As reported in Port2Port: The Bank of Israel has left the interest rate unchanged after announcing a 0.25% hike at the end of last month Bank of Israel Governor Prof. Stanley Fischer announced last Monday that interest rate for September would stay at 1.75%. The Bank of Israel has left the interest rate unchanged […]
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Jerusalem Marathon
Jerusalem joins the leading cities of the world The first international Jerusalem Marathon hits the road It will take place on 25/3/2011 We expect to host about 10,000 runners from around the globe The Jerusalem Marathon will be a unique event – a multicolored happening in the midst of Jerusalem’s memorable, historical, magical views Breathtaking […]
As reported in IVC: The projects’ total aggregate budget is $12.8 million. Israel-United States Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation (BIRD-F) unit BIRD Energy will invest $4.2 million in five new joint renewable energy projects by US and Israeli companies. The projects’ total aggregate budget is $12.8 million. The projects are a system for energy […]
As reported in IVC: Renault has begun field tests in Israel of the electric car for Better Place. French carmaker Renault SA has begun fields tests in Israel of the electric car for Shai Agassi’s Better Place LLC. Marketing of the cars is due to begin next year. Two prototypes of the Renault Fluence ZE, […]
As reported in IVC: CEO Ofer Haviv: Given the extreme global weather, it is critical to maintain stable food supplies for people, and there will probably be a need for advanced technologies. Plant genetic engineering company Evogene Ltd. sees great potential in the soaring price for wheat over the past two years, and it has […]
As reported in Israel 21C: The US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Investigational New Drug regulatory clearance to initiate a Phase I/II clinical trial evaluating Alpha-1 Antitrypsin (AAT) in type 1 diabetics, based on research by Dr. Eli Lewis of Israel’s Ben-Gurion University (BGU) of the Negev. Recipient of a number of grants and […]
Award recognizes Smart Water Grid Innovator’s Impact on Water Resource Availability Yehud, Israel – September 1, 2010 – The World Economic Forum announced today that TaKaDu, a water infrastructure monitoring leader, was selected as a Technology Pioneer 2011. TaKaDu’s Software-as-a-Service solution monitors water distribution networks to give utilities real time control over network events, reducing […]
Kesselman and Kesselman PricewaterhouseCoopers in a recent report shows investments in Israeli start-ups rose 21% from the first quarter to $206 million in the second quarter of 2010, and 27% from the corresponding quarter of 2009. For the first half of 2010, total investments in Israeli start-ups amounted to $376 million, slightly above the $356 […]
As reported in Israel 21C: A natural “bioremediation” technique developed by biologists at an Israeli university may hold the key to the final, difficult steps of the billion dollar oil spill cleanup in the wake of the BP disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Professors Eugene Rosenberg and Eliora Ron from Tel Aviv University (TAU) use […]
(www.jpost.com) US most interested in light satellite technology. The Israel Space Agency and the US Aeronautics and Space Administration signed a memorandum of understanding in Washington last week to promote cooperation. Israel is a leader in the field and can contribute much to NASA, said Science and Technology Minister Daniel Herschkowitz, who was accompanied to […]
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