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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.

Leviathan gas rig credit: Albatross From Gas to grid: Israel’s next energy decade takes shape

Israel’s gas expansion, grid reform, and a wave of cross-border deals are opening a rare early window for international capital and expertise.

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.

Papaya CEO Oriel Bachar credit: Inbal Marmari Papaya founder fights for the future of his gaming empire

Papaya CEO Oriel Bachar tells “Globes” about the company’s appeal against a US court ruling to pay rival company Firy $719 million, which could shatter his dream to build the world’s largest community of gamers.

Quantum computing credit: Shutterstock Davide Bonaldo Quantum stocks look to recover from tough summer

Despite sharp declines in quantum computing stocks, Bank of America stimates that the timeline for the technology's commercial adoption has shortened dramatically and could be on the verge of a breakthrough in 2027.

Pension funds credit: Shutterstock Pension experts warn on plan to cut contributions

Tel Aviv University Harel Center for Capital Market Research director Prof. Dan Weiss warns that Israel’s high position in the Global Pensions Index is under threat.

Israel Tax Authority director Shay Aharonovich credit: Niv Kantor Tax chief: We’ll phase out cash altogether

Israel Tax Authority head Shay Aharonovich told the Chamber of Tax Consultants annual conference that abolishing cash would increase annual tax collection by NIS 20-30 billion.

Steven H. Lavin credit: Lavin Steve Lavin donation to help upgrade Hebrew U. medical training

Lavin has given $30 million to the program. "We’re not interested in naming a building. We like programs that truly advance medicine," he says.

Shaun Maguire, Sequoia Capital; Gavin Baker, Atreides Management; Joshua Kushner, Thrive Capital  credit: Reuters Tech market changes squeeze out Israeli VC

The giant US venture capital firms dominate the most promising Israeli startups, while Israeli firms struggle to raise funds.

Returning to Nir Oz  credit: Ohad Shahar From rehab to growth: The Gaza envelope's challenge

The Homeward Forum units fourteen communities that were hard hit on October 7. Its leaders discuss economic plans, and the difficulties of returning home.

Amnon Shashua  credit: Eyal Izhar As AI cos make math breakthroughs not everyone is cheering

OpenAI and Amnon Shashua's doubleAI have presented solutions to problems considered insoluble until recently, arousing concern about the future of mathematics and new worries about security.

Bagira CEO Yaron Mizrachi  credit: Raphael Melnick "We see ourselves on a par with IAI, Elbit and Rafael"

In his first interview after the IPO of simulator company Bagira Systems, CEO Yaron Mizrachi talks about going public, working with his father and brother, and says "Our market hasn’t reached its full potential."

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