Is there any point to buying the same product at four times the price? Thousands of Israelis do just that.
0 commentsCentral bank governor David Klein thinks Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will push for financial market reform.
with Guy Rolnik 0 commentsIn American slang, a buck - a male deer - is used for a dollar. But there is another slang use, taken from "pass the buck" in poker, and that is for "responsibility."
0 commentsThe banks, as is their wont, are making a dreadful name for themselves. This week they outdid themselves, when leaks about the recommendations taking shape at the Bachar committee drove them to threaten to reduce the provident and mutual funds they run to rack and ruin.
0 commentsThe Bachar Committee is planning a revolution in financial consulting services that banks offer their customers: It will recommend that the banks be paid by their clients for these services, instead of by the provident, pension and mutual funds or life insurance companies whose products they market, as they are today.
0 commentsCommittee to recommend breaking monopoly in imports of vehicles, spare parts.
0 commentsTali Yaron-Eldar, who completes two years as income tax commissioner at the end of the month, has attacked both politicians and her replacement in an exclusive interview with Haaretz.
with Nitzan Cohen 0 commentsThe last time the management of cellular service provider Partner Communications met with representatives of the banking sector for talks on Partner's acquisition of cable television companies was 10 days ago.
0 commentsKnesset members stood behind their man on Monday, their man being the chairman of the Knesset Finance Committee, Avraham Hirchson.
0 commentsThe separation of provident funds, mutual funds and underwriting from the banks will mean that NIS 290 billion in the public's assets will be managed by new entities, and not the banks.
0 commentsEighteen years after the publication of the Bejsky Report following the bank share manipulation scandal, the commission's key recommendation is about to be implemented.
0 commentsBank of Israel Governor David Klein is unsure about the central bank's future monetary policy. "It is still not clear what will happen in the next year," Klein told Haaretz.
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