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Report: Samsung Expresses Interest in Israeli Companies to Boost Mobile Division
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, one of the world's largest cell phone providers, is interested in acquiring two Israeli companies to help it take on...
Israelis Develop New Pesticide From Strawberry Leaves
Yissum Research Development Company, Hebrew University's Technology Transfer Arm, and Israeli crop-protection company Makhteshim Agan partnered to develop and market a non-toxic and environmentally-friendly bio-control method for protecting plants based on a yeast isolated from strawberry...
Palestine News Network Confuses IDF’s Harmless ‘Skunk’ Spray for Bio-Warfare
In a story touted as "exclusive," the Palestine News Network (PNN) last week confused the harmless, though foul smelling, "Skunk" spray used by the Israel Defense Forces as a crowd dispersal tool, with a bio-warfare agent. PNN declared...
Apple Pays About $40 Million to Acquire ‘Cue’ Start-Up Created by 21-Year-Old Israeli
Tech giant Apple, Inc. will pay some $40 million or more to acquire a start-up created by 21-year-old Israeli Daniel Gross, formerly of Jerusalem, and now living in California, tech media reported at the weekend. Israel's...
Berkshire Hathaway Unit Buys Israeli Company Ray-Q Interconnect
Berkshire Hathaway company TTI, Inc. said it acquired Lod, Israel-based Ray-Q Interconnect for an undisclosed...
Bank of Israel to Buy U.S. Dollars Worth $3.5 Billion in 2014 to Offset Natural Gas Earnings
The Bank of Israel on Wednesday said that it would buy U.S. dollars worth $3.5 billion in...
Israel’s Hadassah, AstraZeneca to Develop Drugs to Treat Cancer, Diabetes and Respiratory Disease
Israel's Hadassah Medical Organization, via Hadasit, its technology transfer arm, has partnered with AstraZeneca plc, the...
Palestinian Telecom Entrepreneur Pays $10.5 Million for Israel’s Alvarion
Israeli hi-tech district. Hani Alami, a Palestinian entrepreneur, has purchased...
Israeli Tech Company Matomy Reportedly Plans 2014 London IPO at $400-$500 Million Valuation
Digital advertising technology company Matomy Media Group Inc. plans a 2014 initial public offering in London...
Report: Samsung Expresses Interest in Israeli Companies to Boost Mobile Division
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, one of the world's largest cell phone providers, is interested in acquiring two Israeli companies to help it take on its...
Israelis Develop New Pesticide From Strawberry Leaves
Yissum Research Development Company, Hebrew University's Technology Transfer Arm, and Israeli crop-protection company Makhteshim Agan partnered to develop and market a non-toxic and environmentally-friendly bio-control method...
Palestine News Network Confuses IDF’s Harmless ‘Skunk’ Spray for Bio-Warfare
In a story touted as "exclusive," the Palestine News Network (PNN) last week confused the harmless, though foul smelling, "Skunk" spray used by the Israel Defense Forces...
Apple Pays About $40 Million to Acquire ‘Cue’ Start-Up Created by 21-Year-Old Israeli
Tech giant Apple, Inc. will pay some $40 million or more to acquire a start-up created by 21-year-old Israeli Daniel Gross, formerly of Jerusalem, and...
Berkshire Hathaway Unit Buys Israeli Company Ray-Q Interconnect
Berkshire Hathaway company TTI, Inc. said it acquired Lod, Israel-based Ray-Q Interconnect for an undisclosed price, Israel's Globes business daily reported. Founded in 1969 as a...
Bank of Israel to Buy U.S. Dollars Worth $3.5 Billion in 2014 to Offset Natural Gas Earnings
The Bank of Israel on Wednesday said that it would buy U.S. dollars worth $3.5 billion in 2014 to help balance the effect of huge natural gas...
Israel’s Hadassah, AstraZeneca to Develop Drugs to Treat Cancer, Diabetes and Respiratory Disease
Israel's Hadassah Medical Organization, via Hadasit, its technology transfer arm, has partnered with AstraZeneca plc, the global pharmaceuticals giant, to collaborate on discovering and developing treatments...
Palestinian Telecom Entrepreneur Pays $10.5 Million for Israel’s Alvarion
Israeli hi-tech district. Hani Alami, a Palestinian entrepreneur, has purchased Alvarion, a once-promising Israeli telecommunications company, for NIS 38 million...
Israeli Tech Company Matomy Reportedly Plans 2014 London IPO at $400-$500 Million Valuation
Digital advertising technology company Matomy Media Group Inc. plans a 2014 initial public offering in London at a valuation of between $400 and $500 million, Israel's...
Israeli Agricultural Technology to Gain Greater Access to India Farmers Through Centers of Excellence; 8 to Open in 2013, 29 by 2015
Israeli agricultural technology will gain greater access to farmers in India through a project to create "Centers of Excellence" in the vast country, India's Economic...
Israel’s Teva Partners With UK’s Cancer Research Technology to Develop Cancer Drugs
Israel's Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA; TASE: TEVA) and Cancer Research UK's technology development arm, Cancer Research Technology Ltd., formed an alliance to develop new cancer drugs,...
Tel Aviv University, China’s Tsinghua University to Create XIN Life Sciences Center in China
Tel Aviv University and China's Tsinghua University signed a broad-reaching collaboration agreement to develop life sciences research and development in China. In a statement reported by...
Turcas Petrol Proposes 470 KM, $2.5 Billion Pipeline to Connect Israel’s Leviathan Gas Well to Turkey
Turkish pipeline operator Turcas Petrol has proposed to develop and construct a $2.5 billion, 470 km pipeline to connect the country to Israel's Leviathan natural gas...
Israeli Instant Messaging Start-up ‘fring’ Reportedly Acquired for $50 Million
Israeli instant messaging start-up fring Ltd. was acquired by U.S. cloud communications group GENBAND, Israeli business daily Globes reported, citing unnamed sources who said the price tag...
