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Invest in Israel Newsletter October 2011 Edition

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The Cerro del Aguila power station, located in Tayacaja Province in central Peru, in March signed a 15-year power purchase agreement with Peru’s government-owned electricity company, which will come into effect when the power station is completed in the second half of 2015. Israel Corporation is Israel’s largest holding company.

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In the Lean In Era, Business And Tech Still Fail To Promote Women; 4 Ways To Fix The Problem Now 

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Branches of the industry, such as video gaming, are overtly misogynist in governance, in culture, and in product content. s progress on gender diversity issues has slipped below the global median. He is the author of 23 books on gender and corporate governance. Tech, for example, has been unable to support women at any level.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2010 Edition

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billion in 2007, as investors worldwide tightened their belts in the wake of the global financial crisis. real GDP growth for Israel in 2010 in the absence of extraordinary developments, and Fischer has said the economy may grow more than that if the global recovery accelerates. Foreign direct investment in Israel reached $3.8

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When Small Businesses Meet Big Opportunities

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by Raj Subramaniam, Executive Vice President, Global Marketing and Communications, FedEx Services. Globally, only 38% of SMEs currently export overseas, even to markets right next door. Globally, SMEs that sell overseas generate average revenues of US$1.5 It appears to be the latter. million from those exports each year.

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Boosting the French Tech Ecosystem

Cracking the Code

Accel has been at the forefront of this new wave and we have been actively investing in France. Emmanuel Macron during the workshop in Versailles In this context I was invited, together with a large dozen of foreign investors, to participate in a workshop to discuss what France could to do to attract more venture capital from global firms.

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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

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Agence France-Presse/Getty Images. We have seen the damage that this share structure can cause over the long run, said Anne Sheehan, head of corporate governance for California State Teachers Retirement System, a big public pension fund. Global Support. Enlarge Image Close. From Andreessen Horowitz, Words of Warning. Contact Us.

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Avoid Monoculture. Travel. Read Widely. Let Experience be Your Compass.

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I was living in Silicon Valley at the time of the panel, but I had been living abroad for 11 years before returning having lived in England, France, Italy, Spain and Japan as well as establishing physical offices in India. It globalizes. Om Malik was also on the panel. As was Shel Israel. But then the world changes.

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