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Emmanuel Rosen
Testimonies shed new light on Emmanuel Rosen's alleged sexual harassment

Following a report on the Israeli journalist's alleged misconduct, Haaretz reviews some of the central testimonies.

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Former Channel 2 News director warned Emmanuel Rosen about harassment

Shalom Keitel spoke unofficially with the senior journalist about his behavior, though no official complaint had been filed against him.

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Emmanuel Rosen
Channel 10 journalist Emmanuel Rosen takes leave of absence following harassment claims

In an article in Haaretz, a group of 10 female colleagues accused Rosen of improper behavior and harassment; the senior journalist describes the claims as 'baseless' and a 'smear campaign.'

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Cranes at Ashdod Port.
Fear of lawsuits keeps Ashdod Port from divulging damage caused by strikes

Port's management refuses to reveal how many work days were lost to strikes and other disputes in recent years due to fears they could be sued by clients.

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Rami Saban and another man convicted for trafficking.
Fifth Israeli charged with running Cyprus prostitution ring

Tel Aviv court hears shocking details of violence, abuse toward women in brothel.

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Ashdod Port
Ashdod Port workers tweak birth certificates to increase pensions

Many older port workers are men born in Morocco. To revise their ages downward, they obtain a new birth certificate from the Moroccan authorities, which they present to the Interior Ministry.

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Ashdod port
Labor dispute keeps 14 cargo ships from docking in Ashdod

Workers strike is over improper employment of labor leader's associate.

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Israeli treasury balks at striking nurses, but plans massive raise for Ashdod Port workers

Ashdod Port's 1,300 employees earn some of the highest salaries in the country. In 2010 their average annual wage cost was NIS 400,000, more than triple the national average.

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Nochi Dankner
Economic concentration / An ISA ethics exam inspired by Nochi Dankner's IDB group

The hot topic among people who took the ISA's ethics exam this week - a requirement to receive a license to give investment advice and sell pension policies - was a fictitious tycoon known as Mr. Gvir.

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Tzahi Sultan
Opinion / The man who didn't bet his own cash

Tzahi Sultan planted the dream of gas in the hearts of thousands of investors. He hasn’t lost a shekel. They have.

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State Comptroller Joseph Shapira.
State Comptroller: Failures in Israel's electric, water, firefighting sectors

The annual State Comptroller's report finds electrical sector dominated by short-term considerations; criticizes Defense Ministry for spending NIS 32 million on unproven, inefficient firefighting kits.

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Shota Hovel
Senior Tel Aviv municipality official set to be indicted on string of corruption charges

Head of the building permits department is set to be charged with a string of offenses including bribery, breach of trust and conspiracy.

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Dankner and Rabbi Ifergan
With a little help from my friend (the rabbi)

Why are some of Israel’s richest men so close to some of the country’s most charismatic rabbis? Why do they ask rabbis for business advice and why have they donated tens of millions of shekels to the rabbis’ religious institutions? And whose money is this, anyway?

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Minister Eli Yishai deflects criticism.
Yishai adviser hired by employers of migrant workers to alter Interior Ministry's policy

Adviser stands to earn a major fee if he gets the interior minister to loosen restrictions.

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A protest at Discount Bank last month.
Israel's banks losing their white knight

As protesters scream against sky-high salaries, the Bank of Israel has started to frown at executive pay at the banks too.

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Itzik Shmuli at Saturday’s rally in Tel Aviv.
Where protesters and tycoons meet

Former protest activist Itzik Shmuli, chairman of the National Student Union, is strengthening his ties with the business world.

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Itzik Shmuli, one of the leaders of last summer’s social protests.
Student union gets hefty donation from Dankner foundation

IDB Group, criticized for holding too much power in Israel's concentrated economy, gives NIS 800,000 to student union headed by Itzik Shmuli, who helped lead last summer's social protests; Shmuli's deputy resigns in protest.

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Alon Hassan
Treasury orders Ashdod port to probe union chief's private business deals

Hassan, who is paid some NIS 400,000 a year as a workers' union chairman, runs private businesses with an estimated income of millions of shekels.

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Doron Almog.
Boom, crash: The bizarre story of Athlone Global Security

By 2008, the Israeli company had wiped out half the $20 million it had initially raised.

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Computer server room.
Wanted: Cyber warfare expert to fend for Israel's major banks

The new expert will be in charge of implementing computer infrastructure security guidelines for Israeli commercial banks, and will work alongside the Shin Bet.

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Shin Bet steps up supervision over Israeli banks' computers to prevent future cyber attacks

Shin Bet seeking to have the banks defined as institutions that are responsible for essential infrastructure, which would enable the agency to supervise them even more closely.

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The Israel Association of Banks, helping its members gouge you

Why shouldn't the bankers celebrate? Between 2005 and 2010, the 17 top bankers earned NIS 500 million together.

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Ashdod Deputy Mayor Leon Benlolo
Ashdod deputy mayor suspended over sexual harassment accusations

Police confirm a complaint had been filed, but say it relates to an incident that happened several years ago.

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A pensioner in Tel Aviv.
Raiders of the lost pensions

An alleged NIS 15 billion of pension funds are currently unclaimed. An increasing number of companies will - for a fee - track down pensions, but the truth is that the search is surprisingly simple.

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Leumi's Holocaust Day Facebook post triggers storm of angry comments

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