Israeli investors are not excited about Moody’s credit rating downgrade of Israel, and the Israeli stock market responded on Sunday morning with relatively moderate declines, with a decrease of around 0.4% in the TA-35 index and around 0.5% in the TA-125 index. Local players in the financial sector expect the stock market to continue to […]
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After being presented to the media yesterday in a press conference, Israel’s housing plan for 2024 was approved in today’s government meeting. The plan, which includes an investment of billions of shekels, was developed by the Ministries of Construction and Housing, Finance, and other relevant government bodies, with the goal of maintaining functional continuity in […]
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Picture a spaceship descending from the cosmos, its crew composed of benevolent beings hailing from a world a million years ahead of our own. Their arrival isn’t one of conquest but, rather, of assistance. They offer us a unique opportunity – to tap into their wisdom and expertise. We can pose our most perplexing questions, […]
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The popular app TikTok has removed a feature used by researchers to study the Israel-Hamas war, according to an article published by the Washinton Post on Thursday. The feature, which shows how many times specific hashtags have been viewed, was used by researchers to measure the difference in pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel social media engagement. The […]
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Credit ratings agency Moody’s on Friday concluded its review of Israel and downgraded the country to “A2” from “A1”, citing material political and fiscal risks for the country due to its war with the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas. “While fighting in Gaza may diminish in intensity or pause, there is currently no agreement to end […]
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It’s that time of the year, in the freezing-cold middle of the night, when I fire up the barbecue and cook some wings and all-beef hot dogs. I’m already getting that queasy feeling just thinking about eating those delicacies at 2 a.m. while watching the Super Bowl. It’s Super Bowl weekend, after all, and after […]
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The United States government has initiated a controversial investigation against the Israeli government and Finkelstein Metals, a venerable family-owned company based in the Alon Tabor industrial area near Afula. This inquiry, marking a potentially seismic shift in US-Israeli trade relations, not only targets a small yet pivotal player in Israel’s industrial landscape but also raises […]
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The El Al flight from Dubai on Thursday night, February 1, after the close of the Arab Health 2024 Exhibition, was filled with Israelis, some of whom were returning from vacation and others who presumably had been at the event, attendees who wanted to see what was going on worldwide in the health science sector. […]
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The joint sports streaming platform of Fox Corp, Walt Disney’s ESPN and Warner Bros Discovery is expected to be priced at above $40 per month, CNBC reported on Wednesday, citing sources. The media companies had said on Tuesday that they would launch a sports streaming service later this autumn to capture younger viewers who are […]
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Chinese state-backed cyberspies hacked into an internal computer network at the Dutch Ministry of Defence last year, intelligence agencies in the Netherlands said in a rare report published on Tuesday. The agencies, known by their Dutch acronyms MIVD and AIVD, said the hackers had placed sophisticated malicious software, or malware, that cloaked its own activity […]
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