Over the last decade, Israel has introduced a wealth of groundbreaking and valuable innovations in Life Sciences. Israel’s Life Science sector is supported by a strong foundation of academic excellence, including some of the world’s leading research institutes, renowned R&D facilities and cutting-edge medical centers. Bolstered by a highly skilled workforce, a flourishing high-tech environment, […]
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Exert from a speech by Stanly Fischer: During and after the great depression, many central bankers and economists concluded that monetary policy could not be used to stimulate economic activity in a situation in which the interest rate was essentially zero, as it was in the USA during the 1930’s – a situation that later […]
The Israeli Ministry of Industry Trade and Labor has just release s comprehensive guide for worldwide companies seeking appropriate Israeli Partners. Please click here to see the guide. The Israeli body entrusted with advancing industrial and business cooperation activities between foreign companies and local entities, is the Industrial Cooperation Authority (ICA). ICA is an Israeli Government […]
The economy of Israel, home to one of the world’s largest diamond trading and manufacturing centers, has escaped relatively unscathed from the global economic crisis. The atmosphere in the diamond sector in Israel is largely an optimistic one. Despite the challenges in the diamond and jewelry market in the United States, traditionally the largest diamond […]
As reported in Port2Port: The agreement will give Israeli companies an opportunity to enter the American market through technological and strategic cooperation with leading Massachusetts companies Israel and the American state of Massachusetts signed last week an agreement for increased research and development collaboration between Massachusetts and Israeli companies. The signing of the deal […]
The Israel stand at the Sydney Travel Expo won the Award for the Best Small Stand Exhibit last weekend 26th & 27th March, for its unique design. The Israel stand which was co-exhibited by the Israel Trade & Tourism Commission and the Israel travel Centre was designed by ExpoDirect who structured an amazing look featuring […]
As reported in IVC online: The following summarizes exits of Israeli and Israel-related high-tech companies in merger & acquisition deals and initial public offerings in 2010. The data are based on information derived from IVC-Online Database, and developed by IVC Research Center, which for more than 14 years has been at the forefront of Israeli […]
As reported in Globes.co.il: Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz: This is an important day for the Israeli economy. “This is definitely an important day for the Israeli economy. Over 30 years ago, a company called Intel decided to set up in Israel a small unit with 20 scientists. The result was that very large high-tech companies came […]
The Israeli Ministry of Transport And Road Safety , Cross Israel Highway Ltd and the Ministry of Finance Hereby Invites Entities and consortia from the private sector in Israel and abroad, to participate in a pre-qualification process of a BOT tender for the design, finance, construction, operation and maintenance of Cross Israel Northern Highway “Yokneam-Somech” […]
Israel’s economy grew 7.8% in the fourth quarter of 2010, the fastest pace in four years, and well beyond the Bank of Israel’s predictions of between 4.3 and 4.6 percent. Growth in the fourth quarter was mainly driven by private consumption and investments. Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics also reported a higher-than-expected annual growth […]
