The 2009 Atir Awards – Israeli Industrial Design Awards

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

The 2009 Atir Awards – Israeli industrial design commissioned by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Labor
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Labor in Israel has presented industrial design awards for designers and industrialists during the annual Industrial Association assembly.
The awards are granted per the following categories:
Consumer Goods; Tools and Equipment; Furniture and Lighting; Green/Sustainable [...]

Confident Navigation through Global Economic Crisis

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

As reported by TLV Insider, the Israeli economy has bounced back from last years GFC. At the beginning of 2009, things looked very difficult or even gloomy, but since then, the government adopted a new economic policy. Instead of spending hundreds of billions of dollars, or in our case, of shekels, on stimulus plans to [...]

Arrow Ecology

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

Arrow Ecology is an Israeli company dealing in waste management and is one of the leading waste management companies in the world. Arrow Ecology have achieved this through the development of the ArrowBio waste solution. ArrowBio is an integrated solution for the treatment of municipal solid waste, and is a product of ArrowEcology. The ArrowBio facilities [...]

Israeli Semiconductors Portal Launched

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

SemIsrael ’s new website was recently launched and is the new Israeli Semiconductors Portal.
SemIsrael’s target is to form and support the online Israeli Semiconductors community. It is the essential place for the semiconductors professionals to start the day.
SemIsrael was formed by semiconductors veterans, who are involved in this fascinating industry for more than 10 years, [...]

Israel Close to Being Accepted into the OECD

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Israel is on its way to be accepted into the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD): Israeli Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz and OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría have agreed that Israel will become a member of the organization by May 2010.
The two officials met in Paris last week during Steinitz’s visit to the biannual meeting [...]

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE)

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) is Israel’s only stock exchange, trading over 1,100 securities of more than 630 companies. The TASE was established in 1953 to handle the rising number of securities and transactions in the years following the establishment of the State.
The exchange is owned by its member firms, which include 15 banks [...]

MSCI will reclassify the MSCI Israel Index to Developed Markets coinciding with the May 2010

Friday, December 18th, 2009

MSCI Barra, the leading provider of investment decision support tools to investment institutions worldwide, will reclassify the MSCI Israel Index to Developed Markets coinciding with the May 2010.
Upgraded Israel from emerging market to developed market is a proof of the great achievement of the Israeli economy and is going to have a big impact on our [...]

How Israel has managed to become a leader in business innovation

Friday, November 13th, 2009

For all the press coverage of the Middle East, there is one side of Israel
that gets scant attention: the country’s economy has the highest
concentration of innovation and entrepreneurialism in the world today

UN ACKNOWLEDGES ISRAEL AS INTERNATIONAL PATENT CENTER

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

Patent applications recognized in Israel will be accepted internationally as well
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a specialized agency of the United Nations, has recently recognized Israel as an international center for the search and testing of patents. Israel will be added to the list of 15 leading countries in this field.
The decision, which constitutes [...]

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