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Invest in Israel Newsletter May 2011 Edition

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In April, the Bank of Israel raised its 2011 growth forecast to 4.5% The Japanese government has expressed its intention to increase generic penetration to 30% by 2012. Cedar’s previous film Beaufort was nominated for an Oscar in 2007 and won the Silver Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival in 2007. .

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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. billion), and 33 percent lower than proceeds in 2007 ($3.79 Israel’s central bank, Morgan Stanley and other financial institutions have forecasted 3.5% Foreign direct investment in Israel reached $3.8

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[Singapore] Daylight Studios To Tap Growing Mobile Games Market With Two New Titles

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Likely encouraged by various government schemes to grow the games and animation sector , the Singapore video games industry in recent years have expanded rapidly, growing from $87 million in 2005 to $285 million in 2007. Specifically for the mobile games, worldwide revenue is forecasted to surge from US$13.2

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Impact Investing: a time for problems to become opportunities

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Impact Investing has been around for a long time, most prominently since the 1960’s as companies and governments began engaging with the concept through private equity and debt investing in developing economies. The Forecasted 2016 to 2026 job growth stands at 120%. Cohen asks. Source: Fundera . Enter Impact Tech.

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A Lost Decade (or Two?)

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James Pethokoukis pointed to a paper in his blog today by economist Robert Gordon that makes the following economic forecast for the next two decades: "The implied forecast 1.50 1929 and 2007 and represents the slowest growth of the measured American standard of living over any two-decade interval recorded since the.

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Guy Kawasaki’s 10 Questions to Ask Before You Join a Startup

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If the answer to the question centers around “We will achieve revenue soon so our net will improve and give us more runway,” it means the company is in trouble because no product ever ships on time nor achieves the company’s “conservative forecast.” He would publish a $5 million 6-month sales forecast and actually close $87,000.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter June 2010 Edition

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Eureka was set up in 1985 as a legal framework allowing European companies to collaborate and receive government funding. billion in 2007 and de-listed from Nasdaq. INTEL CORP BUYS ISRAEL’S COMSYS. Intel Corporation acquired Israeli WiMAX fables semiconductor vendor Comsys Communication and Signal Processing Ltd for $30 million.