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Invest in Israel Newsletter September 2010 Edition

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Israel’s ranking in the’s Global Competitiveness Report 2010-2011 increased to 24th place from 27th the year before. The Global Competitiveness Index is based on 12 pillars of competitiveness, which together provide a comprehensive picture of the competitiveness landscape in 139 economies around the world at all stages of development.

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

Michael Parekh , a Wall Streeter for over 20 years, former Partner at Goldman Sachs, and Founder of its Internet Research effort in 1994, Michael has been living online since the early days of CompuServe in the 80s and AOL in the ’90s. Previously, he was Vice President of Global Business Development for Massive, Inc.,

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 13 – ONR– Rear Admiral Lorin Selby

Steve Blank

It’s made up of ONR – the Office of Naval Research , ONR Global , the Naval Research Laboratory , and Special Projects (PMR 51.). I think a lot of the problems we have in acquisition today, in trying to go after these new technologies, is because of the way we’re organized. But we’ve got to get out of 1994.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter June 2010 Edition

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The Bank of Israel played an important role guarding the Israeli economy from the effects of the global financial crisis. Comsys was founded in 1994 when it initially produced a PC modem and then gradually changed its focus to develop processors for 3G mobile devices, which it sold to its strategic partner, Texas Instruments Inc.