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Invest in Israel Newsletter September 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

Trade in 2010 between Israel and the other countries that comprise Mercosur, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay, reached $1.8 Chipmaker Intel Corp has agreed to acquire mobile navigation software maker Telmap. Herzliya-based Telmap has 210 employees. INTEL BUYS ISRAELI MOBILE NAVIGATION FIRM TELMAP. Intel, the world’s No.

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Out of the Crisis #26: Brian Armstrong of Coinbase on cryptocurrency, being mission-oriented, and institution building

Startup Lessons Learned

Every company I meet these days is grappling with this topic, from ESG to employee activism, to so much more. And of course, we started putting together a plan about how we might evacuate or get out of the office for day-to-day work and how we might start to provide services to employees. Highlights from the Show: What is Coinbase? (:33)

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2010 Edition

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As a boon to the Israeli market’s future stability, the Bank of Israel approved a new law that specifies price stability as the central bank’s primary goal, forms a board of directors with a majority of members who are not bank employees, and creates a six-member committee to set interest rates.

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