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Answers.com partners with WordPress with new Plugin
Answers.com, an Israeli company publicly traded on the NASDAQ, has partnered with the guys behind WordPress to integrate Answers.com’s service with WordPress blogs. The company has developed a plugin...
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Israeli TV startup RayV raises $8m
Another funding success story: Israeli Virtual TV Network company RayV has just raised $8m. According to alarm:clock, the company is in stealth mode, and offers a new way for “consumers to find,...
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Goldman Sachs to invest $100m in Israeli Mobileye
The deals involving Israeli companies keep getting better and better, this time with Goldman Sachs agreeing to invest $100m in Israeli company Mobileye at a valuation of $600m. Mobileye develops...
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The second Israel Web Tour is scheduled for February 4-7, 2008 in Silicon Valley and will bring 15 of Israel’s hottest startups to present, mingle, and find investment. The event is organized by the...
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Samsung makes first acquisition in over 10 years – and it’s Israeli
Samsung Electronics hasn’t bought a company since April 1997. Until this past Wednesday, that is, when the company acquired Tel Aviv-based TransChip Israel Ltd., reportedly for $70m. (If you try to...
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Excellent interview with Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer
The Council on Foreign Relations recently posted a video of an interview with Stanley Fischer, the Governor of the Bank of Israel. He is interviewed by Jacob Frenkel, a former Governor. The interview...
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Israel first neighbouring country to join EU competitiveness program
Israel is the first neighbouring country to join the European Union’s Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP). This program promotes innovation, entrepreneurship and growth of small and...
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Cisco CEO John Chambers speaks highly of Israel
John Chambers, CEO of Cisco Systems, likes Israel. He even said so at President Simon Peres’ special-invite-only business dinner with Israel’s hi-tech leaders. “Venture capital is not about money, it’s...
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Tourism in Israel is growing fast with big plans for even bigger numbers
Not only is Israel breaking Guiness World Records for largest amount of people saying Hatikvah simultaneously, largest national flag, and the World’s largest Humus plate, we also keep breaking...
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Teva Pharmaceutical goes bargain hunting, picks up Barr Pharmaceuticals for...
According to Haaretz, Teva has been going on a “little” shopping spree, buying companies as if they were cute pairs of shoes they just had to have. (And FYI, this Teva company has no connection to...
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