Government Companies Authority director Roi Kahlon  credit: Eyal Izhar

Government Companies Authority plans extensive privatization

The Authority has unveiled an ambitious plan for privatization,  consolidation, and closure of many of the 115 entities it supervises.

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Yoav Shoham and Ori Goshen  credit: Jonathan Bloom AI21 Labs on track at last?

Amnon Shashua left, the company downsized, but chairman Yoav Shoham and CEO Ori Goshen believe they now have the formula for commercial success.

UK pound credit: Shutterstock UK Budget: Property taxes rise, incentives for entrepreneurs

There is good news and bad news in the UK Budget for Israeli investors, but measures to attract innovative companies stand out.

UK   credit: Shutterstock Sergii Figurnyi Sanctions against Israel: Their lordships regret

The UK's government's new sanctions regulations are clearly aimed at Israel, but Parliament's upper chamber has put a small spoke in the wheel.

US airlift of military aid to Israel credit: Ministry of Defense Spokesperson Ending Israel military aid will also hit US arms firms hard

US defense firms, like Boeing, Raytheon, and Lockheed Martin, will also be hit, as the vast majority of aid funds flow back to them in procurement orders.

Traffic congestion in Tel Aviv credit: Shutterstock Experts see Israel’s traffic jams continuing to worsen

The number of cars on the road is growing at a far faster rate than road construction with better public transport the only possible solution.

Cancer research credit: Shutterstock Teaming with Palestinians could keep Israeli clinical trials competitive

As cancer treatments become more specialized, patient recruitment for trials becomes more challenging. Expanding the patient base is one solution.

High-end rentals credit: Eve Shamian High-end residential rental market has rules of its own

Israel’s luxury homes rental market has similarities and differences to the general market. “Globes” looks at a world where tenants pay tens of thousands of shekels per month.

Ori Ben Dov credit: Eyal Toueg IBI investment manager pessimistic on multiples not politics

IBI Mutual Funds CEO Ori Ben Dov insists the TASE is unattractive, not because of political uncertainty but price-to-earnings ratios.

Lip-Bu Tan   credit: Reuters/Laure Andrillon Intel's quantum gamble

The $2.2 billion acquisition of Israeli company positions Intel well in quantum computing, but the market may be years from maturing.

FIMI Opportunity Funds founder and CEO Ishay Davidi credit: Jonathan Bloom Can the FIMI touch work at Maytronics?

Private equity firm FIMI has an impressive record of rescuing companies in distress, but Kibbutz Yizre'el's Maytronics is a particularly tough case.

Dr. Dan Herman  credit: personal photo Inventor of FOMO doesn't want to miss out

Dan Herman stakes his claim to the invention of the term, and seeks to help us channel the emotion positively.

Globes Most Promising Startups 2026 From GPUs to drug discovery - ten of the best

Introducing the ten emerging Israeli tech startups picked by the experts as most likely to succeed.

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