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Diamonds Stolen From Leviev in Cannes Heist Now Valued at $136 Million
Associated Press - Wearing a scarf to mask his face, the gunman sneaked into the posh Cannes hotel and held up a diamond show...
Israel Social Media Genealogy Co Uses Internet to Match Stolen Holocaust Property to Original Jewish Owners
Daily News / AP - When Cati Holland checked her email a few weeks ago, she was surprised to find a message saying she was eligible for compensation for her grandmother's Berlin store that was...
Israel’s Cabinet Approves 5-Year, NIS 500 Million Negev Desert Development Plan
Israel's government cabinet on Sunday approved a 2013-2017 national Negev development plan worth approximately NIS 500 million, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Communication Office said in a statement. The plan will be spread over five years and...
Israel, China Move Closer to Free Trade Agreement with Survey
Israel and China have moved closer to a bilateral free trade partnership, agreeing to hold a survey to quantify its impact as a first step, Israel's Globes reported on Tuesday, citing sources in Israeli Economy...
Israel’s ‘Silicon Wadi’: Samsung Pays Tens of Millions for Israeli Internet Streaming Company Boxee
Another "Silicon Wadi" start-up was acquired by a multinational group on Thursday, with Korea's Samsung...
TIAA-CREF Decision Sets Precedent to Block BDS Motions – Legal Analysts
A decision by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to allow a major financial services...
Pension Fund TIAA-CREF Declines to Vote for Israel Boycott
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement suffered a major defeat on Thursday when Teachers Insurance...
Israel’s Cortica Raises $1.5m from Mail.Ru for Image to Text Technology
Cortica, an Israeli technology developer, received a $1.5 million investment from Russian internet company Mail.ru...
Report: Facebook Talks to Acquire Waze Collapse After Staffers Refuse to Leave Israel
Waze has not had its day, at least not yet. According to Allthingsd.com, talks with Facebook...
Diamonds Stolen From Leviev in Cannes Heist Now Valued at $136 Million
Associated Press - Wearing a scarf to mask his face, the gunman sneaked into the posh Cannes hotel and held up a diamond show as...
Israel Social Media Genealogy Co Uses Internet to Match Stolen Holocaust Property to Original Jewish Owners
Daily News / AP - When Cati Holland checked her email a few weeks ago, she was surprised to find a message saying she was...
Israel’s Cabinet Approves 5-Year, NIS 500 Million Negev Desert Development Plan
Israel's government cabinet on Sunday approved a 2013-2017 national Negev development plan worth approximately NIS 500 million, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Communication Office said in...
Israel, China Move Closer to Free Trade Agreement with Survey
Israel and China have moved closer to a bilateral free trade partnership, agreeing to hold a survey to quantify its impact as a first step,...
Israel’s ‘Silicon Wadi’: Samsung Pays Tens of Millions for Israeli Internet Streaming Company Boxee
Another "Silicon Wadi" start-up was acquired by a multinational group on Thursday, with Korea's Samsung reportedly agreeing to pay about $30 million for Israeli cloud...
TIAA-CREF Decision Sets Precedent to Block BDS Motions – Legal Analysts
A decision by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to allow a major financial services group to keep Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions off the agenda...
Pension Fund TIAA-CREF Declines to Vote for Israel Boycott
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement suffered a major defeat on Thursday when Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association - College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF) said...
Israel’s Cortica Raises $1.5m from Mail.Ru for Image to Text Technology
Cortica, an Israeli technology developer, received a $1.5 million investment from Russian internet company Mail.ru Group (LSE:MAIL) as part of a wider funding round to...
Report: Facebook Talks to Acquire Waze Collapse After Staffers Refuse to Leave Israel
Waze has not had its day, at least not yet. According to Allthingsd.com, talks with Facebook to acquire the Israel-based social mapping and navigation startup for...
Israeli Company Mobileye Commercializing Automatic Driving Software
JNS.org - Israeli company Mobileye Vision Technologies Ltd. has unveiled a car that navigates itself without human driving using camera-based software. New York Times technology...
Israeli Electric Car Company Better Place Files For Bankruptcy
The once-promising electric car company Better Place filed for bankruptcy this week in a Tel Aviv court, Israel Hayom reported. After failing to raise the necessary...
“Israeli Al Jazeera” Takes Shape
Jerusalem Post - Communications mavens have been saying for years that what Israel needs to get its message to the world is an Israeli-type...
Israeli Company Targeted by Boycotters Reports Huge Sales Increase
It has been a break out year for SodaStream, a fact that can be reflected in a 51% increase in full year revenue, to 436.3...
17 Israelis on Forbes World’s Billionaires List
Forbes Magazine on Monday published its annual list of the World's Billionaires. The list includes 17 Israelis, the richest of whom is...
