As reported by Globes: Economic relations between Israel and India are set for a significant upgrade in the coming months. Minister of Finance Yuval Steinitz met with his Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee in Washington DC on Friday, and the two men agreed to prepare the ground for a free trade agreement (FTA) between their two […]
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As reported in IVC: Ninety-six Israeli high-tech companies raised $341 million from venture capital funds and other venture investors – both local and foreign – in the third quarter of 2010. The amount raised was similar to $343 million raised by 104 companies in the previous quarter, and 13 percent above $303 million raised by […]
As reported in Globes.co.il : Noble Energy previously reported that Leviathan’s natural gas reserves were double those of Tamar. Noble Energy Inc. has told “Reuters” that it will also soon begin drilling the Leviathan prospect offshore from Israel, which may be three times larger than Tamar. Noble Energy has a 39.66% holding in the Leviathan prospect […]
Leading financial magazine Global Finance named Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer among the top ten World’s Best Central Bankers for the year 2010. Fischer was praised after Israel weathered the global financial crisis far better than many other Western countries. Though Israeli growth dipped to below 1 percent in 2009, it started crawling back […]
As reported in Globes.co.il: Intel will hire hundreds of new employees at its expanded Kiryat Gat plant. Intel Corp. has been told by Israel’s Ministries of Industry, Trade and Labor, and Finance that they have agreed to a grant of NIS 678 million for the expansion of its fab at Kiryat Gat. Intel had asked for a […]
The Sydney Morning Herald recently published in its Good Food Shopping Guide, a unique Israeli food as one of it’s top “Flavours of a Secret Sydney”. The SMH described Silan, a sugary syrup derived from dates from the Dead Sea area, as one of its recommended food international food item. “Silan is a date syrup […]
As reported by IVC: Emefcy Bio-Energy Systems Has Been Named a 2010 Global Cleantech 100 Company Emefcy Limited, a global leader in Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) implementation for wastewater treatment, today announced it has been named in the prestigious 2010 Global Cleantech 100, produced by the Cleantech Group. The list is produced as part of […]
As reported by IVC: The following are the findings of the IVC Quarterly Survey conducted by the IVC Research Center, which for more than 14 years has been at the forefront of high-tech, venture capital and private equity research in Israel. This Survey reviews capital raised by private Israeli high-tech companies from Israeli venture capital […]
As reported by Israel21c: A renewable energy research center is to be established in southern Israel. It will be operated by the Arava Group, initiated by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and the Eilat-Elot municipality. The Arava Group recently won a tender from the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor to establish and operate […]
As reported by Israel21c: Though the very mention of nuclear energy makes many people nervous, it’s no secret that we will come to depend on it more and more as highly-polluting and costly fossil fuels go the way of the dinosaurs from which they derive. That’s why the world’s best minds are focused on finding […]
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