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Israel / US / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Teva to Buy Allergan for $40 Billion

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israel's giant generic firm will withdraw its troublesome bid for Mylan.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Mylan Fighting Off Teva Takeover with ‘Poison Pill’

By JNi.Media

Mylan NV’s independent foundation, in an attempt to resist a hostile takeover by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., activated a “poison pill”.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Science and Tech

Fishing Rig Off Ashdod Shore Will Ease Depletion of Fish Stocks

By JNi.Media

The innovative project will cover an area of ​​6,000 hectares and will enable a significant expansion of fish growing at sea.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Science and Tech

Microsoft Buying Israeli Adallom for $320 Million

By JNi.Media

Adallom, developing cloud security platforms, will become Microsoft’s center for cyber security business in Israel.

Food / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Science and Tech

Seaweed that Tastes like Bacon Reminiscent of Talmudic Teaching

By JNi.Media

This red seaweed tastes like bacon when cooked, or so we've been told...

News Briefs / Business and Economy

Ruth Porat Starts Doing her Magic as CFO of Google

By JNi.Media

Known as the most powerful woman on Wall Street, and one of the highest paid CFOs, Ruth Porat’s company Google will report earnings Thursday.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy

JNF Plans to Build 3,000 Homes on Land It Owns in Tel Aviv Area

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Jewish National Fund (JNF) plans to build up to 3,000 residential units on land it owns in the greater Tel Aviv area. TheJewishPress.com reported here last week that the JNF owns land worth approximately $1.75 billion. It plans to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for the new project following an approval of the […]

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Price of Dairy Products to Drop by 5-10 Percent

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

A government revision of dairy products has led Tnuva Foods to cut prices, including some items not under price control, by up to 10 percent. Tnuva sells to supermarkets, which will be under close scrutiny to pass on the savings to consumers. It sliced 6.8% off the price of white cheese and 6% of the […]

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Israeli Bumblebees Sent to Japan following Mass Death of Local Hives

By JNi.Media

Whole colonies of Israeli Bees are being sent from Israel to Japan to help farmers overcome the damage caused by the Japanese bees shortage.

Food / NY / News Briefs / Business and Economy

7-Eleven Recognizes Slurpee Needs of Observant Jews

By JNi.Media

Noting that 7/11 (2015) fell on Shabbat this year, some 7-Eleven stores extended their free Slurpee tradition for an additional day.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Health and Medicine

Teva Given Green Light on Generic Migraine Medicine

By JNi.Media

Israel-based Teva will be the first pharmaceutical company approved to make a generic version of migraine medication Axert.

News Briefs / The Knesset / Business and Economy

Millionaire Geologist Langotsky to Knesset Committee: Don’t Sell Offshore Gas to Egypt – Are You Mad?

By JNi.Media

“For the sake of Israel’s security, it should keep the natural gas it has found in the country, and convert everything it can to operate on gas.”

Israel / UK / Travel / News Briefs / Europe / Business and Economy

Ryanair Flying to Israel with Big Boost to Negev

By Jewish Press News Desk

Europe's low-fare airline will fly three routes to the Ovda Airport, northwest of Eilat.

Israel / Global / Business and Economy

Greek Foreign Minister in Israel despite Domestic Crisis

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

He wants to show everything is "business as usual," which everyone knows is not.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Science and Tech

Samsung Establishes Development Center in Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

Samsung is establishing a new startup accelerator in its development center in the Yakum industrial park between Netanya and Herzliya. The company is looking for 6-10 startups in mobile communications, information security, wearable computers, big data, cloud computing, mHealth, biometric identification, wireless charging, and autonomous vehicles. Start-ups that join the accelerator will receive a $50,000 […]

Israel / Politics / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Opposition MK Yair Lapid to Save Israeli Gas Deal?

By Shalom Bear

If Lapid decides that his party will support the proposal in the Knesset, he will go down in history as the man who saved Israel's gas industry and credibility.

News Briefs / France / Boycott / BDS / Business and Economy / Chessed and Tzedaka

Orange to Pay 'Partner' $50 million for Studying Damage from BDS Fiasco

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The agreement does not mean that Orange is leaving Israel, despite wrong headlines elsewhere.

Iran / News Briefs / Business and Economy / South America

Iran Grants Venezuela $500 Million Line of Credit

By Jewish Press News Desk

Iran has deep financial ties with Venezuela and other South American countries.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Security Cabinet Unanimously Approves Moving Quickly to Develop and Expand Israel's Gas Fields

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Security Cabinet unanimously decided it is of decisive importance to move quickly to develop and expand the natural gas fields that have been discovered off Israel's coasts.

News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / Business and Economy

Burger King Returning to Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Muslim boycott chased Burger King out of Israel the first time. Now they're trying again.

News Briefs / Business and Economy / Sports

Qatar Buying Into Formula One

By Jewish Press News Desk

RSE Ventures has turned to Qatar to buy a controlling 35.5 percent stake in Formula One.

Israel / US / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Religion / Judaism

US Entrepreneur Turns Kosher Vodka into Spiritual Experience

By Kosher Today

His mission was to have vodka produces from the seven species of the land of Israel - figs, dates, pomegranate, wheat, barley, olive and grapes.

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Boycott / BDS / Business and Economy

Coca-Cola Exec Deployed to Quell BDS PR Disaster Seemingly Anti-Israel

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Coca-Cola's BDS exposé compounded by executive's anti-Israel statements and company's promotion of Arab Apartheid.

Israel / Jewish / US / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Qualcomm Co-Founder Donates $50 Million to Technion

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Prof. Andrew Viterbi now has the honor of being the largest private donor to Technion.

News Briefs / France / Boycott / BDS / Business and Economy

Orange Apology Tour Arrives in Wrong 'Occupying' Country

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The French-based telecom company operates in an area of Azerbaijan that the United Nations and US consider occupied territory.

News Briefs / Business and Economy

Rami Levy Fined a Half-Million Shekels

By Jewish Press News Desk

Some products in the Rami Levy stores didn't have price tags on them. Discount supermarket owner Rami Levy vows to fight the fine.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Teva Moving Headquarters to Ra'anana

By Jewish Press News Desk

Teva Pharmaceutical is moving its global headquarters from Petach Tikva to Ra'anana, sources told the Globes business newspaper. The giant generic drugs company reputedly will pay $125 million for the land and new buildings on a site owned by Toyota's Israeli importer. Some of the land at Teva's current headquarters will be sold, and the […]

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / France / Boycott / BDS / Business and Economy / European Union

French NGOs and Palestinian Authority behind BDS Pressure on Orange

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The boycotters submitted a 51-page anti-Israel document to Orange last month, says NGO monitor.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France / Boycott / BDS / Business and Economy

Orange Pulling Brand Name from Israel's Partner Communications

By Jewish Press News Desk

Orange's official explanation is about brand licensing, side-stepping the CEO's anti-Israel political explanation.

Israel / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Bennett: Don't Punish Partner for Orange

By Jewish Press News Desk

Partner, Orange's local representative in Israel, is worried about the backlash from the anti-Semitic remarks by the Orange CEO.

Israel / US / News Briefs / Business and Economy

El Paso, Texas and Hadera, Israel Become Sister Cities

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

Hadera drew the attention of El Paso officials for the city’s desert environment, a large electric power plant, desalination plant and manufacturing complex, and the high-tech incubation programs at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, located 30 miles away.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Media

Arutz-7 to End Financial Support of Ha'aretz

By Jewish Press News Desk

Basheva will be printed by Yisrael Hayom instead of by Haaretz.

Israel / US / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Science and Tech

U.S. Electronics Payment Company Buys Israel's Seergate

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

MyECheck has bought Israeli company, Seergate Ltd, which concentrates on electronic payment solutions, for $3 million.

Israel / US / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Israeli Companies Exhibit at Oil and Gas Conference in Texas

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

The largest oil and gas conference in the world, known as the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) was held this week and 14 Israeli companies were present.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Science and Tech

Israelis Prefer Microsoft Office

By Jewish Press News Desk

A survey discovered that most Israelis prefer Microsoft Office over the online alternatives.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy

While Battling Mylan, Teva Acquires Auspex Pharmaceuticals for $3.2 Billion

By Jewish Press News Desk

If Perrigo is acquired by Mylan, the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange might lose its second largest company.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Rami Levi Negotiating to Buy Mega Supermarket Chain

By Jewish Press News Desk

The giant Rami Levi discount supermarket chain is negotiating to buy the financially troubled Mega stores, but it is doubtful that the talks will be fruitful, Globes reported. Rami Levi has became known for low prices, with special sales such as offering chickens at one shekel a kilogram, and for building stores in Judea and […]

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Science and Tech

Apple Hiring Hundreds of More Workers in Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

Apple is expanding its Israeli operations at its headquarters in Herzliya and is hiring hundreds of more employees for its development center. Apple CEO Tim Cook flew into Israel in February to inaugurate the new offices. The expansion will allow Apple to employ approximately 800 Israelis and signals Apple's interest in using Israel as a […]

Israel / US / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Gilead Sciences to Open Office in Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

Biotech giant and cash-rich Gilead Sciences will open a marketing office in Israel, Globes Business news reported, making the company the first new generation American biotech firm to do so in the country. NewPharm in Israel markets Gilead's products to the tune of tens of millions of dollars year, and the local company said Gilead […]

Israel / Politics / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Peres & Associates Turning Political Cache into Millions in Cash

By Shalom Bear

The idea behind Peres & Associates came to life two years or so before the end of President Shimon Peres' term in office, when his team began planning the next phase in his career.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Science and Tech

Haifa Mayor Blocks 'Polluting Factories'

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Childhood cancer rates in Haifa are much higher than in the rest of Israel, air pollution is blamed.

News Briefs / Business and Economy / Aliyah / Geulah

Is Billionaire Roman Abramovich Planning Aliyah?

By JBN / Jewish Business News

The 58th richest man in the world has reportedly paid $25 million for half an acre in south Tel Aviv.

Israel / Politics / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Science and Tech

Barak Invests $1 Million in Firm Linked to Military-Industrial Complex

By JBN / Jewish Business News

The former defense Minister puts his money in 911-type platform developer run by former defense and IDF officials.

Travel / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Ukraine / Russia

Plane to Russia Burst Into Flames at Ben Gurion Airport

By Jewish Press Staff

A small plane departing for Russia burst into flames just before takeoff at noon Wednesday at Ben Gurion Intl Airport.

Israel / Business and Economy

Minimum Wage to Reach 5,300 Shekels by 2017

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Histadrut national labor union and the Federation of Israeli Employers have agreed to raise the minimum wage to 5,300 shekels ($1,334) by 2017, approximately half the average salary in Israel. The employers and the union previously agreed to a three-stage hike in the minimum wage. The latest agreement adds a fourth stage whole pegging […]

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Rami Levi Discount Supermarkets New Branches Increased Sales But Reduced Profits

By JBN / Jewish Business News

Rami Levi's operating and net profit suffered from a 12% increase in the costs of selling, marketing, general and administrative expenses.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Facebook and Alibaba Invest in Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Facebook is hiring another 40 people; Alibaba is investing tens of millions of dollars in a venture capital firm.

Israel / Elections / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Moody's Finance: Netanyahu Coalition to Be Stable and Good for Economy

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The worldwide credit rating company puts the icing on Netanyahu's victory cake.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Egypt

EMG Protesting Tamar ‘Reverse Flow’ To Egypt Story, Says Quoted Costs Unrealistic

By JBN / Jewish Business News

Apparently, EMG, despite its being the owner and operator of the gas pieline whose flow is to be reversed under the new deal, "is not a party to the reported deal."

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Israel Elections 5775

Bolshevik-Like Israel Media Hide Good Economic News

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Consumer Price Index sank last month, but the anti-Bibi media buried the news so it won't help Netanyahu.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Science and Tech

Jerusalem Post Suing Internet Company It Picked As ‘Startup To Watch In 2015′

By JBN / Jewish Business News

The Post people didn't like how they looked compared to their biggest competitor - the Times of Israel.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Science and Tech

Israelis Win ‘Best App’ Award at Prestigious Competition in Spain

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

The app placed first among 800 other nominees as the contest, which has been described as the Oscars for the mobile world.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Shekel-Dollar Rate Hits Three-Year High at 4.01

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The dollar was trading at 4.01 shekels shortly before noon Friday, the highest rate since 2012. The Bank of Israel reported Friday that it bought $1 billion worth of dollars last month in its currency war to make the shekel cheap and increase exports. The shekel-rate sneaked across the 4.00 level last week but quickly receded. […]

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Science and Tech

Israeli-Made Chipset Could Extend Battery Life for Devices Using 4G Mobile Networks

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Eshed said that a smart meter can run for as long as 10 years if it is equipped with this chipset.

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Business and Economy

PA Boycott May Boost Rami Levy Sales to Arabs

By Shalom Bear

The PA plans to destroy Israeli products found in Arab-owned stores, but the Arab population will probably just buy them from Rami Levy instead.

Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Business and Economy

Israeli Electric Company Disconnects Several PA Cities Over $490 Million Debt

By JBN / Jewish Business News

The Israeli Electric Company has warned over a long period of time of the need for immediate settlement of the debt, but so far has seen no response.

Israel / Global / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Science and Tech

Israel to Bring New Desalination Methods to Marshall Islands

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

The Pacific Island nation known as the Marshall Islands will soon have its first water purification vehicle – thanks to the Israel.

Israel / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / Business and Economy

PA Arabs Call On Abbas To Kill Israeli Gas Deal, Saying It Will Cement A Future Without Statehood

By JBN / Jewish Business News

The gas will fuel a $300 million electric power plant PPGC says it is developing in Jenin, which will be the first PA power plant in the West Bank.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Exploratory Drilling May Begin on the Golan

By Jewish Press News Desk

Green groups claim that Afek received renewed permission for exploratory drilling. They plan to protest.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Israeli Tax Dodgers Exposed In Swiss HSBC Scandal With $10 Billion In Secret Accounts

By JBN / Jewish Business News

There are also 55 Palestinians on the list, both from the West Bank and Gaza, with a combined $148 million safely tucked away in Geneva.

Government / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs / Local

Pres. Rivlin Launches Joint Project to Integrate Israeli Arabs into Private Business Sector

By Jewish Press Staff

Pres. Reuven Rivlin launches joint project with 'Collective Impact' to integrate Israeli Arab workers into private business sector.

US / Police and Crime / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Saudi Arabia / Science and Tech / Obituaries

Saudis Hold Body of U.S. Elbit Subcontractor After Mysterious Death in Tabuk

By Rachel Levy

A U.S. defense subcontractor for Elbit died mysteriously in Saudi Arabia on Jan 15. His body's still held there.

US / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Jerusalem / Archaeology

Jewish Money in the Civil War to be Shown in Jerusalem

By Jewish Press Staff

Two rare 150-year-old tokens issued by a kosher restaurant from the U.S. civil war period are to be shown this week in Jerusalem.

Israel / US / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Kimberly-Clark Buys Out Israeli Diaper Firm for $160 Million

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Israeli economy is on the way to becoming owned by foreigners.

Global / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Media / Science and Tech

UPDATE: Social Media Sites Back Up Worldwide - Global Productivity Drops

By Jewish Press News Desk

Facebook, Instagram and other social media platforms have fallen off the Internet worldwide.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Israeli Wine Exports Sparkle

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

God has not cooperated with the Boycott Israel movement.

US / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Science and Tech / Asia

Did Apple Sell Out Its Clients in China and Abroad?

By Rachel Levy

Apple may have handed the Chinese government access to the software used in its iPhones.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Dollar-Shekel Rate Breaks 4.0 Barrier

By Jewish Press News Desk

This is the first time since 2012 that the dollar-shekel rate broke the 4.0 mark.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Asia

Prime Minister of Japan Visits Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

Japan and Israel are expanding and strengthening their economic ties.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Science and Tech

Israel Destroys 100,000 Turkeys with Bird Flu

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Ministry of Agriculture is inspecting farms within 3 kilometers of the infected bird coop ti make sure the virus didn't spread.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Science and Tech / Africa

Israeli Solar Power Technology to Light Up Ethiopia

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

The Israel firm, AORA, will be the first to provide solar-biogas hybrid power solutions for rural communities in Ethiopia.

Global / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Price of Crude Oil Drops

By Jewish Press News Desk

Crude oil prices are dropping to levels not seen in years.

Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Business and Economy / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Judea & Samaria / United Nations (UN) / Settlements

Palestinians Cry to UN on Israel 'Debt Collection'

By Rachel Levy

The Palestinian Authority complains to the UN after Israel withholds tax money as partial payment for a huge electricity bill.

Israel / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Hamas 'Tax' Revenue from Israeli Imports: NIS 175,000,000

By Shalom Bear

The Gazans said they missed Gush Katif and working with the Jewish Settlers, at a conference of Gazan and Israeli farmers and importers held in Israel.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Science and Tech

How Indispensable is Waze and WhatsApp to You?

By Jewish Press News Desk

80% of Israelis have WhatsApp, and 70% believe they can't live without the app.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Russia

Russian Financial Crisis Spells Devastating Losses for Israeli Farmers

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Russia is one of Israel’s primary exports market, with produce amounting to 30 percent of all exports.

Israel / Elections / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Israel Elections 5775

Uri Ariel Promises to Lower Housing Costs

By Jewish Press News Desk

It takes an average of 140 monthly salaries to buy a home. Ariel plans to lower that down to 85.

Israel / US / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Israel Bank Pays US $400 Million for Ripping Off IRS

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Bank Leumi’s admission is the first time an Israel bank has confessed to helping U.S. customers evade taxes.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Islamists / Egypt

Islamists Help Israeli Exports and Blow Up Egyptian Gas Pipeline

By Jewish Press News Desk

Islamists blew up Egypt’s natural gas pipeline in northern Sinai Tuesday morning. All roads to the area have been closed. The “Champions of Israel," known in Arabic as Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, previous has claimed responsibility for numerous bombings and attacks on Egyptian forces and has pledged its allegiance to the ISIS. Every time the terrorists […]

Israel / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Israel Approves Machinery for Coca-Cola in Gaza

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Let’s hope Hamas fears Coca-Cola enough not to screw up in use the plant to shoot missiles at Israel.

Israel / US / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Bennett Signs Up UST Global to Bring 10,000 Jobs to Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The giant firm will build a cyber-defense center outside of central Israel and train Haredim and others.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Shekel-Dollar Rate Soars to 3.96 on Election Talk

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Lapid and Netanyahu have unwittingly helped exports by creating a government crisis.

Government / News Briefs / Business and Economy

First Reading: Government to Pay Suppliers: Net+30

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Knesset's Economic Committee passed its first reading on a proposal which would require government organizations to pay suppliers based on terms of Net+30.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Shekel-Dollar Rates Tops 3.91

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

It has been a one-way trip for the shekel since July, when the rate was 13 percent lower.

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