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Government backs down on plan to limit pyramid groups

Move possibly puts the government in collision course with Knesset panel; original plan was to limit companies to one level of subsidiaries.

By Zvi Zrahiya, TheMarker | May 22, 2013 | 03:40 AM

Antitrust chief ponders new limits on big companies

Antitrust Commissioner David Gilo on Tuesday suggested that the Knesset Finance Committee explore the idea of putting limits on...

By Zvi Zrahiya, Eran Azran | 03:15 AM

Resignation of treaury budget chief may portend wave of exits

Gal Hershkovitz, who on Monday submitted his resignation as head of the Finance Ministry's budget division, may be the first of...

By Moti Bassok | 02:11 AM

Business in Brief

Foreign carriers slam Israel-only policy for prime minister’s flightsRepresentatives of foreign airlines yesterday took issue...

| 01:11 AM

Market report / Goldman forecast keeps TA-25 on uptrend

Led by telecommunications stocks, the benchmark TA-25 index advanced 0.2% to finish at 1,232.23 points, bringing its gain over the past four sessions to 3.5%.

By Eran Azran | May 21, 2013 | 07:38 PM

In ice cream wars, Israelis scream for Ben & Jerry's

In TheMarker's blind taste test, the Vermont ice cream-making duo wins tops mark for both price and taste.

By Gabriela Davidovich-Weisberg | May 21, 2013 | 05:51 PM | 2

Israeli wireless-power Powermat startup buys Finnish rival

Powermat Technologies will acquire its Finnish rival for a sum believed to be in the tens of millions of dollars.

By Inbal Orpaz | May 21, 2013 | 05:25 PM

Strapped for cash, Defense Ministry looks to banks to fund projects

The Defense Ministry is desperate for funds for several endeavors, including the relocation of a handful of major army bases, and is hoping the banks will ease restrictions on lending in order to fund them.

By Sivan Aizescu | May 21, 2013 | 02:15 PM

Finance Committee chair slams government for capitulating to conglomerates

High-profile bond companies such as IDB would be exempt from new restrictions on conglomerates, under the cabinet's last-minute proposal to the Finance Committee.

By Zvi Zrahiya, Ora Coren, TheMarker | May 21, 2013 | 01:32 PM

Genetic testing for breast cancer more accessible in Israel than U.S.

Angelina Jolie's recent bombshell caused a spike in breast cancer exams in Israel, which is relatively generous in its health basket policy.

By Ronny Linder-Ganz | May 21, 2013 | 12:54 PM

Next to the Israel Electric Corporation's mountain, salaries at Ashdod Port are a molehill

The IEC's debt is 30 times higher than all the ports in Israel, and its salaries – financed by our electricity bills – are 10 times the rate.

By Avi Bar-Eli | May 21, 2013 | 11:14 AM

Knesset to vote on law tightening pyramid structure of Israeli businesses

Lawmakers agree to give holding groups six years to dismantle excess layers of their “pyramid” structure after the bill becomes law.

By Zvi Zrahiya | May 21, 2013 | 09:11 AM

Market report / TASE marks fourth-day of gains, dollar strengthens against shekel

Despite recent gains, the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange is still underperforming compared to other global financial centers and is thought to have room to rise.

By Eran Azran | May 20, 2013 | 09:12 PM

Lapid's 1.5% income tax hike isn't the problem

Nor can social gaps be narrowed just by taxing investments.

By Meirav Arlosoroff | May 20, 2013 | 03:24 PM

Business Opinion

Protesters in Haifa stomp on a poster of Yair Lapid.

Taking Stock / Lapid let us down

By Guy Rolnik | 10:31 AM

The budget cut that cuts too deep

By Meirav Arlosoroff | 02:44 AM

All that glitters / The shekel besieged, Fischer leads the cavalry charge

By Eytan Avriel | 04:56 AM

Start-up of the Week

Staying ahead of the game

By Maya Epstein | 05:49 PM

Startup of the week / Using banks to move money is so yesterday

By Amitai Ziv | 02:30 PM

Startup of the week / Commerce Sciences puts you in that buying mood

By Inbal Orpaz | 04:05 PM

David's Harp

Outgoing Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer.

David's Harp / Fischer's act of desperation

By David Rosenberg | 09:59 AM | 2

David's Harp / Time to uncork the fiscal champagne?

By David Rosenberg | 05:26 AM

David's Harp / Israel with Open Skies and without El Al

By David Rosenberg | 12:42 PM

Real Estate

Interior minister approves doubling property taxes on vacant Israeli apartments

By Nimrod Bousso | 05:16 AM | 2

Home prices in Israel rose 6% in first quarter of 2013

By Raz Smolsky | 09:30 AM | 4

Treasury planning to tax profits on second homes

By Meirav Arlosoroff | 05:39 AM

Tech roundup

Tech roundup / Stymieing smartphone smugglers

By Ruth Schuster | 10:32 AM

Tech roundup / What Else? A smart launcher; soccer still popular

By Ruth Schuster | 10:26 AM

Facebook in advanced negotiations to buy Israeli start-up Waze for $1 billion

By Amir Teig, Inbal Orpaz | 01:01 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