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font-family: Times-Bold;">Total Investment From BIRD and Other Investors to Reach $35 Million</span></b></p> <p style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times-Roman;">The BIRD Foundation for research and industrial cooperation between Israeli and American companies announced today that it would earmark $13 million for 14 new joint America-Israeli projects. </span></p> <p style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times-Roman;">The projects will receive investments equaling $35 million from BIRD and additional investors.</span></p> <p style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times-Roman;">The companies chosen by the Foundation this year are:</span></p> <p style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times-Roman;">In computers and software: the Israeli Tidex along with IBM; and the Israeli AE-40 with Avaya.</span></p> <P>&nbsp;</TD> </TR> </TABLE></B></FONT> <FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial,Helvetica,Univers,Zurich BT"> </FONT> <FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Tahoma"> <FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial,Helvetica,Univers,Zurich BT"> </FONT> </TD></TR><TR> <TD> &nbsp;</TD></TR></TABLE></TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"> <TD WIDTH=546 COLSPAN=2> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><A HREF="index.html"><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="Helvetica">Home</FONT></A><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="Helvetica">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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