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investment
Israel to ramp up Birthright investment
Jewish Journal
January 6, 2011
Israel\’s government announced it would more than double its investment in the popular Birthright Israel program. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made the announcement Thursday night before 3,000 program participants in Jerusalem, The Jerusalem Post reported. \”My government will give more than double its investment in Birthright, and over the next few years we will invest more than $100 million in Birthright,\” said Netanyahu, according to the Post. \”Together with private donations we can increase the number of people to 50,000 a year.\”
Can you say fiduciary duty? Jewish nonprofits must follow new rules
Jewish Journal
December 24, 2008
As the community looks forward, it is imperative that the oversight of investments be executed in a manner that meets the highest fiduciary standards.
Northern Israel needs investment to bolster it — security and development are linked
Jewish Journal
August 14, 2008
The graffiti on the Galilean bomb shelter that greeted Prime Minister Ehud Olmert wasted no words: \”Wake up Sharon, Olmert\’s in a coma.\”
Israel’s clean tech advances attract foreign investors’ green
Dina Kraft
July 15, 2008
Spurred by skyrocketing oil prices and growing interest in energy alternatives, a wave of new companies and investors are scouting out new clean technologies in Israel.
Das Happy Kapital
Rob Eshman
May 4, 2007
Just another 30 seconds at the Milken Institute Global Conference, the annual gathering that attracts everybody you\’ve ever seen on CSPAN, the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour and FOX, including the owner of FOX, Rupert Murdoch — I bumped into him coming out of the men\’s room.\n
Jews join the quest for space commerce
Adam Wills
November 2, 2006
Commercial space interests are now playing a critical role in the dawn of the second space age — one built on business ventures and international cooperation. Instead of Hilton and Pan Am, the corporate names associated with the commercialization of space include Budget Suites and Virgin.
R.E. Hard Crash? Soft Landing? Bursting Balloon? Leaking Balloon?
Marc Ballon
August 31, 2006
The Jewish Journal spoke to Cohen about the recent reversal in the local housing market.
Warren Buffett’s Jewish Connection
Chanan Tigay
June 1, 2006
Warren Buffett is not a Jew; in fact, he describes himself as an agnostic. Still, the billionaire investment guru, who made big news in May when his Berkshire Hathaway corporation bought an 80 percent share in the Israeli metalworks conglomerate, Iscar, for $4 billion, for years has been making his mark on the U.S. Jewish community back home — although sometimes in a roundabout way.
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