Israel is on its way to be accepted into the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD): Israeli Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz and OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría have agreed that Israel will become a member of the organization by May 2010. The two officials met in Paris last week during Steinitz’s visit […]
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The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE)
The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) is Israel’s only stock exchange, trading over 1,100 securities of more than 630 companies. The TASE was established in 1953 to handle the rising number of securities and transactions in the years following the establishment of the State. The exchange is owned by its member firms, which include 15 […]
MSCI Barra, the leading provider of investment decision support tools to investment institutions worldwide, will reclassify the MSCI Israel Index to Developed Markets coinciding with the May 2010. Upgraded Israel from emerging market to developed market is a proof of the great achievement of the Israeli economy and is going to have a big impact on […]
For all the press coverage of the Middle East, there is one side of Israel
that gets scant attention: the country’s economy has the highest
concentration of innovation and entrepreneurialism in the world today
Patent applications recognized in Israel will be accepted internationally as well The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a specialized agency of the United Nations, has recently recognized Israel as an international center for the search and testing of patents. Israel will be added to the list of 15 leading countries in this field. The decision, […]
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