Monday, May 14, 2012
Israeli start-up XtremIO acquired for $430 million
JTA
EMC Corp. acquired the Israeli storage systems start-up company XtremIO for more than $430 million.. . .
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Mechanic Mom
by Elyse Glickman, Contributing Writer
Rebekah Fleischaker knows a thing or two about working as a woman in a male-dominated field. A mechanic for more than 20 years and owner of Sherman. . .
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
TV for dogs reaches prime time
by Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21c
Bark if you love DogTV. The new made-in-Israel U.S. cable channel is scientifically programmed to keep pooches stimulated, happy and comforted when. . .
Friday, May 4, 2012
Businessman seeks new hearing in Coca-Cola lawsuit
JTA
A Jewish Canadian-Egyptian businessman wants a full U.S. appeals court to rehear his lawsuit against Coca-Cola for using his family’s property in. . .
Friday, April 6, 2012
Bankruptcy judge approves Baltimore Jewish Times sale
JTA
A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge approved the sale of a Baltimore Jewish paper for $1.26 million.. . .
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Arabs boycotting Adidas for sponsoring Jerusalem race
JTA
Arab states launched a boycott against Adidas over its sponsorship of last month's Jerusalem Marathon.. . .
Monday, March 26, 2012
Israeli entrepreneurs are spending on social justice
by Mati Wagner, JTA
Capitalism in pursuit of social justice. The notion is becoming more common in Israel as a new generation of entrepreneurs and innovators in the. . .
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Goldman banker always stuck to principles, former teacher
by David Dolan and Pascal Fletcher, Reuters
Greg Smith was a principled and competitive student, the kind of person whose strong sense of right and wrong probably pushed him to resign from. . .
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Is an annuity right for you?
by Russell Wild
Grandpa’s fixed pension, that sweet and steady stream of income that started on the day he retired, is nearing extinction. Most Americans today. . .
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Young entrepreneurs earn gelt for the community good
By Ryan Torok
"We call these tchotchkes," Keith Wasserman says, examining a snow globe. The 27-year-old founder and president of Gelt Inc. talks into a video. . .
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Ice cream entrepreneur taps into the ‘spiritual aspect’ of business
by Arthur Wolak
After Ben Cohen and business partner Jerry Greenfield completed a course on ice cream making, they established their first ice cream shop in 1978. . .
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Shul Business
By Ryan E. Smith
No one taught Rabbi Ahud Sela how to read a budget when he was in the seminary. Talmud and pastoral counseling took precedence over the basics of. . .
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Mega-millionaire, Age 95, Says, ‘You Can Do It!’
By Ryan E. Smith
Mega-millionaire Stanley A. Dashew, 95, has some words of wisdom for anyone trying to make it in today's tough economy: You can do it. It's no. . .
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Did you transact your business honestly?
by Elliot N. Dorff
The way one handles one's money is a sensitive barometer of the moral mettle of a person and hence the very first question we are asked.. . .
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Oracle’s Ellison top Jewish billionaire on Forbes list
JTA
Oracle founder Larry Ellison is top ranked among Jewish individuals, appearing sixth on the Forbes magazine’s annual list of world billionaires,. . .
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Delta removes ‘Occupied’ from Palestinian Territories on destination list
JTA
Delta Airlines removed the phrase "Occupied Palestinian Territories" from its list of Middle East destinations. The destination "Palestinian. . .
Monday, February 6, 2012
The Jewish Retail Giant and the Black Community
by Stephen Whitfield / JointMedia News Service
At the very end of December, 2011, when the Sears Holding Company announced that up to 120 of its stores (both Sears Roebuck and Kmart) would be. . .
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Insights for investors from one who knows firsthand
by Pierce Courchaine
Rebecca Rothstein, a managing director at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney in Beverly Hills, focuses on helping high net worth and ultra-high net worth. . .
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Report: Hadassah Medical Center can’t meet payments
JTA
The Hadassah Medical Center has not been able to pay its suppliers, an Israeli business daily has reported.. . .
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Friedman responds to criticism over ‘bought and paid for’ jab at Congress
JTA
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman said that he should have used a more "precise term" when he wrote that congressional ovations for Israeli. . .
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Israeli officials escalate war of words with N.Y. Times [UPDATE]
by Ron Kampeas, JTA
Israeli officials are stepping up their criticism of The New York Times, slamming columnist Thomas Friedman and arguing that the newspaper is an. . .
Monday, December 19, 2011
Shopping malls get in Chanukah spirit
JTA
Westfield, the world’s largest shopping mall empire founded by Holocaust survivor Frank Lowy, will welcome in Chanukah on three continents.. . .
Thursday, December 15, 2011
ADL, Reform group rip Lowe’s for pulling ads from show on Muslims
JTA
The Anti-Defamation League and a Reform movement group have expressed concern with a decision by Lowe’s to pull its ads from a show that depicted. . .
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Kosher Club to close its doors after 30 years
By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
Kosher Club, a warehouse-stye kosher market on Pico Boulevard, near La Brea Avenue, will close its doors on Friday, a victim of the competitive. . .
