Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Israeli economics 101

by Kylie Jane Wakefield

Ofek Lavian has two passions: business and Israel, his native land. What he felt that he was missing when he went to college at the University of. . .

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

eBay’s Israel social center

by Abigail Klein Leichman

Online auctioneer eBay’s hot new social commerce platforms aren’t coming from the giant Internet marketplace’s California headquarters.. . .

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Money saving ideas: For richer, not poorer

By Elyse Glickman

Tying the knot doesn’t have to be synonymous with fastening a financial anchor around newlywed couples. It just requires great care, sufficient. . .

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Frum women find a place

by Michelle Chabin

When “Rivky,” a Charedi, or ultra-Orthodox, woman with “a very large family” — she declined to say how large, fearful of tempting fate —. . .

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Israel’s whiz kids

by Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21c

Mickey Haslavsky of Holon is only 18, but he’s already on his second startup.

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Sweet spot: The sugar rush of Dylan’s Candy Bar

by Lisa Alcalay Klug

Retro lollipops and salt-water taffy have always had a thing for crazy swirls of color, just like Los Angeles. Now one big business is about to serve. . .

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

SoCal conference spotlights Israeli businesses, innovation

by Liam Keegan

Entrepreneurs, investors, executives and tech enthusiasts from around the world converged on the two-day Israel Conference at the Luxe Hotel on. . .

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

TheHive yields startup honey for Israel

by Karin Kloosterman, Israel21c

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Israeli well on cusp of producing Natural Gas

JTA

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

TAU creates financial alert

by Viva Sarah Press, Israel21

Thursday, February 16, 2012

How to get paid what you want

by Laura Adams

Whether you’re looking for a new job or are a recent graduate, you might be so thrilled to get a job offer — any offer — that you settle for. . .

Thursday, February 16, 2012

The high cost of how women relate to money

by Pierce Courchaine

There are a number of topics society has told us we aren’t supposed to discuss in mixed company. Religion, for example, has long been a forbidden. . .

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. . .

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Putting the ‘Pop’ back into soda pop

by Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21C

At the dawn of the 20th century, the British royals were privy to a spiffy new system for infusing drinking water with carbon dioxide bubbles. It. . .

Friday, November 19, 2010

A thicker wallet for the new year

by Olivia Gingerich

Neal Frankle has worked as a certified financial planner for 25 years. A father of three daughters, Frankle and his wife regularly attend Chabad of. . .

Monday, October 11, 2010

Fischer on the money as top bank chief

JTA

Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer was named the central bank governor of the year.

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Is Arnold Serious?

By Raphael Sonenshein

Following Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s final State of the State speech and as his last budget proposal circulates, it is time to assess the. . .

Saturday, September 8, 2007

New Shoah pension deal gives survivors ‘recognition of suffering’

By Toby Axelrod

After extensive negotiations with the Conference for Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, Germany eased some eligibility requirements so more. . .

Thursday, July 26, 2007

A Primer on Giving: What to ask before you start

By Amy Klein

Where should you donate your money? How? How much? How do you know if you're getting your money's worth?

Thursday, October 26, 2006

The magic Spend/Save/Tzedakah Plan keeps kids thinking

By Sharon Duke Estroff

How do we enlighten our concrete-thinking kiddies to the fact that -- despite popular playground belief -- money doesn't grow in ATM machines? With. . .

Thursday, September 14, 2006

Post-war belt-tightening: Israel could cut Falash Mura dreams in half

By Uriel Heilman

Israel's Finance Ministry is proposing substantial cuts to Ethiopian immigration next year.

Thursday, September 14, 2006

Smith Barney doesn’t manage this portfolio. My heart does.

By Dara Lehon

Affairs of the heart are a big investment for this conservative, long-term investor.

Thursday, August 10, 2006

Personal Touch Can Tame Parties, Trim Expenses

By Beth Levine

Not too long ago, some Jewish mothers and I were discussing our kids' upcoming b'nai mitzvah. We were wondering how to tame the ever-escalating,. . .

Thursday, June 8, 2006

Middle-Class Squeeze

By Julie G Fax

Families are feeling the squeeze of the upward crawl of day school tuition over the last several years, which has brought the average tuition for. . .