Author: David Rutman

“Fertiláqua gives ICL a significant foothold in a major market.” Israel’s ICL, formerly known as Israel Chemicals, has acquired Brazil’s fertilizer producer Fertiláqua for $120 Million. ICL’s intends to use the acquisition to expand its own specialty plant nutrition product portfolio. and significantly enhance its customer base and on-ground presence across agriculture regions in Brazil, […]

The news comes after Aleph Farms already made its meat on the International Space Station. From Aleph Farms Israeli meat alternative company Aleph Farms has a new initiative to eventually produce its products on Mars. The program is called Aleph Zero and is intended to produce non-GMO cells anywhere and in any environment. In this […]

This is limited to people from “Green” countries. Israel’s Ministry of Economy and Industry will allow the entry of foreign businessmen and women into Israel from “Green” states in accordance with new guidelines. Green countries are those nations which Israel has declared to have a high enough level of containing the Corona Virus to allow […]

The offer was made through his NY Koen Group which is based in the United Arab Emirates. Naum Koen from His Website Ukrainian born Israeli businessman Naum Koen has made a $50 million bid for Israeli airline Israir. Koen’s operations are based in the United Arab Emirates through his NY Koen Group. NY Koen Group […]

The new understanding of how the brain works is also used to treat brain injuries. i-BrainTech Device Israeli startup i-BrainTech is offering athletes a way to improve themselves while also treating brain injuries. It does so by using its AI-powered brain-training solution which can train the brain not unlike how people improve their muscles working […]

So Infinidat shows that Startup Nation does have a dark side too. Israeli data storage company Infinidat is being sued by its own employees. According to a report in Calcalist, the plaintiffs have Infinidat of diluting their shares and the value of possible future stock options. So Startup Nation does have a dark side too. […]

Its Facebook VS New York University and other colleges. Facebook doesn’t like seeing other people taking advantage of the data which it compiles on its users, even when the data is being used by academics for research purposes. The company is currently going after new York University for using its information. The interesting thing here […]

WhatsApp will charge businesses and allow for more commercial activity. WhatsApp is changing. Facebook intends to make its service currently used for messaging and phone/video calls a more commercial service. Currently Facebook’s other app based business, Instagram, has been used to generate revenue with embedded targeted advertising aimed at its users. Also, celebrities and so […]

Apollo Global Management Loses Investors Over Leon Black’s Jeffrey Epstein Ties Just last week Apollo Global Management announced an investigation into the matter. Leon Black’s Apollo Global Management is losing a number of important accounts over the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. Black had paid more than $50 million in various fees to Jeffrey Epstein between the […]