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ISRAEL TO SELL CHINA $300MLN IN WATER TECH

Israel on Wednesday signed a deal to sell China water technology valued at $300 million for use in the agriculture sector. “Economic relations between the two countries are increasing and growing rapidly to our satisfaction and we intend to take further steps to reinforce this trend,” the Chinese Minister of Finance Xie Xuren said at […]

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ISRAEL TO ATTRACT INDIAN, CHINESE ACADEMIA

Israel’s Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Education launched programs designed to boost research cooperation with India and China, by attracting researchers and students from those two countries to Israel’s research institutions. Scholarships will be awarded to hundreds of students and researchers from China and India as part of an overall budgetary allocation of up […]

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An air pollution alert for the home

Israel’s AirBase Systems uses advanced nanotechnology to develop the lowest-cost air pollution monitor and alert on the market.  If you live in an urban, traffic-choked area, you are a prime potential customer for an Israeli company’s novel, low-cost device that gives real-time information on air quality wherever you are. Air pollution is the cause of […]

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Israeli technology services exports reach $9.5b

This is a 3.4% drop from 2009, but a 17% rise compared with 2007.  Israel has kept its place as one of the largest exporters of know-how and technology in the world, according to a report published by the National Council for R&D at the Ministry of Science and Technology. The report shows that in […]

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Bloomberg: Israel safest for investing

Among the developed countries, Israel’s stock market produced the last decade’s highest risk-adjusted returns. According to the Bloomberg riskless return ranking, the Tel Aviv TA-25 Index returned 7.6% in the ten years ending yesterday, after adjusting for volatility, the highest among 24 developed-nation benchmark indexes. The second-best market, with a risk-adjusted gain of 6.7%, was […]

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SINGTEL BUYING ISRAELS AMOBEE

Singapore Telecommunications Limited is acquiring mobile advertising firm Amobee, for $321 million. Amobee, which was founded in 2005 and has 127 staff in eight offices in Israel, the United States, Europe, Asia and Latin America, provides end-to-end mobile advertising solutions and services for advertisers, publishers and operators. SingTel is one of the largest mobile carriers […]

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Israel’s oily approach to natural pest control

While agricultural production must keep at a steady clip to feed a hungry world, new earth-friendly solutions are sought to reduce the chemical load used to grow crops for food. An Israeli blend of everyday cooking oils now challenges the slew of problems linked to pesticide use in monoculture crops. The innovation is in the […]

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Israel’s wine exports up 5.5% in 2011

The Israel Export & International Cooperation Institute (IEI) reported last week that Israel’s wine industry recorded a successful year in 2011 as wine exports grew by 5.5%.   According to the report the Israeli wine industry recorded overseas sales of US$26.7 million in 2011.   The report noted that there are currently 35 commercial wineries […]

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High-tech accelerator DreamIt opens Israeli branch

Long gone are the days when lonely entrepreneurs had to sit in the garage with their engineering buddies tweaking the next big startup company. A new trend in high-tech is accelerator programs, where groups of young companies work together side by side, sharing legal support, brainstorming capabilities, advice from successful entrepreneurs and some startup capital. […]

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Blackstone to make major investments in Israel

Private equity fund Blackstone will set up a joint venture with Markstone to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in Israel. The deal will be closed in a few weeks. Markstone has declined to respond to the report. Blackstone, with $166.2 billion in assets under management, is the world’s largest private equity fund, larger than […]