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Invest in Israel Newsletter October 2011 Edition

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is acquiring digital-video networking company BigBand Networks Inc. BigBand Networks, which has more than 200 customers in North America, Asia and Europe, provides broadband service providers with digital video networking solutions designed to make it easier to distribute, manage and monetize video. for about $158.1

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2010 Edition

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In 2008, Teva acquired American company Barr Pharmaceuticals, a maker of generic birth control pills, for about $7.5 Teva, Israel’s largest company, has a market value of about $56 billion. Ratiopharm, a privately-owned subsidiary of German holding company VEM, was founded in 1973 and has annual sales of about $8.6

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The Rise of the Secondary Market for Emerging Growth Equities– Necessary But Insufficient

Pascal's View

1999 : Provisions that prohibit a bank holding company from owning other financial companies were repealed on November 12, 1999, by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. 2001: Decimalization (further loss of economics to provide market support for small companies), by reducing minimum commissions from 12.5 cents or 6.25

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