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Invest in Israel Newsletter September 2011 Edition

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Trade in 2010 between Israel and the other countries that comprise Mercosur, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay, reached $1.8 As part of a plan launched by the Israeli government in 2010 to attract financial services sector firms to Israel, the government has granted Citi 93 million shekels ($25 million) over five years to help finance the center.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2010 Edition

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The Israeli Cabinet approved Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz’s proposal to continue with the biennial state budget model in 2011-2012. Billing software company Amdocs has acquired mobile payments and messaging firm MX Telecom for $104 million in cash. ISRAELI CABINET APPROVES 2-YEAR MODEL FOR BUDGET 2011-2012.

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

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And of course, I wasn't really interested in the finance side of it to me. I was writing some software, I was doing some product management stuff. It was so amazing, like we were trying to send payments into Uruguay to pay people who are listening to their homes on Airbnb. I'm curious. ER : I couldn't believe it.

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