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Brand Australia: Domestic Industries in Need of a Makeover

IBISWorld report In 2009, the Australian Government put out a $20 million tender to find a new brand to redefine and enhance Australia’s global image as a provider of quality goods and services. It certainly may be needed. During 2009, Australia’s brand took a beating in industries as diverse as wine, wool, and international education. […]

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CeBIT Australia Back for 2010: The Largest Event in the History of CeBIT

Building on the success of last year’s conferences, CeBIT 2010 has expanded its Global Conference Series to seven conferences including AusInnovate, eGovernment, eHealth, Enterprise, Executive Briefing, National Broadband Network and Web Marketing. Key speakers in the line up of over 120 local and international presenters include CTO of Amazon, Dr Werner Vogels; Minister for Broadband, […]

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Teva Announces Settlement in Principle regarding Certain Drug Pricing Lawsuits

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.  nnounced today that several of its subsidiaries in the United States reached a settlement in principle to resolve claims brought by Ven-A-Care of the Florida Keys, Inc. on behalf of the United States, Texas, Florida, and California under federal and state False Claims Acts. Together with many other pharmaceutical manufacturers, Teva […]

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Delek Europe in process to purchase BP Retail & Convenience business in France

Delek Europe BV (hereinafter “Delek Europe”), a foreign subsidiary (held in concatenation 80% by Delek Petroleum Ltd and 20% by Delek The Israel Fuel Corporation Ltd.), has today submitted a binding offer to BP for the acquisition of its retail fuels and convenience business in France, including approximately 416 BP petrol stations throughout the country […]

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Israeli Semiconductors Portal Launched

SemIsrael ‘s new website was recently launched and is the new Israeli Semiconductors Portal. SemIsrael’s target is to form and support the online Israeli Semiconductors community. It is the essential place for the semiconductors professionals to start the day. SemIsrael was formed by semiconductors veterans, who are involved in this fascinating industry for more than […]

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NASA ADDS ISRAELI TECHNICAL EXPERTISE TO LUNAR SCIENCE RESEARCH

As reported in the Invest In Israel Newsletter,  NASA and the Israel Space Agency have signed a joint statement that recognizes the Israel Network for Lunar Science and Exploration (INLSE) as an affiliate partner with the NASA Lunar Science Institute. The INLSE will bring technical and engineering expertise to advance the broad goals of lunar […]

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4 ISRAELI START-UPS WIN RED HERRING 100 GLOBAL AWARDS

As reported in the Invest In Israel Newsletter,  Four Israeli start-ups won the 2009 Red Herring Global 100 Awards. The winners are video conferencing solutions developer Qoof Ltd, Panaya Inc, which creates software that reduces the cost and risk of making changes to ERP systems, Internet video and P2P caching solutions developer Oversi Ltd and […]

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WEIZMANN INSTITUTE RANKED #2 WORLDWIDE

As reported in the Invest In Israel Newsletter, Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science was ranked as the second best international academic institution in which to work outside the United States by “The Scientist” magazine. Weizmann was ranked the top scientific institution outside the US twice over the past 5 years and in 2008 was followed […]

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BDI COFACE RAISES ISRAEL RISK RATING

As reported in the Invest In Israel Newsletter, International risk rating agency BDI Coface raised Israel’s country risk rating by one grade to A3 from A4. Israel now has the same risk rating as the U.K., Italy and China. The country rating upgrade, which reduces foreign trade credit insurance premiums and raises potential credit levels, […]

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Israeli High-Tech Capital Raising in 2009 Reached $US1.12 Billion

Israeli High-Tech Company Capital Raising – Israeli high-tech capital raising in 2009 reached $US1.12 billion. The following are the findings of the Israeli Venture Capital (IVC) Quarterly Survey conducted by the IVC Research Center, which for more than 13 years has been at the forefront of high-tech, venture capital and private equity research in Israel. […]