Ora Coren

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black-market banking case -  Ilan Assayag - 09022012
Black-market probe plunges Israel's diamond sector into chaos

A number of diamond traders' bank accounts have been frozen causing a chain reaction of bounced checks throughout the sector, said the senior figure in the diamond industry.

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Nesher said to be selling cement to Palestinians at nearly half-price

Cement monopoly says that by selling excess cement on the Palestinian market, it was keeping prices in Israel low.

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Dairy farmers protesting - Nir Keidar - 27012012
No fast-tracking dairy reforms, rules attorney general

Finance Ministry and Industry, Trade and Labor Ministry wants to push through plans to give the local dairy industry competition by increasing imports.

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Ministries take aim at standards regulator in bid to ease imports

The Histadrut labor federation may take the opposing side, fearing that regulations weakening the Standards Institution's powers may result in dismissals there.

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The Bottom Line / A disincentive to competition

Antitrust Commissioner Strum has done well not to give up even after Industry and Trade Ministry Director-General Amir Hayek made a very odd decision - granting a "prize" to local cement monopoly Nesher and closing the cement sector to competition.

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