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People lining up in Otello in Rehovot on Shabbat in protest of the fine the business received for operating on Shabbat, on May 16, 2026. (Ynet/Screenshot)
May 17, 2026, 12:02 pm
Hundreds show up to support Rehovot businesses fined for opening on Shabbat
Ice cream parlor Otello and cafe Nook are cited after operating on Saturdays for over a year, leading residents to complain about uneven enforcement of Shabbat policy
By ToI Staff
A plant of German carmaker Volkswagen (VW) is pictured in Osnabrück, Germany, on November 6, 2024. (FOCKE STRANGMANN / AFP)
March 28, 2026, 7:35 pm
German city wary as Volkswagen weighs shifting car plant to Iron Dome production
Report says car giant looking to save 2,300 jobs at embattled Osnabrück factory; some locals worry it could make city a target, while others doubt Dome’s value to Europe
By Ethan Rubinson
The Warner Bros. water tower is seen at Warner Bros. Discovery Studios in Burbank, California, December 5, 2025. (AP/Jae C. Hong)
January 7, 2026, 8:08 pm
Warner Bros. rejects Paramount takeover, tells shareholders to stay with Netflix bid
Media giant cites ‘insufficient value’ and ‘risks’ of Paramount’s hostile bid attempt, which capped off at $77.9 billion, some $6 million more than Netflix offered
By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS and Michelle Chapman
People take a look at Nvidia''s new products during the Computex 2025 exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)
October 29, 2025, 6:54 pm
AI chipmaking giant Nvidia becomes world’s first $5 trillion company
Having already been the first firm to pass the $4 trillion mark earlier this year, Nvidia’s market cap is now greater than the GDP of India, Japan and the United Kingdom
By Michelle Chapman
Founders of US-Israeli cyber unicorn Wiz from left to right: VP Product Yinon Costica, CEO Assaf Rappaport, CTO Ami Luttwak, and VP R&D Roy Reznik. (Avishag Shaar-Yashuv)
July 15, 2024, 12:46 am
Google said nearing record-breaking $23 billion buy of Israeli-founded cyber startup
WSJ report says parent company Alphabet in ‘advanced talks’ with Wiz, in what would be its largest ever acquisition of another firm, and the biggest ever Israeli tech acquisition
By ToI Staff and Sharon Wrobel
A McDonald's is seen in Tysons, Virginia, on February 5, 2024. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP)
April 30, 2024, 9:00 pm
McDonald’s reports small rise in quarterly profits amid Gaza war boycott
Despite increase, fast food mega-chain does not expect significant improvement until war ends
By AFP
Iran's Oil Minister Javad Owji attends the opening session of the 24th ministerial meeting of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF), in Cairo on October 25, 2022. (Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)
March 17, 2024, 7:14 pm
Iran signs big contracts with domestic oil companies amid sanctions
Oil minister says Tehran aims to add 350,000 barrels per day of oil production by end of Persian year with new deals
By AFP
Business executive Sheryl Sandberg attends the 2022 Women's Media Awards at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, November 17, 2022, in New York. (Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)
January 18, 2024, 2:22 pm
Former Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg to leave board, take advisory position
Sandberg is known for playing a formative role in developing Facebook into a multi-billion dollar company
By AFP
WeWork offices, Jan. 16, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
November 7, 2023, 4:21 pm
WeWork files for bankruptcy four months after sounding the alarm
Company struggled in the commercial real estate market; offices located outside of the US and Canada unaffected for now
By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS
File: Then-Confederation of Business Industry (CBI) director general Tony Danker addresses the annual CBI conference at the Vox Conference Centre in Birmingham, United Kingdom, November 21, 2022. (Oli Scarff/AFP)
April 11, 2023, 1:27 pm
Head of UK’s main business lobby fired over sexual misconduct allegations
Three other employees suspended amid accusations against Tony Danker; Rain Newton-Smith, former chief economist at CBI, agrees to take on role
By AFP
FILE - An aerial view of a solar power plant in Ouarzazate, central Morocco on February 4, 2016. Renewable energy's potential across the African continent remains largely untapped, according to a new report in April 2022 by the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. (AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar, File)
November 12, 2022, 10:04 am
New digital platform seeks to connect region’s business with climate opportunities
Climatech MEA, brainchild of two lawyers who met at State Comptroller’s office, looks to build network of climate change actors working in energy, water and food security
By Sue Surkes
Yoram Gill, founder and chairman of Shoresh/Source sandals, welcomes Energy Ministry Karine Elharrar and dignitaries at the production plant in Tirat Carmel in northern Israel, September 22, 2022. (Liron Cohen Aviv, for Shoresh/Source)
November 3, 2022, 8:39 am
Walking on sunshine: Shoresh sandals factory converts to 100% solar energy
Company says it created its own mini-grid with solar panels everywhere and switched its fleet to all-electric, as other firms also eye ways to go net zero on carbon emissions
By Sue Surkes
Ori Zohar, left, and Ethan Frisch, right, are the founders of the single-origin spice company Burlap & Barrel. (Mark Mahaney/ via JTA)
February 4, 2022, 3:01 am
These modern-day Jewish spice merchants want to revolutionize the industry
Ori Zohar and Ethan Frisch, founders of Burlap & Barrel, are demystifying one of the least-known areas of the pantry by sourcing directly from farmers from Afghanistan to Guatemala
By Shira Hanau
Michael Levine inside the Westwood Creative Artists office in Toronto, October 2021. (Robert Sarner)
January 24, 2022, 2:13 am
Top Canadian agent smokes out long-lost relatives with new title ‘The Cigar Factory’
Over his 50-year career, Michael Levine has arranged deals for books, screen and business – but none hit home like a Holocaust memoir released in English this month
By Robert Sarner
Environmental Protection Minister Tamar Zandberg talks with green NGOs from Israel attending the COP26 UN climate talks in Glasgow, Scotland, November 2, 2021. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
November 3, 2021, 2:09 am
In Glasgow, environment minister urges groups to steer society to greener future
Green nonprofits included in official Israeli delegation to UN climate talks for first-time, alongside a business and industry delegation
By Sue Surkes
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