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February 9, 2018, 12:18 pm
Britain suffers hummus price hike as India’s chickpea harvest fails
Popular Middle Eastern dish now a staple in UK homes, where a $140 million a year industry has grown by 50 percent in four years
By Sue Surkes
Tnuva cottage cheese in a Jerusalem supermarket.(photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)
October 22, 2017, 4:10 am
Dairy mammoth Tnuva to pay NIS 25 million for price fixing — report
Chinese-owned conglomerate will admit to forcing grocery chains to set prices to eliminate competition; will give consumers NIS 25 each
By TOI staff
Rona Milch Novick
September 13, 2017, 12:23 pm
Rona Milch Novick
The costs of not paying for Jewish life
Forgoing day school education altogether creates more dire and lasting problems than it solves
A view of the upscale Mamila neighborhood in Jerusalem, on October 27, 2015. Most of the luxury apartments are owned by foreign residents or by Israelis who use them as vacation homes. (Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)
November 22, 2016, 7:29 am
Who is rich? In Israel, it’s he who owns an apartment
Wages have not increased in real terms since 2000, while housing prices more than doubled, a Taub Center study shows. As a result, hard work and talent are less likely to get you ahead than already possessing wealth
By Simona Weinglass
Gas rigs in the Tamar field, off the coast of Israel, in June 2014. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
From the WebDecember 31, 2014, 6:32 am
US pushes Israel on Noble Energy deal
Kerry speaks to Netanyahu about energy agreements after Antitrust Authority breaks up gas ‘monopoly,’ Reuters reports
Workers on the Israeli 'Tamar' gas processing rig, 24 km off the Israeli southern coast of Ashkelon. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
December 23, 2014, 3:21 pm
Gas cartel breakup very positive for Israel, says expert
The dire prognosis of the Leviathan and Tamar developers is expected but shouldn’t worry Israelis, according to a top antitrust attorney
By David Shamah
Gas rigs in the Tamar field, off the coast of Israel, in June 2014. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
December 23, 2014, 11:10 am
Regulator breaks up energy ‘cartel’ developing gas fields
Antitrust Authority acts against Noble, Delek ‘monopoly’; move could hold up extraction for years; US-based firm to reconsider investment
By Lazar Berman
Gas rigs in the Tamar field, off the coast of Israel, in June 2014. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
December 19, 2014, 1:42 pm
Natural gas to cost Israelis double world average, report says
The discovery off Israel’s shores will do nothing to lower the price of electricity — but rather increase it, according to an energy expert
By David Shamah
An Israeli supermarket. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
From the WebDecember 15, 2014, 8:02 pm
Israel annual consumer prices drop for third month in November
Businessweek: Lower oil prices and slower growth conspired to give Israelis a price break last month
Store attendants help customers at an Apple store selling the iPhone 6 in Beijing on October 23, 2014. (photo credit: Greg Baker/AFP)
October 23, 2014, 4:55 pm
iPhone 6’s price in Israel among highest in the world
With latest Apple phone finally hitting the shelves, will consumers agree to pay over $1,000?
By Yifa Yaakov
A man holds an iPhone displaying the Waze app (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
From the WebOctober 14, 2014, 6:29 pm
New iPhones to arrive in Israel later this month
Tech Times: Apple’s newest gadgets will go on sale locally, and in 35 other new markets, at the end of October
Cows roaming in the Golan. (photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash 90)
May 1, 2014, 4:02 pm
Lots of meat for Independence Day, but at what cost?
‘Missing’ heads of cattle won’t raise steak price, said an expert, but prices are higher than they should be
By David Shamah
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