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Tiny Country Bursting with Life

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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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Google Confirms Waze Acquisition

As reported in Globes: Google VP Geo Brian McClendon: The Waze product development team will remain in Israel. Google Inc. has confirmed the acquisition of navigation and traffic report app Waze Ltd.. The deal was first reported by “Globes” on Sunday. The amount of the acquisition was not disclosed but sources believe it was for […]

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Google to buy Waze for $1.3b

As reported in Globes: The acquisition follows months of speculation involving Google, Facebook and Apple. Sources inform ”Globes” that Google Inc. will acquire Waze Ltd. for $1.3 billion. The acquisition of the Israeli navigation app and traffic report start-up will be completed after months of reports that Waze would be sold to either Google or […]

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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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Sharing a Coke, using Israeli tech

As published in Times Of Israel: Israeli technology is powering a popular new campaign by Coca-Cola, both in Israel and across Europe. Popular names that appear on hundreds of millions of bottles of the soft drink are all being printed on equipment produced using technology developed by Israel’s Indigo (a division of HP). The Coke […]