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Teva agrees to publish figures on compensation of its top executives

Pharmaceutical giant says it settled class action suit to 'provide greater transparency to investors' after not disclosing individual salaries for 13 years.

By Yoram Gabison | Jun 19, 2013 | 07:40 PM

Tax breaks to cost Israel's government NIS 90 billion over two years
By Moti Bassok and Ora Coren
Tax breaks to cost Israel's government NIS 90 billion over two years
By Moti Bassok and Ora Coren
Is Israeli pharma giant Teva going to be pushed off its perch?
By Yoram Gabison, The Associated Press and Reuters
The Israeli executives whose salaries are as secret as Prisoner X
By Ido Baum

IDF soldiers at a Memorial Day ceremony.

More big businesses gunning for IDF conscripts' wallets

In many cases, they are just out of high school, earning between NIS 350 and NIS 700 a month. Most of these Israel Defense Forces...

By Ido Efrati | 07:29 PM

A Gazprom oil and gas refinery in Serbia.

Cyprus looks to Israel to back East Med LNG terminal plan

Cyprus and Israel`s Delek Drilling are in talks about developing a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal on the island to tap the...

By Reuters | 07:11 PM

Netanyahu: Israel to allocate 60 percent of natural gas to domestic needs

Israel will allocate 60 percent of its natural gas reserves to domestic needs over the next 25 years considerably more than a...

By Avi Bar-Eli | 06:44 PM

Which companies will be caught in Israel's antitrust web?

On Tuesday the Knesset Finance Committee approved tougher terms for Israel's Business Concentration Law. The following are answers to a few key questions.

By Eran Azran | Jun 19, 2013 | 06:41 PM

Israel's Health Ministry to HMOs: Stop gender segregation at ultra-Orthodox clinics

After discovering examples of separate entrances, waiting rooms and visiting hours for men and women, the ministry demanded an end to such segregation.

By Ronny Linder-Ganz, Dan Even | Jun 19, 2013 | 03:00 PM

Protalix signs $280m agreement with Brazilian health agency for supply of Gaucher disease medication

The seven-year agreement could make Protalix and Pfizer, it's partner in international commercialization, the largest suppliers of Gaucher medication in Brazil.

By Yoram Gabison | Jun 19, 2013 | 01:10 PM

Ordering online? Beware of surprise charges

Customs and other fees can make what looks like an Internet bargain into a costly purchase.

By Gabriela Davidovich-Weisberg | Jun 19, 2013 | 09:55 AM

Tax officials plan new steps on black capital

The Tax Authority’s program encouraging people to report tax cheats has uncovered some NIS 12 billon in unreported assets since it was launched in February.

By Hila Raz | Jun 19, 2013 | 05:35 AM

Business in brief

| Jun 19, 2013 | 05:33 AM

Finance Committee approves tougher terms for Concentration Law

Provision by finance committee sets higher standard for monopolies to hold financial firms.

By Zvi Zrahiya, Ora Coren | Jun 19, 2013 | 05:27 AM

Social democracy comes at a price. Are Israelis willing to pay it?

Now with the 2013-14 budget approval process under way, it has become clear that a demand for subsidized government services is hardly sustainable in a period where growth in the past decade can no longer predict growth in the coming one.

By Meirav Arlosoroff | Jun 19, 2013 | 04:49 AM | 3

Netanyahu still undecided on next central bank chief

The reason is apparently that he is seeking a globally recognized personality, much like Fischer, who Netanyahu lobbied to take the job eight years ago.

By Meirav Arlosoroff | Jun 19, 2013 | 04:17 AM

Market report / Shares mixed as markets await signal from Fed

Investors on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange waited along with the rest of the world for the Fed to announce whether it will continue its stimulus program.

By Dror Reich | Jun 18, 2013 | 08:59 PM

Business Opinion

How to make it in America, the Waze way

By Omer Shubert | 06:31 PM

Silicon Valley isn't waiting around for Startup Nation

By Oded Hermoni | 12:57 PM

How Nochi Dankner exposed Israeli journalism's ailments

By Nati Tucker, Amir Teig | 12:02 PM

Start-up of the Week

Startup of the week / Moving briskly through the virtual checkout

By Amitai Ziv | 04:01 PM

Startup of the week / Ctera: Backing up data in-house- and in the cloud

By Amitai Ziv | 10:16 AM

Startup of the week / Israeli firm brings power to the less fortunate people

By Inbal Orpaz | 11:04 AM

David's Harp

David's Harp / Israel, the Startup Nation with ADD

By David Rosenberg | 09:11 AM

Stanley Fischer, the dove that roared

By David Rosenberg | 09:16 PM

Don't dance so joyously on the tycoons' grave

By David Rosenberg | 06:05 PM

Real Estate

Unaffordable housing under construction in north Tel Aviv.

Housing Ministry: Israeli home prices rose 9.1% in 12 months, outpacing increase in salaries

By Nimrod Bousso | 05:35 AM

Israeli government targets 80,000 new homes a year with reform plan

By Moti Bassok, Arik Mirovsky | 06:15 AM

The gatekeepers of Israel's housing bubble

By Ravit Hecht | 07:03 PM

Tech roundup

A vision created using Lucid technology.

Tech roundup / Total Domination morphing for mobile, Lucid Logix crumbles

By Ruth Schuster | 09:36 PM

Tech roundup / Israeli smartphone for blind sees American debut

By Ruth Schuster | 02:34 AM

Israeli Internet startup Wix files for initial public offering in the U.S.

By Inbal Orpaz, Orr Hirschauge | 07:21 PM

DNA of a Startup

What does it mean to live in a startup nation?

By Liz Steinberg | 01:59 PM | 2

Mission (almost) impossible

By Eytan Avriel | 01:45 PM

Hello, consumer

By Tali Heruti-Sover | 01:40 PM