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Delek, Noble Energy sign Cypriot LNG plant MOU

As reported in Globes: The Tamar and Leviathan partners signed a MOU with the Cypriot government to build an LNG plant on the island’s southern coast. Delek Group Ltd. (TASE: DLEKG), controlled by Yitzhak Tshuva and Noble Energy Inc. (NYSE: NBL) have signed a memorandum of understand with the Cypriot government to build a liquefied […]

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Woodside Reviewing Israel Plan – report

As reported in Globes.co.il: The Australian energy company is reportedly considering joining the consortium for building an LNG plant in Cyprus instead of in Israel. “The West Australian” reports that Woodside Petroleum Ltd. (ASX: WPL) is considering joining a liquefied natural gas (LNG) consortium in Cyprus, instead of in Israel. Woodside, which had planned to […]

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The Minister of Finance meets with the President and CEO of Siemens

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The Minister of Finance and the Chairman and CEO of Cisco Meet in Jerusalem

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Microsoft and Israel’s Ministry of Finance sign Memorandum of Understanding

The Ministry of Finance and Microsoft signed a memorandum of understanding for strategic collaboration for promoting Information and Communication Technologies. Deputy Minister of Finance Mickey Levy, Government Chief Information Officer Carmela Avner, and CEO Microsoft Israel Dani Yamin signed the memorandum which acknowledges technology’s potential to leverage and accelerate economic growth, in light of Israel’s […]

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Negev Energy Group chosen as Concessionaire in Tender for the Design, Financing, Construction and Operation

The inter-ministerial tender committee for the construction of solar power plants at Ashalim, headed by Senior Deputy Accountant General Yariv Nechama, CPA, announced today that Negev Energy, a joint company of Shikun & Binui Renewable Energy and a subsidiary of the Spanish company Abengoa SA, has been chosen as the concessionaire in the BOT project […]

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Ministers Lapid and Bishara Decided to Renew the Israeli-Palestinian Economic Cooperation

Israeli Minister of Finance Mr. Yair Lapid and his Palestinian counterpart Mr. Shukri Bishara had decided today to renew the economic cooperation between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. The two Ministers discussed applying trust building measures this afternoon while conversing in the Israeli Ministry of Finance in Jerusalem. The meeting, coordinated with the Israeli Prime […]

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Boost for Australian Renewable Energy Projects

The Australian Renewable Energy sector is set to receive a boost with the announcement that the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will invest $400 Million in a new fund for  renewable energy projects in regional Australia. The aim of this fund is to build 150MW of renewable projects within five years. The regional renewable energy […]

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Rumours that PepsiCo and Coca Cola in talks with Sodastream

  As published in Globes Online: Home carbonated beverages maker SodaStream International Ltd. ) is holding talks with soft drink giants PepsiCo Inc.  and the Coca-Cola Company . The talks began about a month ago with each of the companies and are in early stages and it is not yet clear whether an acquisition or […]

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Israelis developing ‘Google Glass’ for the blind

  As reported in Israel 21C: About one in 4,000 people in the United States suffers from retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a genetic disease of the retina that causes light-sensing cells to degenerate and eventually leads to vision impairment. Symptoms might start as night blindness. Recent advances in optogenetics have opened the possibility of restoring light […]