Category: Business

When Phyllis and her husband embarked on their new life in Israel five years ago, they did so buoyed by the hope that the country’s tax benefits would prove an economic boon. They were advised that once they moved to Jerusalem they would no longer need to pay State Tax in California, and that like […]

YOPI Technologies, an Israeli hi-tech company founded by experienced entrepreneurs Hemi Re’em and Dr. Menachem Genut, has successfully completed the development phase of YOPI, a wearable AI-based device designed to monitor sweat and detect early signs of heart function deterioration. YOPI (an acronym for “Your Online Personal Instructor”) represents a significant innovation in sports monitoring […]

The working interest owners of the Leviathan natural gas reservoir have made a final investment decision to proceed with the construction of a third gathering line connecting the Leviathan reservoir to the Leviathan Production Platform. With an estimated budget of approximately $568 million, this crucial development is aimed at meeting the growing demand for natural […]

When asked to name America’s greatest contribution to the world of hospitality, there isn’t one clear answer. Historians might point to the 18th-century taverns that offered food, drink, and accommodations for travelers. Hoteliers will point at the global hotel brands that dominate our world until this very day. Even utilities like room service, minibars, and […]

Twitter is limiting how many tweets per day various accounts can read, to discourage “extreme levels” of data scraping and system manipulation, Executive Chair Elon Musk said in a post on the social media platform on Saturday. Verified accounts are temporarily limited to reading 6,000 posts a day, Musk said, adding that the unverified accounts […]

By now, the issue of a talent shortage in Israel’s hi-tech scene has been well-documented.  According to the Israel Innovation Authority’s State of Hi-Tech 2022 report, the country’s tech industry is experiencing a dramatic shortage of engineers and programmers; a prior report from Israel’s State Comptroller Matanyahu Engelman found that there were 18,500 vacant positions […]

Walt Disney has been accused of systematically underpaying women in California in a lawsuit that alleges the company’s female employees in the state earned $150 million less than their male counterparts over an eight year period. The Friday filing in Los Angeles County Superior Court seeks to persuade the judge to certify a four-year-old civil […]

You must realize that honorary degrees are given generally to people whose SAT scores were too low to get them into schools the regular way. As a matter of fact, it was my SAT scores that led me into my present vocation in life, comedy. – Neil Simon Earlier this week, we reached a milestone. […]

A new computer simulation of the noses of domestic cats suggests that the convoluted nasal structures involved in their sense of smell function like coiled gas chromatographs – lab equipment used for highly efficient analysis of the chemical makeup of substances.  Dr. Zhenxing Wu of the Ohio State University and colleagues have found the secret […]

Words can hold a lot of power, and they might even hold the power to make a brand successful or not, a new study published on May 15 found.  The peer-reviewed study, published in the Journal of Consumer Research, found what makes brand slogans effective. The study found that slogans that are easier to process, […]