As reported in Israel21c: Did you ever desperately want to interfere in the action of a feature film, so things would work out differently? Now’s your chance. “All filmmaking is based on a lie,” says Israeli Professor Nitzan Ben-Shaul. “In the narrative structure of a movie, it appears that there is only one possible ending – […]
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As reported in Port2Port: The Israeli cabinet will vote to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.NIS 144 million will be invested in reducing electricity consumption in the private sector and local authorities The Israeli cabinet will vote on a NIS 2.2 billion plan to reduce Israel’s greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2020. Israelhad committed […]
As reported by IVC: The mobile image processing company is Broadcom’s seventh acquisition in Israel. Sources inform ”Globes” that semiconductor giant Broadcom Inc. (Nasdaq: BRCM) made its seventh acquisition in Israel a few days ago, acquiring image processing company Sightic Vista Ltd. The acquisition was reportedly for $10-20 million, less than Broadcom normally spends and […]
As reported in IV C: Viola acquired 40% of the kibbutz company, which produces silicone catheters. Viola Private Equity has invested in Degania Silicone Ltd., a manufacturer of of high-quality silicone products, controlled by Kibbutz Degania B. The investment was the latest in a series of deals for kibbutz companies, following the sale of Shamir […]
As reported in IVC: The economic arrangements bill contains encouraging news for Israel’s high-tech industry. The economic arrangements bill, which we take a negative view of in general, contains some important news to encourage Israel’s knowledge and high-tech industry. The bill includes focused tax breaks for three groups – investors, scientists, and experts – whose […]
As reported in IVC: TASE and NASDAQ Introduce Israeli Life Science Companies To U.S. Biomed Investor The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) and NASDAQ are holding an investor conference highlighting life science industries on December 6, 2010. The conference will be held in NASDAQ’s Times Square headquarters and will be launched with an opening bell […]
As reported by IVC The following are the findings of the IVC-GKH Quarterly Private Equity (PE) Survey conducted by IVC Research Center, which for more than 14 years has been at the forefront of private equity, high-tech and venture capital research and data in Israel. This survey is sponsored by Gross, Kleinhendler, Hodak, Halevy, Greenberg […]
As reported by IVC Jerusalem-based Qlipso develops technology enabling surfers to invite friends to private online viewing rooms. ‘Instead of watching TV programs with friends, you can watch them on our website,’ CEO John Goldman says Israeli company Qlipso is sure it found the answer to one of Google’s most prominent challenges – how to […]
As reported by IVC PrimeSense’s technology, at the heart of the hit new Microsoft Kinect device, aims to make remote controls obsolete. Computer giant Microsoft announced this week that within 10 days of a November 4 launch date, it has sold 1 million units worldwide of its cutting-edge, hands-free Kinect gaming device. But less known […]
As reported by IVC Two of the five winners of the $200 million GE Ecomagination Challenge for powering the grid are companies from the Middle East – GridON and WinFlex. This summer GE turned to the internet global hive mind by issuing an open invitation to any and all to compete for the best ideas […]
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