ECONOMY

Oracle has 400 employees in its Oracle Israel subsidiary, in four centers: Tel Aviv, Petah Tikva, Ra'anana, and Beersheva.

The Bank of Israel reported a net NIS 5.3 billion profit in 2018, compared with an NIS 800 million loss in 2017.

Managers who want to become CEO for the wrong reasons are usually failures.

Israel fell two places to thirteenth but remains ahead of such countries as the UK (15), Germany (17) and the US (19).

One specialist at Hadassah Medical Center received almost NIS 253,000 a month.

The worker, a Moldovan citizen, died of his injuries after falling from a roof.

The Economist Intelligence Unit's 2019 cost of living rankings are topped by Paris, Singapore and Hong Kong.

The ambitious Innovation Valley program for Haifa Bay was presented today by the Israel Land Administration.

Rulings by the Israel Tax Authority tend to minimize benefits granted by law to new immigrants and returning residents.

The schedule calls for additional trains and extended operating hours, but Israel Railways may be unable to implement it.

We see a slide in housing starts, and we therefore believe that housing prices will not fall in 2019," BDO managing partner Shahar Ziv said.

The next welfare minister will find NGOs providing social services under contract to the government systematically underfunded, with the state becoming dependent on philanthropy, says Moshe Schapiro.

"Globes" sets out the reasons for the railway's current plight.

The most important consideration in selecting a profession should be the labor market and opportunities for promotion, not aptitude.

Prof. David Zilberman insists that agricultural policy must see the whole picture - he even talks to farmers.

Taxation is not the least of the considerations for new immigrants to Israel.

Patent attorney Dr. Ronnie Benshafrut says Israel companies are conceding their advantages too easily.

Intel will invest NIS 40 billion, but will hire only 1,000 more employees and pay a ridiculously low 5% corporate tax rate.

A 200-strong Japanese business delegation to Israel continues a trend of warmer ties.

Most people with this job title are actually administrative assistants.

The head of the Sheshinski Committee asserts that the tax instituted in 2011 has dramatically increased the government take from Israel's natural gas reservoirs.

The British billionaire, who has investments worth $200 million in Israel, warns on an imminent economic crisis caused by the US-China trade war.

The unclear formula for calculating the tax and loopholes leave room for tax planning, explains Avishai Ovadia.

Israel is fostering economic relations with China, but the US-China trade war could do major to Israeli high-tech.

Israelis pay NIS 700 for a return flight to Eilat. But with the new airport 19 kilometers from Eilat and Sde Dov to be closed, flying will be less attractive.

Politicians want to be admired for protecting the environment - but without giving up tax revenues from cars and gasoline.

The use of cash in purchases is now subject to a new legal ceiling in Israel as part of the fight against unreported capital.

Zisapel combines original solutions to Israel's engineer shortage with a fresh chance for disadvantaged youth - backed by his own cash.

"Even 120 MKs can't change the principle of equality."

Ultra-Orthodox Jews are smarter consumers, have interest-free loan funds, and are satisfied even if they are poor, the Haredi Institute for Public Affairs has found.