Monte Carlo SBM may invest in London.

Christine Benard at the wheel.

French commodities trader is about to become a shareholder in the online gambling company jointly owned by Monaco's Societe des Bains de Mer (SBM) and French TV producer Stephane Courbit's company Financieres Lov.

What can we expect in the New Year.

Electric vehicles are quietly gaining space on the road.

Shareholders met at the end of September to review the 2008-09 results.

Most of the fashion houses packed their bags at the end of Paris Fashion Week last Friday, but one company stayed on.

Monte Carlo SBM has reported its financial results shrank by 57% during 2008/09.

Compagnie Monegasque de Banque (CMB) has opened a branch in Switzerland.

Gambling in Monte Carlo gets a breath of fresh air.

Monte Carlo SBM opened its first open air casino in April this year. It's a sort of mini-casino attached to the Cafe de Paris, with about 100 slot machines. The 800 000 euros investment will pay for itself by helping to turn around declining attendance in SBM's casinos. Due to the combined effects of the global economic downturn and last November's introduction of the smoking ban in Monaco there's been a 13% drop in the number of visitors.