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Invest in Israel Newsletter January 2012

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According to preliminary estimates, Israel’s gross domestic product grew by 4.8% Though a global innovator, Apple in 2010 only invested 2% of its revenue in R&D, much lower than other high-tech companies. For the Invest in Israel archive, click here. in 2011, following a similar rise in 2010, and a 0.8% to $31,100.

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A Conversation with 2020 Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang

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One in five prime working age American men has not worked in the last twelve months, and our labor force participation rate is down to 62.9%, the same levels as El Salvador the Dominican Republic. Our life expectancy has declined for three straight years.