Business and Economy

The coins will be distributed to Israeli businesses on May 6th at midnight and to individuals in the general population on June 6 at midnight.

Bitcoin, which made its debut in Israel this week, is a new form of virtual currency that has begun to make the rounds of the global economy in the past several years.

Israel's unemployment rates have been trending low over the past two years.

The Swedish-based H & M clothing chain has recalled thousands of vest tops adorned with a skull inside a Star of David after angry...

A federal jury Monday found five former employees of Bernard Madoff guilty of knowingly being involved in the biggest Ponzi scheme in history and...

Sources in the kosher food industry are speculating that a new major supermarket deal will have a positive effect on kosher food sales. Cerberus Capital...

If the Boycott Israel movement has any intellectual honesty, which it doesn’t, let’s see it tackle Whirlpool subsidiary KitchenAid.

The Russian search giant Yandex has bought out Israel’s KitLocate start-up, a maker of low-power mobile geolocation technology, for “several million Euros,” TechCrunch reported...

Perhaps the Saudis are afraid that eating Zionist fruit will indoctrinate its citizens with a bit of common sense.

The romantic skyline of Jerusalem is disappearing. Is Jerusalem on its way to becoming a modern city? Or is it losing its special character?

The Priceline online ticketing and reservation company has bought Israeli-based start-up Qlika for around $3 million, according to the VentureBeat website. Qlika, based in the...

Sexist and often violent, corrupt and even anti-Zionist Haredim in Beit Shemesh create a false image of the city.

Oracle’s Larry Ellison remains the world’s wealthiest Jew, placing fifth on Forbes magazine’s annual world billionaires list for 2014. Meanwhile, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg (ranked at...

The same data shows a 19 percent drop in housing starts in the Tel Aviv area.

Government plans to market 12,000 new apartments in Modi'in, where prices haven't stopped rising in recent years.

The two Harvard MBA students are the perfect matchmakers for quality MBA students and Israeli companies

Two rare early editions of “Mein Kampf” signed by Adolf Hitler may for more than $20,000 at an online auction on Thursday, AP reports. Nate...

Custom duties on imported butter, yogurt and other dairy products will be drastically slashed in a move by Economy Minister Naftali Bennett to increase...

IKEA will open its third store in Israel on March 11, when it opens the doors to its Kiryat Ata branch near Haifa. The...

Which is more disgusting – an anti-Semitic caricature of Zuckerberg or his throwing away Judaism for atheism?

The Israel Electric Corp. shuts off power to those who don’t pay – unless the debtor is the Palestinian Authority.

Camp HASC's annual Fort Lauderdale marathon is a crucial fundraising event for the special needs children camp based in upstate New York. However this...

You missed the boat if you wanted to pick up a nice little penthouse in Tel Aviv. An unidentified Canadian real estate tycoon picked up...

Shemen LaMeor will create jobs and reinvigorate the region’s agriculture while preserving its unique character.

Next time you drink a can of Coca Cola in Israel at a kiosk or tourist spot, take into consideration you are swallowing six...

The websites of the casino operation owned by Jewish billionaire Sheldon Adelson went back online, a week after they were hacked by unidentified vandals...

Economics 101 teaches that “money is money because it is money,” but a bitcoin may not always be a bitcoin.

Cathmaps+ emailed us this announcement via their PR firm: Following the release we sent to you last week about Cathmaps+, the Israeli company that created...

Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems unveiled its latest missile defense system, called Iron Beam, which uses lasers to destroy incoming rockets and mortars. “It’s exactly...

A Japanese e-commerce firm said it will buy the Israeli-founded Viber chat startup for $900 million. Rakuten Inc announced its planned purchase of Viber Media...