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Israel signs water agreements with Taiwan, Kenya

Sunday, December 11th, 2011

Cooperation with both countries to increase after WATEC 2011 conference on water, renewable energy and environmental control. Israel signed agreements with Taiwan and Kenya on the sidelines of the WATEC 2011 conference this week, which will see it increase water-technology cooperation with both countries. The three-day international exhibition and conference on water, renewable energy and [...]

Andromeda reports success in juvenile diabetes Phase III trial

Sunday, December 11th, 2011

The trial met its primary and secondary endpoints, and was found to be effective and safe. Andromeda Biotech Ltd. today reported success in the Phase III clinical trial of its Diapep277 drug for the treatment of Type 1 (juvenile) diabetes. The trial met its primary and secondary endpoints, and was found to be effective and [...]

China now Israel’s third-largest destination for exports

Thursday, December 8th, 2011

  Israeli companies are increasingly looking eastward to compensate for falling demand from Europe and the United States. China was Israel’s third-largest export destination in the first three quarters of 2011, showing evidence that Israeli companies are increasingly looking eastward to compensate for falling demand from Europe and the United States, the Israel Export Institute [...]

Trade with China to increase to $10b in 2012

Thursday, December 8th, 2011

Chinese Vice Minister of Commerce Zhong Shan met on Thursday with ministry officials and told of his intentions to advance a mutual free trade agreement between the countries As Israeli exports to its traditional trading partners, the United States and Europe, fall due to an economic slowdown and the debt crisis, China has been showing [...]

Radware Announces the First Application Delivery Fabric For the ITaaS Economy

Thursday, December 8th, 2011

The next evolution of Radware’s VADI strategy provides ground-breaking cost savings, efficiency and agility for virtual and cloud data centers Radware (NASDAQ: RDWR), a leading provider of application delivery and application security solutions for virtual and cloud data centers, today announced the next phase of its Virtual Application Delivery Infrastructure (VADI™) strategy featuring new application [...]

Israeli mobile app gets you fast food even faster

Monday, December 5th, 2011

Tap on Tapingo to order burgers or pizza for lunch. Let the Israeli computer wizards worry about how it works Got the taste for a taco but don’t want to take the trip to Taco Bell? Lusting for latte but already late for work with no time to wait in line at Starbucks? Guy Bauman [...]

Does that pill cause side effects? Treato will tell you

Monday, December 5th, 2011

Israeli website aggregates and analyzes user-generated data to revolutionize the way patients, physicians and drug companies share info about medications Have you just been prescribed a new medication and want to know its possible side effects? Are you already taking a drug whose side effects aren’t listed on the package insert? Most likely, your first [...]

Online gaming software co Playtech to raise 100m euro on AIM

Monday, December 5th, 2011

The company said that it will issue 46.5 million shares at a 2.5% discount on yesterday’s closing price in London. Playtech Cyprus Ltd. (AIM:PTEC) announced this morning that it plans to raise 100 million euro. The company said that it will issue 46.5 million shares at a 2.5% discount on yesterday’s closing price in London. [...]

Israeli solar company helps Bedouin profit from the sun

Sunday, December 4th, 2011

An Israeli solar company, Arava Power, is working to help the Bedouin Arabs, a mostly nomadic tribal people living in Israel, develop their share of the solar industry. Last year, Arava signed a contract with the Tarabin tribe in the Negev desert to build a solar installation. The contract was the company’s first step toward [...]

Microsoft acquires video search co VideoSurf

Thursday, December 1st, 2011

VideoSurf was founded by four Israelis and investors include Pitango and Orbotech. Microsoft Corporation (Nasdaq: MSFT) has acquired VideoSurf for tens of millions of dollars in an effort to improve its position in the online video search field. VideoSurf, founded by four Israelis in Silicon Valley, has developed a technology that locates video clips on [...]