newspaper called it “Chique.” We hadn’t heard that they had francified their name that way. Isn’t Chic French enough?

If all this sounds cheeky about CHIC, sorry. We thought they’d all gone, couldn’t get through to anyone there. But we finally got a call back from Mitch Patten who’d been off for several months off, working at the election campaign of the premier Mike Harris, but now that the premier’s back, he’s back at CHIC.