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Business Opinion

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

Yair Lapid

Yair Lapid: Budget will aid middle class in long term
By TheMarker and Moti Bassok
Give Lapid a hand, not a raised fist
By Yehuda Ben-Meir | 3
Israeli cabinet passes 2013-2014 state budget
By Moti Bassok and TheMarker

A boy looking at a poster opposing drafting Haredim in Jerusalem.

Israel's ultra-Orthodox are unequipped for equal opportunity

To facilitate their participation in the workforce, Haredim need vocational training and help in completing education and finding jobs.

By Meirav Arlosoroff | Apr 30, 2013 | 07:17 PM | 7

Rakefet Russak-Aminoach - Moti Kimche - 13022012

Kudos on the courage, Bank Leumi. Now take the money and run

Leumi will get even less from beleaguered billionaire Nochi Dankner than before. But it will have more options.

By Ami Ginsburg | Apr 28, 2013 | 04:03 PM

Shekel notes and coins, Israel's currency, are stacked in a till in Jerusalem, Israel,.

Are Israel's banks using the people's money to control the people?

The average Israeli's anger toward the country's banks is reasonable, but the issue is much more complex than haircuts and debt arrangements for tycoons.

By Guy Rolnik | Apr 25, 2013 | 01:56 PM | 2

Netanyahu and Lapid.

Is Netanyahu trying to snare Lapid in the VAT trap?

The two rivals are locked in a game of chess, where one's failure will inevitably bring down the other.

By Meirav Arlosoroff | Apr 24, 2013 | 12:57 PM | 2

Rakefet Russak-Aminoach, left, and Nochi Dankner.

All that glitters / Cognitive capture, Israel style

Our bankers really believed they were sacrosanct. But suddenly the people realized that was balderdash. Is that a whiff of revolution?

By Eytan Avriel | Apr 21, 2013 | 05:19 PM

Nochi Dankner

Why Bank Leumi is willing to forgive Dankner's debts

Many readers were ticked off when it was reported that Nochi Dankner is going to get out millions of shekels of personal debts, but there are several factors at play.

By Eytan Avriel | Apr 17, 2013 | 02:01 PM | 2

Netanyahu and Lapid.

Evading Netanyahu's trap

New Finance Minister Yair Lapid has lesson to learn from the prime minister's stint in the job.

By Meirav Arlosoroff | Apr 14, 2013 | 02:56 PM

Yair Lapid

Lapid's new policies ring of Israel’s cynical old politics

The finance minister’s attempt to throw sand in the eyes of the public with a selective look at his austerity program won’t work.

By Sami Peretz | Apr 12, 2013 | 08:50 AM | 4

Eliahu Hershkovitz

Israeli billionaire Idan Ofer's moving to London. No loss to us

Bye, bye Idan. Your move won't impact Israel’s economy, but it does send a clear message to taxpayers.

By Eytan Avriel | Apr 10, 2013 | 09:19 AM

Bank Leumi ATM

When it comes to Israel's middle class, numbers can lie

Yair Lapid set off a firestorm when he asserted that an income of NIS 20,000 a month was middle class. But a look at the numbers crunched on the Israeli economy tells us that statistics, in this case, don't tell the whole story.

By Meirav Arlosoroff | Apr 9, 2013 | 02:42 PM

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