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2013 tax revenues unlikely to meet projections, Knesset report says

Revenues will fall NIS 2 billion short of finance ministry projection for 2013, new study estimates.

By Moti Bassok | Jun 20, 2013 | 05:04 AM

Knesset approves austerity budget for 2013 and 2014 in first reading
By TheMarker
Lapid warns Israel against populism as Knesset prepares to vote on budget
By Zvi Zrahiya

Lapid: Haredim joining Israel's workforce will create burst of economic growth

Masses of ultra-Orthodox Jews entering Israel’s workforce will give the economy the same boost the arrival of a million...

By Nirit Anderman | 04:34 AM

Business in brief

Protalix wins $280 million contract to supply Gaucher’s drug to Brazil Protalix Biotherapeutics said it reached a seven-year...

| 04:32 AM

Market report / Energy shares gain as the rest of the TASE sinks

Israeli shares ended broadly lower on Wednesday, with Israel Chemicals continuing to take its lumps from the government's plan to...

By Shelly Appelberg | 11:00 PM

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

Attention, shoppers: IDF soldiers are big spenders

They may not look like attractive consumers, but conscripts buy NIS 2.2 billion a year of goods and services. Now, more big businesses are gunning for their wallets.

By Ido Efrati | Jun 19, 2013 | 07:29 PM

Cyprus looks to Israel to back East Med LNG terminal plan

Israel's Delek Drilling confirms a strong interest in Cyprus' plans to develop a liquefied natural gas terminal.

By Reuters | Jun 19, 2013 | 07:11 PM

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

Decision to be brought for cabinet approval on Sunday; plan allocates 20% more gas for domestic needs than government's Tzemach committee recommended in September.

By Avi Bar-Eli | Jun 19, 2013 | 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

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