Fashion design – Israeli style
Israelis don’t have access to the variety of fabrics available in other countries. So they invent it themselves. And in the process they have regenerated a whole neighbourhood of Tel Aviv.
Getting its teeth into India
Sialo Technology Israel Ltd has signed an agreement to market its root canal and dental implant products in India.
A billion-dollar business
Major telecommunications company Cellcom Israel has announced its merger with Israel’s ISP and call carrier NetVision to form a hi-tech giant worth over £3 billion.
Italy wants our defence systems
Israel’s Elbit systems has won a $15 million order to supply its anti-missile system to the Italian Air Force for protecting helicopters and cargo planes.
Still going up
May was another month where the Composite State of the Economy index increased - by 0.3%.
Feel like a million dollars?
In 2010 10,153 Israelis were worth at least that amount – 20% more than in 2009.
The secret of our success – Start-ups
At Israel’s Presidential Conference, Saul Singer, co-author of “Israel - Start-up Nation”, said that Israel must continue to invest in small innovating new businesses.
New luxury 5-star hotel opens
Where? In Gaza, of course!
And our captain is still steering the ship
The myopic IMF may have considered Professor Stanley Fischer too old to lead them, but here in Israel we hope he will continue to direct the Bank of Israel for many years yet.
More oil than in Saudi
Israel Energy Initiatives owns the concession for drilling in Israel’s Shfela basin. Its CEO believes that under Israel may be as much as half a trillion barrels of oil – twice that of Saudi Arabia.