ECONOMY

Despite a recent dip, current market conditions are very similar to those of early 2017.

IBM is reorganizing its Tel Aviv development center, which is based on the 2008 acquisition of XIV.

Municipal property taxes, water rates, and dairy and bread prices are all set to rise.

The workers in the Yeruham plant will also receive bonuses and pay hikes under the agreement signed with Perrigo's management.

The OECD lowered the 3.5% forecast for Israel's economic growth to 3.1% and warns that essential measures such as tax hikes should be introduced.

Leumi Partners and Phoenix have each acquired 20% stakes and the Livnat brothers, who owned the other 50%, have increased their stake to 60%.

The Bank of Israel Monetary Committee has left the June interest rate unchanged at 0.25%.

20 people have been killed and 70 injured in building site accidents in Israel since the start of the year.

The new agreement under the EU's Horizon 2020 program makes $600 million credit available to Israeli technology companies and companies investing in innovation.

Economic growth was boosted by an exceptionally large rise in vehicle imports, the Central Bureau of Statistics reports.

Aaron Institute for Economic Policy researchers predict that the proportion will rise from 9% at present to 15% by 2030.

Inflation was 1.3% in the past 12 months, while due to the latest rise housing prices rose 0.5% in the past 12 months, Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics reports.

A new ordinance sets time limits for issuing permits and regulates quantities allowed.

After Egged members overwhelmingly supported the move to turn the public transport cooperative into a limited company, it will now look for an investor.

Israel's Ambassador to Nigeria has complained about the rats and lice while the Ambassador to Brazil had to sleep on a mattress, the State Comptroller report says.

The government defense company has devised an eight-stage puzzle to attract the attention of and select potential employees.

People concentrate on managerial or professional promotion, while neglecting the possibility of promotion by moving to the core of an organization.

Once we accept that careers also have life cycles, it will be easier for us to adapt to the new world of work, explains Nirit Cohen.

Transport, energy and healthcare are three areas where big decisions loom, and determination will be needed to carry them out.