| NIELSEN LAUNCHES $25M CHIEF SCIENTIST BACKED INVESTMENT FUND |
Nielsen has announced the launch of ‘Nielsen Innovate‘, a $25M Israeli fund dedicated to early stage investments in web, media, research, measurement, and advertising startups. The fund is co-owned with Partam High Tech.
04/2013 |
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| CHINA EVERBRIGHT TO INVEST IN ISRAELI TECH COMPANIES |
China Everbright Ltd., the investment arm of state-owned China Everbright Corp., plans to initiate $100-200 million in investment activity in Israel’s technology sector.
04/2013 |
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| MCGREGOR FASHION COMING TO ISRAEL |
International fashion brand McGregor, which manufactures luxury casual wear, opened its first Israeli flagship store in March at Tel Aviv's Azrieli Mall.
04/2013 |
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| GERMANY'S ADVA OPTICAL ACQUIRES BIRAN HIGH TECH ADVISORS |
Germany's Adva Optical Networking has acquired LTE technologies developer Biran High Tech Advisors for some millions of dollars in shares.
04/2013 |
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| AMDOCS & SINGTEL ESTABLISH JOINT ISRAELI DEVELOPMENT CENTER |
Singapore Telecommunications and Amdocs Israel have opened a development center in Israel as part of SingTel's investment in new technology. SingTel said its initial focus will be on voice and facial recognition as well as systems that enable mobile and Wi-Fi networks to work more efficiently.
04/2013 |
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| ALLSCRIPTS BUYS DBMOTION FOR $235M |
US Company Allscripts announced recently that it had purchased Hod Hasharon-based dbMotion for $235m.
04/2013 |
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| ON THE CUTTING-EDGE OF INNOVATION: BLOOD TEST THAT REVEALS RISK FOR BREAST CANCER |
Researchers at Hadassah Medical Center have developed a test that can predict if healthy women are at a significant risk of developing breast or ovarian cancer.
04/2013 |
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| APPLE OPENS THIRD DEVELOPMENT CENTER IN ISRAEL |
Apple Inc. is opening a new development center in Israel. The new Apple development center in the Ra'anana Industrial Zone will be the company's third in Israel after it opened a development center in Haifa last year and acquired flash memory developer Anobit in Herzliya.
04/2013 |
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| ISRAELI WATER TECH COMPANY DRAWS EUROPEAN INVESTMENT |
For the first time, Europe’s Aster Capital venture fund is investing in an Israeli company, Israel’s Atlantium Technologies, giving $3 million to the company to continue its development of new products. Atlantium develops ultraviolet technology for water disinfection.
04/2013 |
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| SPRINT NEXTEL TO OPEN NEW RESEARCH LAB IN TEL AVIV |
Sprint Nextel will be opening a research lab in Tel Aviv later this year in collaboration with the Israel Mobile & Media Association (IMA) and using equipment provided by Alcatel-Lucent.
04/2013 |
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| BLOOMBERG RANKS ISRAEL 1ST IN R&D INTENSITY WORLDWIDE |
Bloomberg news recently issued a ranking of the world’s most innovative countries based on seven of quantitative parameters. In the area of R&D intensity Israel ranked 1st in the world and 7th in the world in high-tech density.
04/2013 |
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| MONSANTO ACQUIRES ISRAEL’S ROSETTA GREEN FOR $35M |
US seed giant Monsanto has closed the acquisition of Israel's Rosetta Green, which makes engineered seeds for farmers. Monsanto paid $35 million for Rosetta, roughly double the company's market value.
04/2013 |
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| SAMSUNG FUND TO INVEST IN ISRAELI COMPANIES |
South Korea’s Samsung announced in early February that they are launching a $100m venture capital fund to invest in early stage high tech start-ups located in just three places worldwide, Israel, Massachusetts and California’s Silicon Valley.
04/2013 |
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| ISRAEL SIGNS R&D COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH NEW YORK STATE |
Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor Binyamin Ben-Eliezer and New York Governor David Paterson signed a memorandum governing an industrial R&D cooperation agreement between Israel and New York State.
12/2009 |
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| UN ACKNOWLEDGES ISRAEL AS INTERNATIONAL PATENT CENTER |
Patent applications recognized in Israel will be accepted internationally as well
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a specialized agency of the United Nations, has recently recognized Israel as an international center for the search and testing of patents. Israel will be added to the list of 15 leading countries in this field.
12/2009 |
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| STRONG GROWTH FORECASTS SHOW ISRAEL COMING OUT OF RECESSION |
"Thanks to sound macroeconomic and structural fundamentals, the Israeli economy has shown good resilience throughout the global crisis…The economy grew at a rate of 1% in the second quarter, and thus technically emerged from recession." - UBS economist Reinhard Cluse
09/2009 |
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| TEVA LAUNCHES CHEMOTHERAPY DRUG FOLLOWING FDA APPROVAL |
09/2009 |
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| ORAMED PHARMACEUTICALS GETS FROST & SULLIVAN INNOVATION AWARD |
09/2009 |
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| SIEMENS BUYS 40% STAKE IN ISRAELI SOLAR POWER COMPANY |
"Thanks to its intensive sunshine and steadily growing demand for energy, Israel is an ideal location for further developing our solar business." - Peter Löscher, president and CEO of Siemens.
09/2009 |
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| ISRAELI COMPANIES EXPAND INVOLVEMENT IN LATIN AMERICA |
09/2009 |
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| ISRAEL SIGNS R&D COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH NEW YORK STATE |
09/2009 |
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| TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY RESEARCHER CREATES NATURAL CURE FOR INSOMNIA |
09/2009 |
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| ISRAELI FILM “LEBANON” WINS TOP PRIZE IN VENICE |
09/2009 |
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| TEL AVIV STOCK EXCHANGE CONTINUES TO RISE IN 2009 |
08/2009 |
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| IDF-MADE ROBOT SNAKE GATHERS INFORMATION IN ROUGH TERRAIN |
08/2009 |
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| PHARMA GIANT ROCHE TO STRENGTHEN R&D PIPELINE IN ISRAEL THROUGH PONTIFAX DEAL |
The collaboration will see both partners provide financial support and relevant expertise to young biotech and pharma companies in Israel.
06/2009 |
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| YISSUM AND ZAMBON TO COMMERCIALIZE NANO PAIN TREATMENT |
06/2009 |
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| ECI HELPS SWITCH DEUTSCHE TELEKOM TO IP |
06/2009 |
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| JOINT PROJECT OF IBM, TECHNION, RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER WINS PRESTIGIOUS INTERNATIONAL PRIZE |
SRII awarded the prize for “the most successful collaboration of industry, academia and government as expressed in this project.”
06/2009 |
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| NDS EXPANDS IN GERMANY |
06/2009 |
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| BP SOLAR UTILIZES SOLAR EDGE TO CUT POWER OUTPUT |
"I am impressed with the initial performance and reliability tests of SolarEdge's solution", said Eric Daniels, chief technology officer at BP Solar.
06/2009 |
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| MORGAN STANLEY SUGGESTS INVESTMENT IN ISRAEL |
06/2009 |
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| ISRAEL RANKED 20 IN IMD STRESS TEST |
The "stress test" aims to examine how "countries can resist adversity and show resilience to weather the storm."
06/2009 |
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| ISRAEL RANKED 9TH MOST INNOVATIVE COUNTRY BY EIU REPORT |
06/2009 |
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| ISRAEL EXEMPTS FOREIGN INVESTORS FROM PRIVATE EQUITY TAXES |
06/2009 |
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| ISRAELI ECONOMY RESILIENT IN THE FACE OF GAZA CONFLICT |
01/2009 |
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| "MOST ADMIRED MEDICAL COMPANY" ST. JUDE ACQUIRES MEDIGUIDE FOR $283 MILLION. |
"We believe MediGuide's proprietary technology may also extend across a variety of other product categories … We look forward to bringing this technology into our portfolio so that we can further develop and capture these potential opportunities,” Daniel J. Starks, chairman, president and chief executive officer of St. Jude Medical, said.
01/2009 |
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| CHECK POINT BUYS NOKIA'S SECURITY APPLIANCE BUSINESS |
The acquisition "will add more than $100 million to Check Point's sales in 2009 …it will strengthen us in dealing with the global recession," Gil Shwed, chairman and chief executive of Check Point said.
01/2009 |
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| HARMONIC BUYS SCOPUS FOR $51 MILLION. |
01/2009 |
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| U.S.-ISRAELI BIRD FOUNDATION TO INVEST $9 MILLION IN 12 PROJECTS |
01/2009 |
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| MA INDUSTRIES TO BUY COMPANIES IN POLAND AND SERBIA FOR $20 MILLION |
01/2009 |
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| ENDOCARE TO BUY ELRON'S GALIL MEDICAL |
12/2008 |
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| ISRAEL’S FOOD PRODUCER OSEM TO BUY FOODTECH FOR $20 MILLION |
12/2008 |
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| STANLEY FISHER SAYS ISRAEL IS IN GOOD SHAPE ECONOMICALLY |
"Foreign companies are not exiting the country despite the financial crisis".
11/2008 |
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| ISRAELI UNIVERSITIES RANKED AMONG WORLD'S BEST |
11/2008 |
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| INTRODUCING "ISRAEL NEWTECH – NOVEL EFFICIENT WATER TECHNOLOGIES" |
Name and logo of Israel's National Program Promoting The Water Technologies Sector, as well as film showcasing the sector, to be officially launched on Oct. 30 at the int'l WATEC '07 event
11/2007 |
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| EBAY OPENING ISRAELI DEVELOPMENT CENTER BASED ON ACQUISITION OF ISRAELI SHOPPING.COM |
11/2007 |
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| SPANSION INCORPORATED ACQUIRING ISRAELI SAIFUN SEMICONDUCTORS FOR $368 MILLION |
Saifun to be responsible for Spansion's technology licensing business for the next generation product roadmap
11/2007 |
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| UK INTERNET BROKERAGE COMPANY, ICAP, ACQUIRING ISRAELI FINANCIAL SOFTWARE COMPANY, TRAIANA FOR $247 MILLION |
Company's online services system considered benchmark in foreign currency trading
11/2007 |
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| DEUTSCHE TELEKOM'S CHAIRMAN: "WE'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND OUR COLLABORATIONS WITH ISRAELI COMPANIES" |
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Chairman of Deutsche Telekom in Israel to visit the company's new R&D center in Beersheva set up jointly with Ben Gurion University.
11/2007 |
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| AT&T ACQUIRES ISRAELI INTERWISE FOR $121 MILLION |
At&T intends to maintain company as its Israeli R&D center within AT&T Global Business Service
11/2007 |
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| ISRAELI RESEARCHERS DEVELOP UPGRADED "GOOGLE TRENDS" |
Technology developed by Google's R&D center in Israel improves technology's ability to provide insights into broad search patterns
11/2007 |
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| JAPANESE VC COMPANY, CSK, INTENDS TO INVEST $100 MILLION IN ISRAEL |
CSK Managing Partner: "Our investment fund . . . hopes to increase the synergy between Japanese and Israeli companies through joint investments in Israeli technology."
11/2007 |
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| GOLDMAN SACHS INVESTING $100 MILLION IN ISRAELI MOBILEYE |
Mobileye was named by U.S. Red Herring magazine a Top 100 Innovator
11/2007 |
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| ISRAELI WATER PURIFICATION COMPANY, BLUE-I, TO INSTALL ITS TECHNOLOGY IN COCA COLA'S FACILITIES AROUND THE WORLD |
10/2007 |
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| US RESEARCH COMPANY, CLEAN EDGE, LISTS ISRAELI AQWISE AMONG "10 TO WATCH" FIRMS |
Israeli water purification company was chosen among leading companies, such as GE and Siemens
10/2007 |
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| INTEL CAPITAL INVESTING $11 MILLION IN ISRAELI SEMICONDUCTOR COMPANY |
Intel Capital, Intel Corporation's investment arm is investing $11 million in Israeli Jordan Valley Semiconductors Ltd.
10/2007 |
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| VC COMPANY, GREYLOCK INVESTING IN ISRAELI CLEANTECH |
American Greylock Partners announced that it intends on making 3-4 investments in early-stage Israeli cleantech start-ups
10/2007 |
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| IVC RESEARCH CENTER: IN THE FIRST 3 QUARTERS OF 2007, ISRAELI HIGH-TECH COMPANIES RAISED $1.256 BILLION |
Amount represents a 10% increase over the corresponding period in 2006
10/2007 |
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| THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL "GLOBAL FINANCE" NAMES STANLEY FISCHER AS ONE OF WORLD'S SEVEN LEADING BANKERS |
Stanley Fischer received the highest grade of "A"
10/2007 |
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| THE FINANCIAL TIMES STOCK EXCHANGE ADVANCES ISRAEL'S ECONOMIC STATUS TO "DEVELOPED" FROM "EMERGING MARKET" |
FTSE new classification lists Israel as the first Middle East country in a group of 24 developed nations
10/2007 |
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