Guidewire Group listed five Israeli firms among its rankings of the world’s 100 most outstanding and fast-moving start-up companies. The companies in order of ranking are: Waze, Conceptic, Sparkeo, The Gifts Project, and IDU Biometrics. Placement on the list was determined by a combination of the company’s G/SCORE assessment, stage and pace of growth, and […]
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Two Israeli start-ups, WinFlex, a wind-energy company, and GridON, which outfits electric grids, were among the five winners of the GE Ecomagination Challenge. Selected out of more than 4,000 entries from around the globe, each winner received $100,000 to further develop their ideas, which had to fall into three broad categories: Renewables, Grid and […]
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Queensland Floods- AICC Appeal
On behalf of Dr Orna Berry, Chairperson and Executive of the Israel-Australia Chamber of Commerce I wish to invite you to join the Chamber’s appeal to raise funds for the flood victims of Queensland, Australia. Many communities have been devastated, some families have lost everything including the tragic loss of life. Thousands have been evacuated […]
“Juniper is excited to acquire one of the industry’s leading virtualization security vendors and the extremely talented team that built it,” – Mark Bauhaus, executive vice president and general manager, Juniper Networks. Juniper Networks Inc acquired Altor Networks, a company specializing in security for virtualization technology. Altor Networks was founded in 2007 by security and […]
Makhteshim Agan, the world’s seventh largest agrochemicals maker, recently bought a 51% stake in South Korea’s JK Inc., and is also buying 100% of Mexico’s Ingeniera Industrial S.A. de C.V. (Bravo AG). Bravo AG, established in 1951, is a manufacturer and distributor of copper-based pesticides, a green crop protection method used in organic agriculture. JK […]
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Israel Conquers Space
Look up at the night sky. Amidst the stars is a small satellite you cannot see, circling the earth every ninety minutes, peering down through clouds and darkness. It is called Ofek 9 and it is a sophisticated eye-in-the-sky, both built and launched by Israel. It tracks what Israel’s enemies are scheming and it can […]
As reported in Israel21C: A specialized tooth varnish developed by scientists in Israel can help kangaroos bounce back from a common and often-fatal gum disease. Israeli researchers have managed to clear up “lumpy jaw disease” in kangaroos by administering a variation of a topical human medication. The common periodontal condition is often fatal for the captive […]
Prestigious London-based Monocle magazine, a global briefing journal covering international affairs, business, culture and design, has chosen Haifa as the city with the most promising business potential for 2011. According to the magazine, Israel’s third largest city Haifa was chosen due to a massive head-to-toe regeneration and a recent swing to positive net immigration into […]
As reported in Globes.co.il: The Foreign Trade Administration has a new plan to double Israel’s water technology exports, by 2012. The Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor’s Foreign Trade Administration has a new plan to double Israel’s water technologies exports, by 2012, from the $1.5 billion in exports in 2010. The new plan targets coal, copper […]
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Israel’s GDP Grows 4.5%
As reported in Globes.co.il: Growth in 2010 was well above the OECD average. Israel’s GDP rose 4.5% in 2010, in fixed prices, according to preliminary estimates by the Central Bureau of Statistics. Israel’s GDP growth was almost double the expected OECD average of 2.7% for the year.Israel’s GDP rose by 0.8% in 2009, and rose by […]
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