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Israel's Viola Group’s Covert New China-Backed Tech Fund

28.10.19|Golan Hazani
China Investment Corporation (CIC) will be the keystone investor in a new $250 million fund, which will focus on Israeli companies with significant sales potential in the Chinese market
תל אביב רמת גן מבט על מלמעלה

Israel’s Rise in Ease of Doing Business Ranking not all it Seems to Be

27.10.19|Adrian Filut
Israel was up 14 places on the World Bank’s Doing Business report published last week, but local industry players claim governmental self-lauding is blowing things out of proportion
מיליונר מיליונרים כסף דולר דולרים עשיר עשירים

Israelis Among Top Gainers in Wealth Over Past Year, Says Credit Suisse

22.10.19|Lilach Baumer
The global bank's research institute published its annual global wealth report for 2019 Monday
גידול קנאביס סם סמים מריחואנה

Israel’s Medical Cannabis Reform Continues to Benefit Nearly No One

20.10.19|Tzally Greenberg
Coming into full effect in September and intended to help standardize the industry, the reform has so far resulted in market shortages and hiked prices
תל אביב רמת גן מבט על מלמעלה

IMF Cuts Israel's Growth Forecast for 2019, Again

16.10.19|Adrian Filut
The International Monetary Fund lowered its growth forecast for Israel to 3.1%, after lowering it from 3.5% to 3.3% in April. It also cut its global growth forecast for this year, lowering it to 3% from the 3.2% it forecasted in July—the lowest forecast in a decade
מוצרי חלב ב סופר סופרמרקט

With Unclear Political Future, Israelis Face More Exorbitant Living Costs

15.10.19|Nurit Kadosh
Israeli food manufacturers are taking advantage of the country’s prolonged political limbo, hiking prices of basic food staples
פרופ' אלון וולף מעבדה טכניון

The Technion’s Secret Project: Israeli Medals in Tokyo and Paris

13.10.19|Ouriel Daskal
Science can offer Olympic athletes the tools necessary to increase their performances by those marginal but crucial percentages
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Israel Police Had a Plan to Police Social Media

08.10.19|Omer Kabir
An inner document obtained by Calcalist reveals the police has set up a dedicated “shaming” officer who is in charge of removing negative comments and posts from social media, and that the agency also previously planned to create a real-time monitoring system of such posts
שירה גרינברג כלכלנית ראשית ב משרד אוצר

There Is no Alternative to Raising Taxes, Says Israel’s Chief Economist

07.10.19|Omri Milman
In a first interview since her January appointment, Shira Greenberg talked about Israel’s budget deficit, market productivity, and the taxation of tech exists
תל אביב רמת גן מבט על מלמעלה

Israeli Tech Continues to Draw Investors

24.09.19|Sophie Shulman
2019 has seen median and average deal sizes increase in comparison to 2018, which has seen more venture capital funding raised than any other year in the past decade
מימין ממייסדי צ'קפוינט מריוס נכט ו אמנון שעשוע ממייסדי מובילאיי

Bank of Israel Greenlights Marius Nacht, Amnon Shashua’s Digital Bank

24.09.19|Hezi Sternlicht
After four decades with no new bank in Israel, the digital banking venture of two of Israel’s leading entrepreneurs is expected to be licensed
ההשקה הרשמית של אמזון בישראל

Amazon's Israeli Website Is Live

23.09.19|Orna Yefet
The e-commerce giant launched its local service with a “ships locally” option Sunday evening
אולם ה מליאה כנסת ישראל

The Morning After the Election: Stability Is a Major Challenge

18.09.19|Adrian Filut
The new government will not have a grace period. Immediately after its establishment it will have to pass the budget and start tackling all the problems postponed following April’s failed election
חכ איימן עודה יור ה רשימה ה משותפת כנס עסקים של החברה הערבית

In Israel, Arab Voters Vote Less, Data Shows

17.09.19|Shahar Ilan
The number of eligible voters from Israel’s largest minority increased significantly since 1992, but low voting rates diminish their electoral power, according to data gathered by Arik Rudnitzky of the Israel Democracy Institute
חבילות אמזון משלוח מסחר מקוון

Israel Post to Ship Amazon Packages in Israel

16.09.19|Orna Yefet
The agreement pertains both to packages shipped to Israel from overseas and those that will be shipped by local sellers once Amazon's Israeli service goes live
מימין איילת תבור ג'ונתן טיודור ג'ון סטיוארט ריקש שאה ו חיים שני ועידת לונדון 2019 mind the tech

Israeli Startups, U.K. Companies, a Love Story

13.09.19|CTech
Ayelet Mavor, the director of the UK Israel Tech Hub hosted a panel on collaborations between Israeli startups and U.K.-based corporations at Calcalist’s third Mind the Tech conference in London
נועם רותם איש הייטק האקר

Some of Israel’s Largest Companies Chose to Ignore Warnings of a Severe Cybersecurity Breach

11.09.19|Omer Kabir
In August, the Israel National Cyber Directorate published an urgent warning regarding a security flaw in some of the VPN servers exposing thousands of organizations in Israel to a potential hacker attack
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Amazon Schedules Official Israeli Launch for After the Election

10.09.19|Orna Yefet
Last week, Amazon sent an email to Israeli retailers that registered for the platform, urging them to ready their stock and product list by September 12 and advising them to prioritize products that could be popular ahead of the Jewish New Year
אתר בנייה זירת הנדל"ן

Recent Government Data a Warning Signal for Israel’s Job Market

06.09.19|Adrian Filut
New data by Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics reveals the increase in the number of jobs seen in recent years has been halted since January, with only the tech industry proving resilient