Author: David Leibermann

Most-Sanctioned Country / by Ehimetalor Akhere Unuabona/Unsplash With 5,581 sanctions currently in place, Russia has become the most-sanctioned country in the world in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine, according to data aggregated by Castellum.AI. Between February 22 and March 8, Russian recognition of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions as independent states, the number […]

Robert Kraft / Credit Chris Graythen / Getty Images by Contributing Author The purchase of the Patriots was officially announced in February 1994, though the deal got its start long before then. Owner Robert Kraft, who had always been a fan of the team, first bought the parking lots from the original owner Billy Sullivan. […]

As the nations of the world consider imposing an oil embargo on Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine, some companies have already enacted their own boycotts. One such company is Shell. Shell not only announced its decision to suspend Russian oil purchases for the time being, it even went so far as to […]

Charlotte Salomon voiced by Keira Knightley (movie pic) Oscar nominee Keira Knightley plays the French Jewish artist Charlotte Salomon who was murdered during the Holocaust in the new animated movie “Charlotte” which is due to be released in April. Most famous for her roles in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, Knightley was nominated twice […]

Tel Aviv at sunset, Israel New Startups / VC Funding Israel’s Connecteam Raises $120 Million For Remote Deskless Work AppIsraeli startup Connecteam, which offers an all-in-one employee app that the company says empowers organizations with non-desk employees to communicate, engage, and operate their teams, raised $120 million in a Series C round of funding. This […]

Stan with Us ad against Ben & Jerry’s Ben & Jerry’s Israel has filed suit against Unilever in the United States, the parent company of Ben & Jerry’s, claiming that the company’s move last year to ban the sale of its products in areas of the West Bank controlled by Israel was illegal. In July […]

Michael Rubin Owner of Fanatics (Facebook) Michael Rubin’s Fanatics sports merchandising company has now hot a $27 billion valuation. The valuation came as Fanatics raised another $1.5 billion in new funding. Founded by Michael Rubin in Jacksonville, Florida in 2011, Fanatics markets licensed sports merchandise to over 180 countries around the world, runs stores in […]

Veev, a tech-driven Israeli real estate developer of modular prefabrication homes, announced today the close of a $400 million Series D fundraising round led by BOND and included LenX, Zeev Ventures, JLL Spark Global Ventures, and Fifth Wall Climate Tech. The company declined to reveal its post-money valuation. In the last round in March 2021, Veev […]

Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor zoolander Actor Ben Stiller and estranged wife Christine Taylor are back together again after a five year split. The couple has been married since 2000. Christine Taylor came to fame back in the 1990s when she played Marcia Brady in the Brady Bunch movies. She also appeared on hit shows […]