Posts belonging to Category Economy

3M Buys Israel’s Attenti

3M, the large American company widely known for office supplies such as the Post It Note, has purchased Israeli company Attenti for $23 million.  The company is based in Tel Aviv. Attenti, formerly known as Dmatek, builds tracking systems for people under surveillance, most commonly under court order.  The devices can also detect someone’s blood alcohol level [...]

Israel is the 8th Happiest Country in the World

Israel tied for 8th with Canada, Switzerland, and Australia. The survey results were collected by Gallop from 2005-2009 and had tens of thousands of participants in 155 countries.

Despite David Cameron’s Comments, Gaza is Pretty Nice

British Prime Minister David Cameron, while speaking to officials in Turkey, referred to the Gaza Strip as a giant prison camp. Rather than be one of the many who called him an idiot for thinking this, I prefer to correct him using facts.

Will Israel Apologize to Turkey?

In the wake of the Flotilla incident, Turkey and Israel have become increasingly further apart. Led by Turkey’s Islamist leadership, the important ally of Israel has become more disagreeable and cold to the Jewish state.

More Flotilla Fallout – Global Updates

The two sides of the issue are still being drawn, but Israel has gained a key supporter in the response to the Flotilla incident.

Israel to Become Natural Gas Exporter

Israel is set to become a major natural gas exporter in the region.  Nobel Energy, a Houston based energy company, announced this week that Israel’s natural gas reserves are larger than initially thought. Nobel said that the Leviathan block may hold 16 trillion cubic feet of gas.  It also upgraded estimates on the nearby Tamar [...]

Book Review: Start-Up Nation

Start-Up Nation is an analysis of what makes Israel a successful breeding ground for high tech startup companies. Authors Dan Senor and Saul Singer spent time interviewing some of Israel’s top business and political leaders to build such a well researched and reputable book.

Israel Joins OECD

The Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development is an international organization where nations come together to advance the economic relationship and business development of member countries. Unlike the anti-Semites at the United Nations, the OECD can see past religion. On Monday, the 31 members voted unanimously to include Israel in the group.

The Controversy of Highway 443

The most common route from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv these days is Highway 1.  It is a major road up to the standards of an interstate highway in the United States.  If you want to take an alternate route, you follow Highway 443.  Highway 443 takes travelers from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv via Modi’in and [...]

The Legacy of Holocaust Survivors

It is at this time each year that we notice how few survivors from the Shoah still remain. The survivors take centre stage across the country as the sirens wail to commemorate those who were murdered by the evil Nazi regime only because they were Jews. Those survivors who are still left to share this [...]