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Ministers Committee Approves Law Bill for the Promotion of Competition and Reduction of Centralization

The Minister of Finance: “This is a historical move, a comprehensive reform in the structure of the Israeli economy as a whole” After a stormy debate, the Ministerial Committee on Legislative Affairs approved the Centralization law bill by a majority of 7 in favor versus 3 against and 2 abstentions. The revolutionary bill will lead […]

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Dive into the Red Sea Eilat – totaltravel Yahoo!7

CLICK to read the story byAngie Takanami-totaltravel-Yahoo!7             Located at the northern tip of the Red Sea, Eilat is Israel’s southernmost city hugged by spectacular red mountains and transparent waters. Part of the Negev Desert, Eilat borders the Eqyptian city Taba and Jordanian city of Aqaba. Year-round hot temperatures make […]

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Bringing clean water to the globe

Amiad’s filtration and treatment technologies bring clean water to industries, households and farms in 70 countries. First, the bad news: Clean water is in very short supply across the globe. Now the good news: Amiad Water Systems, founded 50 years ago at a kibbutz near the Sea of Galilee, has built a successful business by […]

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Go with the flow to monitor kidney injuries

URINFO, a new medical device from Israel inspired by agricultural technology, takes the guesswork out of diagnosing a kidney injury. URINFO electronically measures urine flow in real time. In critical-care units, nurses monitor urine output hourly to help determine kidney function and detect possible damage from injury and illness. But today’s tools for measuring urine […]

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Why Israel is a hotbed for flash storage innovation

At the same time EMC was in Israel trying to strike a deal to buy XtremeIO , NetApp and Dell were also there vying for the flash storage array maker’s intellectual property. EMC’s acquisition of the NAND flash storage company followed a similar move by Apple when it purchased Israeli-based flash drive maker Anobit in […]

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Ohad Cohen appointed deputy director general of foreign trade Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor

Ohad Cohen currently serves as the Commercial Attache at the Embassy of Israel in Washington D.C.   Ohad Cohen who currently serves as the Commercial Attache at the Embassy of Israel in Washington D.C. has been appointed as deputy director general of foreign trade Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor and Director of the Foreign […]

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Weizmann Institute solar technology to convert greenhouse gas into fuel

An Israeli-Australian venture will use solar technology developed at the Weizmann Institute of Science to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of brown coal. The venture has been recently launched in Israel by NewCO2Fuels Ltd., a subsidiary of the Australian company Greenearth Energy Ltd., which has acquired an exclusive worldwide license for the solar […]

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GE Healthcare invests $27.5m in Insightec

GE Healthcare has invested $40 million this year in the Elbit Medical ultrasound device unit, and is increasing its stake to 40%. Elbit Medical Technologies Ltd. (TASE: EMTC) announced today that its subsidiary InSightec Image Guided Treatment Ltd.has signed a memorandum of understanding with GE Healthcare. Under the agreement, GE Healthcare will invest $27.5 million […]

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Summary – BioMed ISRAEL 2012

15 Delegations from around the World, More Than 6,000 Visitors (1,000 Are Attendees from Abroad) Come This Week to Israel to Meet with the Hottest BioMed Companies in Israel Official delegations from 15 countries have arrived in Israel to take part in the ILSI-BioMed Israel 2012 conference and trade show, which will be held on […]

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Israel shows off its homeland security technologies to international visitors

Israel’s security technologies were on display as the country hosted two separate international contingents. An Interpol European Regional Conference brought 110 senior law enforcement officers from 49 countries to Tel Aviv, while a homeland security conference drew 37 mayors from two dozen cities around the world to sites throughout Israel last week. “Israel has been […]