Tag: News

Oprah makes Israeli shares soar

An article in Oprah Winfrey’s website magazine praising an Israeli company’s fat-dissolving technology led to a 63.3 percent leap in the share price of UltraShape.

Foiling Terrorism

Another bomb plot, this time in New York, has left America reeling. The fight against terror is as pertinent as ever, as America’s Department of

Better Place makes inroads in China

Israel’s Better Place, the leading electric vehicle services provider, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) yesterday with Chery Automobile, China’s largest independent auto producer and

Bethlehem-Jerusalem run for peace

Photo courtesy of Sasson Tiram. Bethlehem-Jerusalem peace run. Hundreds of runners – Italian Catholics, Israelis and Palestinians – participated in the annual Bethlehem-Jerusalem Peace Run

Israel’s greenest billionaire

Just in time for Earth Day today, Forbes business magazine has chosen Israel’s banking heiress Shari Arison as one of the world’s greenest billionaires. Arison

Israel hosts the John Paul II Games

One thousand Catholic pilgrims are arriving in Israel from Italy this week to participate in the sporting activities planned in the John Paul ll Games

Saving lab rabbits and ‘guinea pigs’

Animal experimentation could become unnecessary for developing treatments and testing medications, say Tel Aviv University (TAU) researchers. They’ve developed a model to find the connection

Israeli producer creates Popeye in 3D

Israeli Hollywood producer Avi Arad is working on a new film about Popeye, the spinach-gulping sailor. After the huge success of “Avatar” and “Alice in

Israel tests new Alzheimer’s treatment

Israel-based Avraham Pharmaceuticals has received a $9 million investment to pursue a Phase IIb clinical trial of Ladostigil, a novel drug for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.

Total security for online data

An Israeli scientist says he has developed a code that is impossible to crack to keep online data secure. Dr. Jacob Scheuer of Tel Aviv

The secret to online success

Want a thriving online community? Be sure to have member turnover. A collaborative study by researchers from the University of Haifa and the New Jersey