Thursday, March 28, 2013

Google Opens campus Tel Aviv

by Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21c

Startup spaces in Tel Aviv are getting to be a dime a dozen, but the prime minister doesn’t attend the opening of every single one.

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Is the Newsweek rabbis list good for the Jews?

by Danielle Berrin, Staff Writer | Graphics by Jonah Lowenfeld, Staff Writer

One night some years ago, two powerful Jewish men in media, one from New York and one from Los Angeles, were walking together through the streets of. . .

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Desalination, Israeli-style

by Zev Hurwitz, Contributing Writer

The subsidiary of an Israeli company has been selected to design the largest seawater-desalination plant in the Western Hemisphere. Located in. . .

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Madoff’s younger brother sentenced to 10 years for role in Ponzi scheme

by Nate Raymond and Nick Brown, Reuters

The younger brother of Bernard Madoff will serve 10 years in prison for his role in his brother's Ponzi scheme that stole billions of dollars from. . .

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Hail, Caesarstone!

By Elyse Glickman

As California’s real estate market continues its recovery and spring remodeling season is poised to start, many homeowners are once again looking. . .

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Jewish Free Loan Association: Small-business help

by Claudia Boyd-Barrett

Dan Savell and his wife, Abby, knew exactly what they needed to take their percussion rental business to the next level.

Friday, October 26, 2012

Don’t launch a startup till you play this game

by Brian Blum, Israel21c

Starting a company can sometimes be likened to a game of chance. Coming up with the right idea at the right time, when the market is neither. . .

Friday, October 26, 2012

Don’t launch a startup till you play this game

by Brian Blum, Israel21c

Starting a company can sometimes be likened to a game of chance. Coming up with the right idea at the right time, when the market is neither. . .

Friday, October 26, 2012

Dressed for Success

By Elyse Glickman

Although the Los Angeles fashion industry is often associated with the most recent designer jean craze, pricey T-shirts and swimwear, stalwart brand. . .

Friday, October 26, 2012

Rock your business

by David Fishof

Friday, October 26, 2012

Benjamin Reznik: L.A. based lawyer who takes on Goliath

By Jonah Lowenfeld

Among land-use attorneys working in Los Angeles, Benjamin Reznik is better known than most, perhaps because of his success at suing the City of Los. . .

Friday, October 26, 2012

Scraping the sky in upscale Tel Aviv

By Meredith Price

As Yigal Zemah, CEO of Berggruen Residential, stands on the seventh floor of the new Meier-on-Rothschild skyscraper set in the epicenter of Tel Aviv. . .

Friday, October 26, 2012

A bed of roses

By Tom Teicholz

In person, Larry Miller, president of Sit ’n Sleep, is less “Crazy Eddie” (fast-talking, exuberant salesman) and more “Uncle Larry” (the. . .

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Amazon.com drops jigsaw puzzle of Nazi camp Dachau

JTA

The American online retailer Amazon.com has stopped selling a jigsaw puzzle featuring the Dachau Nazi concentration camp following complaints.

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Harvesting solar power in Negev Desert

by Ben Sales, JTA

Yosef Abramowitz is running out of time. With only minutes to go until he has to speak to a group of donors at the Jewish National Fund (JNF),. . .

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Israeli water power that doesn’t give a dam

by Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21c

You don’t have to build dams to get hydroelectricity from water flowing through municipal pipes, says Dr. Daniel Farb, the Los Angeles immigrant. . .

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Israel internships

by Liam Keegan, Contributing Writer

For colleges graduates, landing the dream job has become even more difficult in these recent economically challenging years. Also, going straight. . .

Thursday, September 27, 2012

‘Like’ this Israeli site for jobs

by Brian Blum, Israel21c

Here’s a dirty little secret in the job-recruiting business: All those Web sites that help employers and potential employees match up don’t. . .

Monday, August 27, 2012

Qualcomm acquires Israeli start-up for $150 million

JTA

San Diego-based Qualcomm Inc. acquired the Israeli chip manufacturer start-up DesignArt Networks for more than $150 million.

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Cookies for a Koz: How mom’s cookies made a difference

By Rebecca Steinberger

Audrey Koz was a pharmacist, but her best medicine was the love she baked into her chocolate chip cookies.

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Have an invention? Meet an investor in Israel

by Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21c

Israelis love to invent things. Last year, the number of patents granted to Israeli companies in medical instrumentation put it first globally in. . .

Monday, July 9, 2012

Lauder to acquire control of Israeli news Web site

JTA

Ronald Lauder is expected to acquire complete control of an Israeli news Web site and has plans to establish a new English-language Web site about. . .

Friday, June 29, 2012

Peter Madoff taken into custody by FBI

JTA

Peter Madoff, the younger brother of jailed Ponzi scheme operator Bernard Madoff, has been taken into custody by the FBI.

Monday, June 25, 2012

Madoff associate Merkin agrees to hand over $400 million

JTA

Former money manager J. Ezra Merkin has agreed to turn over hundreds of millions of dollars to duped investors in Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme.