The unemployment rate as a whole fell to 6.6% from 7.5% in 2009. The number of employed persons rose by 97,000 The Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) reported last week that the unemployment rate was unchanged at 6.6% of the civilian labor force in the fourth quarter of 2010, or 211,000 persons. 2.98 million […]
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The cooperation is primarily in the realms of promoting investment and exchange of technologies. Cooperation will be in the form of rotation of specialists, both professionals and technicians Israel and Poland signed last week a joint declaration of cooperation on water supply and sustainable energy technology management policy. This and other agreements were signed […]
As reported in IVC: Boxee’s media center software finds a user’s favorite shows and movies online and puts them on the TV, without a monthly fee. Boxee Inc. has raised $16.5 million in its third financing round led by Pitango Venture Capital. Japan’s Softbank and current investors General Catalyst, Spark Capital, and Union Square Ventures […]
As reported in Israel21c: At the dawn of the 20th century, the British royals were privy to a spiffy new system for infusing drinking water with carbon dioxide bubbles. It would take 53 years for SodaStream to reach commoners, and another 42 until it was acquired by an Israeli distributor and transformed into an international […]
As reported in Israel21c: The idea has been around for a while, but engineers weren’t able to make it work. At least as far as Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) knows, the Taxibot Dispatch Towing system is the world’s first tugboat-like way to tow both wide and narrow body commercial airplanes to taxi to and from […]
SWAN, the Smart Water Networks Forum, will lead the revolution of data and information technology for water networks, yielding a more efficient and more sustainable water industry. London, Feb 21st 2011 – Water industry leaders have announced today that they have joined forces in the establishment of SWAN, the Smart Water Networks Forum, a global […]
Eilat-Eilot Renewable Energy Conference to Showcase a Renewable Energy Commercialization Platform from Capital Nature Experimentum Business leaders to discuss business models for bridging the gap from innovation to implementation for new renewable energy projects Eilat, Israel (February 21, 2011) – The organizers of the 4th International Eilat-Eilot Renewable Energy Conference & Exhibition today announced that […]
As reported in Israel21c: If you go for a bite to eat at Beersheva’s Café Ringelblum, or at Liliyot in Tel Aviv, you won’t notice any difference between these establishments and many others like them. Read the card on your table, however, and you’ll understand what makes them stand out: They’re two of five “social […]
As reported in Port 2 Port: Gross Domestic Product was up 5.4% in H2 2010, compared to 5% in H1 and 3.4% in H2 2009. Business growth increased by 6.1% in H2 2010 Numbers released last Wednesday by the Central Bureau of Statistics indicate that Israel’s economy grew at its fastest rate in four years […]
As reported in Port2Port: Zim ranks 7th among top-20 carriers in Drewry’s Schedule Reliability Survey Drewry’s first quarter of 2011 “Schedule Reliability Insight” Survey places Zim in the 7th place among the top-20 carriers in terms of Schedule Reliability, marking another rank improvement for Zim. Last quarter, Zim was ranked 10th, after advancing from the […]
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