Author: David Rutman

eToro Now Looks to $10 Billion IPO Within Weeks This doubles its previous expectation of only $5 billion. Yoni Assia, co-founder and CEO, eToro Doron Letzter eToro Israeli startup eToro, which offers its clients a platform for managing their investments, is planning an IPO in the coming weeks that will give it a valuation of […]

Ilsar Truffles Uses High Tech to Make Israeli Black Winter Truffles First oranges, then wine and now Israel makes truffles too. Ilsar Truffles Israeli startup Ilsar Truffles makes expensive black winter truffles. It does so using advanced biological technology. The company just raised $5 million in financing, led by AP Partners private equity fund, to […]

What are Trends of the Online Industry for 2021? By Contributing Author The online world is an ever-changing platform that can be challenging to keep up with. If you have any type of online focus, you know that you must constantly be adapting to these changes in order to be successful or effective. Whether you’re […]

Goldman Sachs Sees 8% U.S. Growth In 2021 This is up from a previous forecast of just 6.8%. Great news from Goldman Sachs for America. The vaunted financial firm is forecasting as much as 8% growth for the U.S. economy this year, 2021, reports AXIOS. This is up from a previous estimate of just 6.8% […]

Mark Zuckerberg Promises Facebook Will Promote Covid Vaccinations Facebook already banned antivaxer propaganda. Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg have had their hands full this past year dealing with the myriad of responses to the Covid-19 crisis. The company has had to deal with all of the fake news which went around the internet and decide how […]

Karlie Kloss and Joshua Kushner Welcome First Child This a Kushner tries to do business in a post Trump era. Joshua Kushner Karlie Kloss baby (Instagram Post) Joshua Kushner and super model Karlie Kloss are now parents. The couple revealed the news with a post on Instagram. There is no word yet on whether it […]

Mark Cuban Offers Up Advice On How To Spend Your Stimulus Check And he also wants to sell you his very own NFT. Mark Cuban Motivational Quote Billionaire Mark Cuban is speaking out on the new $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act which just passed into law in the United States. He is also […]

JBN Weekly News Roundup Mar 7 – 13 The Pope flew over Israel and Donald Trump feuded with Jared Kushner. Pope Francis with Shiite leader Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani (Vatican Website) We had an interesting week last week. The news was marked by several incidents of anti-Semitism in the U.S. And people like Sacha Baron […]

Israel High Tech Scene Week In Review Mar 7 – Mar 13 It’s Official! Paypal Bought Curv (JBN)There have been rumors about Curv’s sale for a week now. We now know that Payal is the company which is buying out the Israeli startup Curv. Curv offers a cloud based platform for securely managing cryptocurrencies. While […]

Sarah Silverman Has a Lot to Say – So What Else Is New? She is also selling her home for $1.8 million. Sarah Silverman Podcast (YouTube) Sarah Silverman has a podcast, and so does everybody else in the world. On her podcast she asked non-Jews to “Stop rolling your eyes and be our allies!” She […]