Articles in "Economy"
Meet Orin Julie: Israel’s Top Gun Model
At her modeling agency office in one of South Tel Aviv’s industrial zones, Orin Julie sits with Nina Shmuel, Almog Vakulker, Natalia ...
First-Ever International Tourism Security Summit Kicks Off In Jerusalem
Tourism in Israel is booming. Despite figures from tourism research company IPK International that in 2017, 56% of people viewed Israel as ...
Gov’t Approves NIS 417 Million Package to Shield Dead Sea Economy From Sinkhole Threat
The Cabinet on Sunday approved a financial aid package of NIS 417 million over the next four years to bolster the Dead Sea region, and ...
Seculars in Ashdod Pledge Fight Against Religious Coercion Following Shabbat Fines
The CEO of Big, a national chain of shopping malls, said Sunday that the parent company would cover fines incurred by businesses operating ...
Strong Shekel Means Tough Times for Immigrants
Like many olim hadashim (new immigrants), Miriam Lottner had one over-arching goal when she made Aliya from Los Angeles in 1994: To become ...
Israeli Start-Ups Post Fifth Year of Growth To Raise Record $5.24 Billion
Israeli high-tech start-up companies raised a record $5.24 billion in 2017, an increase of nine percent on the previous year, according to ...
Israel Exports Set To Top $100 Billion For First Time
Israel’s exports for the first half of 2017 were up 6 percent in US dollar terms over the parallel period last year and are on course to ...
Agricultural Pest Threatens Israeli Exports to EU
The European Union has warned Israel that some agricultural exports to Europe will be cut at the beginning of 2018 if Jerusalem does not ...
Teva Continues Slide; Company Wipes Off Third of Value
Teva Pharmaceuticals (NYSE: TEVA; TASE: TEVA) saw its share price take a further pounding Sunday as it dropped 18% at the opening of trade ...
New Calls For Exchange Rate Intervention As Shekel Soars
The shekel broke through the psychological barrier of NIS 3.5 to the US dollar Thursday, prompting renewed warnings that the strengthening ...
