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25 April 2024

Autel EVO 2 Enterprise drone credit: Reuters Steve Marcus IDF procurement of Chinese drones raises concerns

The Israel Defense Forces has ordered thousands of drones from two Chinese companies for its land forces, sources inform "Globes."

Zeekr 001  credit: Mobileye Mobileye falls on mixed Q1 results

The results were in line with the profit warning issued by the Israeli company at the start of the year.

25/04/2024 16:50 IT Netanel Ariel
Shekels credit: Shutterstock Vladerina32 Shekel sharply weakens in thin holiday trading

Bank Hapoalim chief strategist Modi Shafrir: The geopolitical picture continues to weigh on the Israeli currency.

25/04/2024 15:42 Market Aharon Katz
Gil Shwed  credit: Cadya Levy Check Point beats analysts with strong Q1 results

The company reported non-GAAP earnings per share of $2.04, up 13% from the corresponding quarter of 2023 and revenue of $598.8 million, up 6% from the corresponding quarter.

25/04/2024 13:02 IT Netanel Ariel
Deci founders credit: PR Nvidia to buy Israeli deep learning co Deci AI - report

Nvidia has struck a deal to acquire Deci AI, which has developed technology to compress generative AI language models, "The Information" reports.

Zvi Lando  credit: Eyal Izhar SolarEdge share price hits five-year low

The Israeli company's share price fell earlier this week after its US rival Enphase published its financial results showing a slower than expected recovery in the industry.

25/04/2024 09:47 Energy Shiri Habib-Valdhorn
Ithaca North Sea drilling rig credit inset Yitzhak Tshuva credit: Shlomi Yosef and company website Delek unit Ithaca buys Eni's UK assets

Eni will receive a 37.3% stake in Ithaca, in a stock deal for its North Sea oil and gas assets, while Delek will reduce its stake from 90% to 52.7%.

24 April 2024

Can Rad Group survive in post Yehuda and Zohar Zisapel era?

"Globes" looks at Rad Group, whose founders Yehuda and Zohar Zisapel, both died over the past year, and which must now move on without two of the founding fathers of Israeli high-tech.

24/04/2024 17:23 Start ups Shiri Habib-Valdhorn
Nvidia acquires Israeli AI infrastructure co Run:ai

No financial details about the acquisition have been disclosed but estimates are that Nvidia is paying $680-$720 million for the Tel Aviv-based company.

US Senate passes Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan aid package

Having passed the House of Representatives on Saturday, the bill now goes to President Biden for signature.

24/04/2024 10:03 Politics Globes correspondent

21 April 2024

Israeli smart glass co Gauzy files for Nasdaq IPO

The Tel Aviv based company had revenue of $78 million in 2023 and a net loss of $79.3 million.

21/04/2024 13:28 IT Shiri Habib-Valdhorn
Apartments sold and rented

A selection of recent real estate deals in Israel in Ramat Gan, Rehovot, Hod Hasharon, Hadera, Karmiel and Netivot.

21/04/2024 12:58 Real estate Nir Weiss-Vadraru
Gov't decides not to decide on Reindeer power plant

The planned expansion of the OPC power station in Hadera has been cancelled.

US House approves special aid for Israel

The $26.4 billion for Israel is part of a $95 billion package that also includes military aid for Ukraine and Taiwan.

19 April 2024

Wiz signs letter of intent to buy Lacework - report

"TechCrunch" reports that Wiz would pay just $150-200 million for Lacework, which was given a valuation of $8.3 billion, post-money in its last financing round.

19/04/2024 10:24 Start ups Globes correspondent
S&P cuts Israel's credit rating

Stressing that the war is continuing longer than expected, the ratings agency has also cut Israel's credit outlook from 'stable' to 'negative.'

19/04/2024 06:15 Economy Bar Lavi

18 April 2024

Google Israel R&D head Yossi Matias moving to global role

Prof. Matias will head Google Research, reporting to Senior Vice President of Technology and Society James Manyika.

18/04/2024 21:43 IT Assaf Gilead
Leumit and Meuhedet awarded new Beersheva hospital

Beersheva's second hospital will be operated by Sheba Medical Center, and is due to open by 2028.

18/04/2024 21:10 Healthcare Gali Weinreb
El Al chair Amikam Ben Zvi questioned in Netivot graft affair

Police have also questioned Netivot mayor Yehiel Zohar in the affair involving real estate projects in the city. Ben Zvi's lawyer: His conduct will be found to have been irreproachable.

18/04/2024 19:59 Legal Netta Seroussi
Cabinet approves budget cut despite Smotrich's opposition

In an unprecedented move the Cabinet in its final meeting before the Passover holiday today approved a flat budget cut in all ministries despite resolute opposition by the Minister of Finance.

18/04/2024 16:25 Politics Oren Dori
Israeli digital casting co Magnus Metal raises $74m

The company provides an Industry 4.0 based fully automatic manufacturing solution that makes the process faster, safer, and, environmentally friendly while both improving quality and reducing cost.

18/04/2024 16:00 Start ups Meytal Vaizberg
H&O Kids opens first of 20 stores in Israel

H&O invested NIS 500,000 in opening the 110 square meter store in the Azrieli mall in Modi'in.

18/04/2024 15:24 Retailing Galit Hatan
Mobileye receives 46m orders for new EyeQ6 chip

The company has told "Reuters" that it has secured orders for 46 million of its EyeQ6 Lite assisted-driving chips over the next few years to make new vehicles safer and easier to drive.

18/04/2024 14:26 IT Globes correspondent
Thirdeye delivers first Ghost Soldier system

The Ghost Soldier system is designed to assist ground forces in monitoring and discovering the enemy during warfare in open terrain.

Shekel at weakest for five months against dollar

Israel-Iran tensions and the strength of the dollar worldwide have the exchange rating touching NIS 3.80/$.

18/04/2024 10:46 Market Aharon Katz
Israel and US testing microwave and laser weapons - report

Microwave and laser systems to down swarms of drones have negligible costs compared with interception systems like Iron Dome.

17 April 2024

Mekorot CIO: We supplied water throughout the war

Mekorot CIO Eran Ravid told the Globes Tech IL Conference about the company's support for startups and its ability to cope with national emergencies.

17/04/2024 19:18 Start ups Stav Livne
One Zero CEO: Banks should promote economic welfare

Gal Bar Dea told the Globes Tech IL Conference that a bank's role is not only to look after customers' money but also to promote their economic welfare.

Amnon Shashua unveils MenteeBot humanoid robot

Israeli company Mentee Robotics expects the first robots, which can perform household chores and warehouse tasks, to come off the serial production line in the first quarter of 2025.

17/04/2024 15:33 Start ups Assaf Gilead
Armis Security buys Israeli co Silk Security for $150m

Silk Security has developed a platform that allows data security managers to identify a range of vulnerabilities and repair them.

Promising startups suffer as profit trumps growth

As its most promising startups for 2024 are named, "Globes" looks back at how promising startups from recent years have fared.

17/04/2024 13:58 Start ups Assaf Gilead
Teva CEO Francis becomes highest paid TASE co exec

Richard Francis's compensation cost $25.7 million in 2023, although that includes incentives for him to join the company.

17/04/2024 12:26 Healthcare Shiri Habib-Valdhorn

16 April 2024

IMF halves Israel's 2024 growth forecast

The International Monetary Fund sees Israel GDP growth of just 1.6% in 2024.

16/04/2024 21:30 Economy Aharon Katz
Private cos challenge central banks on digital currencies

At the Globes Tech IL Conference, KPMG Israel senior executives provided insights into the dramatic race to provide digital currencies.

BeyondTrust buys Israeli access security co Entitle for $150m

Tel Aviv-based Entitle has developed a privilege management solution that discovers, manages, and automates just-in-time (JIT) access and identity governance.

"World sentiment is not in our favor"

Team8 Capital managing partner Sarit Firon and Vintage partner Hamutal Meridor told the Globes Tech IL Conference about the difficulties of raising investment during the war.

16/04/2024 16:58 Start ups Shiri Habib-Valdhorn
Analysts turn pessimistic on interest rate cut prospects

The March CPI reading was higher than forecast, but that is not necessarily the main reason for estimating that an interest rate cut by the Bank of Israel is not imminent.

16/04/2024 11:08 Economy Aharon Katz
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