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Above the Law
April 3, 2018
Israel, on the other hand, is leading the way in high-level studying of cannabis and its medical effects. This has led to a large amount of foreign investment into Israeli cannabis companies and research labs, and it's also led to Israeli cannabis companies and labs bringing their talent, knowledge, and data toÃâà...
CTech
April 3, 2018
Israel-based holding company IDB Development Corporation Ltd.'s bid for the controlling stake in Space Communication Ltd. is nearing closure after IDB, through its subsidiary Discount Investment Corporation, agreed to triple its initial offer, according to one person familiar with the deal who spoke toÃâà...
גלובס
April 3, 2018
The listed companies are reporting huge potential for revenue and profits, based on the following fundamental assumption: that cannabis exports from Israel will be approved soon - an important if right now - which will leave the Israeli companies alone in the global market for some time. The investors' logicÃâà...
ISRAEL21c
April 2, 2018
In related news last month, London-based global venture capital firm Eight Roads Ventures announced its third fund for scale-ups in Europe and Israel. ERVE III will provide an average investment of $10 million to $30 million to 15 to 20 fast-growing technology companies across enterprise, consumer,Ãâà...
The Seattle Times
April 2, 2018
As Israel's tech scene matures from a focus on cybersecurity and the military to larger consumer and business software companies, more “Israeli tech” is actually ... The companies that are finding the most traction in New York are those that need a major base of large corporations to work with and sell to.
Al-Monitor
April 2, 2018
Palestinians react from tear gas fired by Israeli troops during clashes at a protest at the Israel-Gaza border demanding their right to return to their ... including an unusual threat by the Israeli Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories warning the owners of 20 Gaza bus companies that "you andÃâà...
Bloomberg BNA
March 23, 2018
Months of regulatory hostility have made it impossible for cryptocurrency companies to open accounts with Israeli banks or join the Tel Aviv Stock Market indexes. But now practitioners hope that an interim report on initial coin offerings by the Israel Securities Authority and the final version of an Israel TaxÃâà...
Marijuana.com
March 23, 2018
In February, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu halted plans for Israel to be the fourth country in the world to export medical cannabis. Now, Israel's marijuana companies are threatening to flee and share their expertise with international partners if the restriction on export continues. NetanyahuÃâà...
Haaretz
March 22, 2018
"We use some British companies, we use some Israeli companies," Nix was quoted as saying by British media. "From Israel. Very effective in intelligence gathering." The New York Times and The Observer of London reported over the weekend that Cambridge Analytica exploited information from over 50Ãâà...
Breaking Israel News
March 22, 2018
However, a clause in the agreement removes Israel's option to convert 25 percent of the aid to domestic procurement from Israeli defense companies. Therefore, though aid will increase by $500 million a year, every dollar must be spent on weapons, systems and defense equipment from U.S. companies.
גלובס
March 22, 2018
Reports in Israel of Amazon's plans here are pushing down the value of Israeli shopping mall companies. Beyond the effect on the Israeli labor market (some are accusing Amazon of raising the price of workers in the high-tech industry), Amazon's entry into the Israeli market can have important effects onÃâà...
JNS.org
March 21, 2018
However, a clause in the agreement removes Israel's option to convert 25 percent of the aid to domestic procurement from Israeli defense companies. Therefore, though aid will increase by $500 million a year, every dollar must be spent on weapons, systems and defense equipment from U.S. companies.
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
March 20, 2018
(JTA) — Cambridge Analytica claimed to an undercover reporter posing as a potential client to have used Israeli companies and former Israeli spies in its intelligence gathering. The British data-mining company used information inappropriately collected from the accounts of over 50 million Facebook usersÃâà...
Al-Monitor
March 19, 2018
Omari noted that the company is suing Israel for 500 million shekels ($145 million) in lost revenues due to encroachment on the company's concession. “They have connected the light rail line with the Israeli Electricity Corporation, even though the rail line runs through our areas of concession. There areÃâà...
Cointelegraph (Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency and Blockchain News)
March 19, 2018
While Bank Hapoalim has embraced Blockchain technology, the Israeli Supreme Court decided that Bank Leumi was prohibited from limiting the bank accounts of companies associated with the crypto/Blockchain industry. The Supreme Court in Israel has also rejected the appeal of a law banning binaryÃâà...
Exchange News Direct
March 19, 2018
The bill is expected to encourage new companies to list on TASE and to enhance the attractiveness of the Israeli capital market as the “go-to” source for Israeli companies wanting to raise equity. We will continue our considerable efforts to encourage more and more Israeli companies to be part of the localÃâà...
ZDNet
March 19, 2018
"In partnering with Israel, an innovation leader, we are putting our best technology companies on the world stage." The NSW ... The notion that the Chinese government would spy on corporations and our agencies with electronic devices manufactured by Chinese companies is not only absurd but would beÃâà...
Cryptovest
March 19, 2018
The Israel Securities Authority (ISA) has announced that it will bar crypto-related companies from the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) indices. The move comes after the regulator proposed at the start of this year a change in the TASE rules regarding cryptocurrency companies. As the ISA puts it, its decisionÃâà...
גלובס
March 18, 2018
The 12th annual France-Israel Cybersecurity Forum in Paris brought together some 13 companies from Israel with more than 60 French groups looking ... Nadav Zafrir, co-founder and CEO of Israeli cybersecurity think tank Team8 and former head of IDF signals intelligence unit 8200, got right to the point,Ãâà...
Cointelegraph (Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency and Blockchain News)
March 18, 2018
In terms of technological innovation, Israel has been labeled by some as “The Startup Nation” with Israeli ventures raising over $5 billion in capital in 2017. This is ... These positive changes, however, go contrary to the recent decision by the Israeli regulators of not including companies involved in the cryptoÃâà...
Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun
March 16, 2018
“[Israel] has limited resources and is largely self-sufficient. Despite this, the country has a whopping 93 companies listed on the NASDAQ,” Yushuvaev said. Members of the many student organizations involved described their eagerness to showcase a side of Israel that is often overlooked at Cornell and onÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
March 15, 2018
"As a member of the Mennonite Church USA, and a person concerned with the human rights of all people - and specifically the ongoing violations of Palestinians' human rights in Israel and Palestine - I choose to boycott consumer goods made by Israeli and international companies that profit from theÃâà...
ISRAEL21c
March 15, 2018
According to the report, there are 68 companies in Israel active in the medical cannabis field, employing approximately 900 people. From 2013 to 2017, $76.4 million was invested into medical cannabis startups. Ten new companies sprout up every year. IVC categorized 46 of these companies as earlyÃâà...
Atlanta Business Chronicle
March 9, 2018
By engaging with businesses and professionals in the Southeast and in Israel, Conexx provides companies and businesses with a reliable guide and ... from Tel Aviv's DRIVE Fastlane program visited Atlanta for business meetings and introductions to our major corporations under the GMN banner. ComingÃâà...
Tampabay.com
March 9, 2018
Israeli business leaders attended the Florida-Israel Business Accelerator (FIBA) Connection to Innovation event on Thursday after spending nearly a month in the region exploring new business opportunities. From Left: Roy Heller, Director of Sales for Internet security company Nucleon; Andrew Rella,Ãâà...
Haaretz
March 8, 2018
Donald Trump may be Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's favorite world leader these days, but the Trump tax reforms voted into law by Congress last December are causing Israeli officials a lot of anxiety. Israel's Finance Ministry and the Israel Tax Authority had been undertaking a host of measuresÃâà...
Seeking Alpha
February 27, 2018
Israel is the startup hub, with thousands of startups even though it only has 9M people. Israel was once an economic crisis, however by introducing free markets many Israelis who were in the military used their knowledge to start a startup. Israel has the 3rd most companies listed on the Nasdaq, after the USÃâà...
Crain's Cleveland Business (blog)
February 22, 2018
It is even more challenging to protect, process, and analyze the data that companies gather to optimize their operations. Therefore, Israeli technologies have been providing solutions to companies that seek innovative resources beyond their current capabilities. Why Israel? Israel is the world leader in R&DÃâà...
Motherboard
December 31, 1999
As it turns out, Israel was casting a wide net in Europe too. A European source shared an unsolicited email they received from the Israeli embassy in Berlin in August of 2017. The email contains much of the same language used in the 2015 letter sent to American companies. “Does your company profileÃâà...
Haaretz
December 31, 1999
The letter, which according to Motherboard was sent in 2015 on behalf of the Israeli Defense Ministry to five companies in the United States, seeks to purchase information and hacking tools to for the use of Israeli government organization. Such tools, dubbed “zero-days,” operate in a manner that enablesÃâà...
