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Israel is world's largest exporter of drones, study finds

In eight years Israel exported $4.6 billion worth of UAVs, to countries ranging from Britain to India and Uganda.

By Gili Cohen | May 19, 2013 | 04:32 PM

The Eitan drone at an air base - Olivier Fitoussi

Indebted Elbit Imaging bleeds cash as creditor battle rages
By Shelly Appelberg
IDF intentionally downs UAV due to malfunction
By Gili Cohen | 7

The Reagan plan: IDF soldiers to operate ports if workers strike

The Economy Ministry is planning to counteract any strike by Israeli port workers by bringing in soldiers to operate the...

By Avi Bar-Eli, Ora Coren | 11:26 AM

Interior Minister Gideon Sa'ar (seated) weds journalist Geula Even in Tel Aviv.

Interior minister's intimate wedding held at powerful Israeli lobbyist's home

The small, private wedding of Interior Minister Gideon Sa'ar and Channel 1 news presenter Geula Even on Thursday night may have...

By Tali Heruti-Sover | 11:02 AM | 3

Israel Electric control center in Haifa.

Electricity authority seeking to spur private power competition

As the generation of electricity by private companies increases, the country's electricity regulatory authority is taking steps...

By Avi Bar-Eli | 05:15 AM

Dollar rises 2.3% against the shekel after Bank of Israel rate cut

The central bank's surprise decision last week to cut rates and buy foreign currency followed concerns that the strengthening shekel was hurting exporters.

By Eran Azran | May 19, 2013 | 04:26 AM

Israeli economy unsustainable if Haredim, Arabs don't join workforce, experts warn

National Economic Council presents cabinet both internal and external threats that Israel's economy is expected to face until 2050.

By Meirav Arlosoroff | May 19, 2013 | 02:00 AM | 2

Trouble on Israel's waterfront

Antitrust chief set to declare ports' container operations oligopolies.

By Avi Bar-Eli | May 19, 2013 | 01:15 AM

How did Israel reach a NIS 40 billion budget deficit?

The blame for the deficit is being placed everywhere - from professional incompetence by treasury officials to an inability to implement structural reforms in areas like the defense budget.

By Hagai Amit | May 18, 2013 | 07:02 PM | 8

Tech roundup / Stymieing smartphone smugglers

Suny, Israel's official importer of Samsung phones, floats a plan to save the state taxes; startups Wochit and Any.Do raise millions.

By Ruth Schuster | May 17, 2013 | 10:32 AM

Market Report / Technology shares, Teva pull TASE higher

Gains by Teva and tech stocks on Wall Street lifted the TASE with help from the shekel, which appreciated against the dollar on surprise news from the Bank of Israel.

By Eran Azran | May 17, 2013 | 04:38 AM

The moment of truth nears for Motti Zisser

A court will soon step in to decide on a fair settlement among the bondholders battling over his indebted property company, Elbit Imaging.

By Michael Rochvarger | May 17, 2013 | 03:51 AM

The budget cut that cuts too deep

If the state wants to slash child income stipends as a bid to get the ultra-Orthodox to work, it needs to have a mechanism in place to help those poor families who do work.

By Meirav Arlosoroff | May 17, 2013 | 02:44 AM

Business in Brief

| May 17, 2013 | 02:33 AM

Yair Lapid: Budget will aid middle class in long term

Finance minister says 'Riki Cohen will lose NIS 299, but she bought herself an insurance policy.'

By TheMarker, Moti Bassok | May 17, 2013 | 02:24 AM

Business Opinion

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

By Eytan Avriel | 04:56 AM

Lapid's budget: Israel's poor stay poor, while its rich get rich

By Eytan Avriel | 10:30 AM | 6

Workers of the world: You're screwed

By Guy Rolnik | 11:28 PM | 2

Start-up of the Week

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

Startup of the week / Bringing the stadium to the couch

By Amitai Ziv | 03:56 AM

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

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

Alony Hetz makes foray into U.S. real estate

By Michael Rochvarger | 04:00 AM

Tech roundup

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

Tech roundup / Netvision unplugs from Internet exchange, minnow providers fume

By Ruth Schuster | 05:29 AM

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