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Fischer: Foreign Currency Intervention Succeeded

As reported in Globes: Stanley Fischer told “Globes” that if speculators think that he is maintaining the exchange rate at NIS 3.80/$, then they are wrong. On the eve of Rosh Hashana 5771, Governor of the Bank of Israel Prof. Stanley Fischer spoke with “Globes”. “Globes”: There is a lot of criticism about your foreign currency […]

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Israel Offers Incentives to Launch Financial R&D Centers

In order to encourage large financial services companies and international banks to set up financial R&D centers in Israel, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Labor have established a special incentives program. The government will provide 40% of the plan’s total budget approved by the Office of the Chief Scientist […]

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Israel Celebrates Groundbreaking Innovation in new IPC Brochure

International investors and innovation aficionados are invited to rejoice with the launching of a new publication celebrating Israel’s innovative success including a compilation of some of Israel’s most revolutionary technological breakthroughs across several industries, including in Cleantech, Agrotech, Life Sciences, IT, Communications, and Homeland Security. The new brochure, “Israel – Global Center for Breakthrough Innovation,” […]

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Gov’t sets R&D center plan for foreign financial cos

Industry Ministry’s Sharon Kedmi: This plan meets the world’s need for sophisticated solutions to support the financial industry. The Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Labor today announced the launch of a plan to encourage international financial companies to set up R&D centers in Israel. The objective is to create a new […]

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Growing life sciences at home, in the desert

Hoping to reverse Israel’s brain and biotech innovation drain, the new NGO BioNegev plans to transform the Negev Desert into a major biotechnology hub.   Israeli biotech companies like Given Imaging, which has developed a camera in a pill, are improving lives worldwide. Now Shay Yarkoni hopes to create a biocluster in Israel’s Negev desert. […]

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What Next for the Start-Up Nation?

Adversity, like necessity, is often the mother of invention by Dan Senor and Saul Singer Some warn that Israel is facing its toughest constellation of threats ever. Yet we believe that Israel is poised to play a central role in world affairs, not as a flashpoint for conflict but as a global innovation leader. Geopolitical […]

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Tom Ridge: Israel’s renewable energy know-how among world’s best

  As reported in IVC: “In order to ensure that sustainable and safe technologies are developed in Israel, it’s necessary to maintain a suitable balance between the state and the market.” In an interview with “Globes”, former Pennsylvania governor Tom Ridge says, “The socioeconomic and environmental needs of the 21st century require innovation and energy […]

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Spotlight On…RWL Water Israel Operations

  RWL Water provides advanced tailored water treatment solutions, including process engineering, design, manufacturing, commissioning, training and ongoing service for a wide range of water & wastewater treatment applications, such as: · Seawater and brackish water desalination for drinking & process using UF & RO membranes. · Domestic and industrial effluent recycling using DAF, media […]

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RADWIN Chosen by the Largest Mining Company in Chile for Rural Connectivity Project

As reported in IVC: RADWIN’s High-Capacity Links Deliver Long-range Connectivity to Rural Communities RADWIN the leading provider of Backhaul and Broadband Wireless Solutions, today announced that its RADWIN 2000 high-capacity links were chosen by the largest mining company in Chile. As part of its corporate social responsibility policy, the mining company deployed RADWIN’s solutions to […]

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Haifa’s hiCenter to raise NIS 40m

As reported in IVC: The incubator has eight companies in which NIS 16 million have been invested. hiCenter, the Haifa Hi-Tech Acceleration Center is planning a new NIS 40 million financing round. Its original budget was NIS 40 million. hiCenter CEO Yael Mittelman said, “We want to raise more capital in order to invest in […]