high-tech economy

March 25, 2018, 7:57 pm

Pinchas Landau

Yes, the looming global market crash affects you

The seemingly endless flow of cash for high-tech is about to evaporate: the party’s over for everyone

Ziv Aviram, President and CEO of Mobileye, speaks at a conference at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Jerusalem, November 23, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

March 13, 2017, 4:06 pm

Mobileye to stay centered in Israel after buyout, will lead Intel work on driverless car

After Intel agrees to pay $15.3b for firm, Ziv Amiram says it will create world development center here, be responsible for self-driving vehicles on Intel‘s behalf

By Sue Surkes

Avi Hasson, Economy Ministry Chief Scientist (Courtesy)

December 18, 2016, 3:00 pm

Chief scientist: To fuel Start-up Nation, more skilled workers needed

Avi Hasson says Israel’s high-tech sector, once a growth engine for the economy, is facing an ‘acute shortage’ of engineers, programmers

By Shoshanna Solomon

MK Michael Oren during a committee session at the Knesset, June 20, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

August 2, 2016, 4:47 pm

Michael Oren backs Knesset probe of binary options fraud, says it ‘threatens’ Israel

Massive Israel-based industry scamming victims worldwide is ‘very, very disturbing,’ says new deputy minister for public diplomacy

By Raoul Wootliff and Simona Weinglass

An online recruiting advertisement for binary options company BetaMedia, the Israeli operational name for 24Option. (Screen capture: Facebook)

August 1, 2016, 7:22 pm

France bans a ‘dangerous’ Israeli binary options firm, US fines two more

French authorities outlaw 24Option for dishonest conduct; US trading commission fines Vault Options Ltd. and Global Trader 365 over $4.5 million

By Simona Weinglass and Raoul Wootliff

April 19, 2016, 7:13 pm

Report: First quarter tech investments lower amid worldwide financial roil

Have the world’s economic problems finally caught up with the Israeli tech ecosystem?

By David Shamah

During an April 3, 2016 conference at Harvard University, keynote speakers Ala Sader (left) and Gai Hetzroni discuss Israeli-Palestinian economic ties (Elan Kawesch/The Times of Israel)

April 4, 2016, 2:32 am

At Harvard, sparks fly over Israeli-Palestinian economic ties

Although university gathering brings together business minds from both sides of the divide, some on campus condemn event for advancing ‘occupation’ and ‘daily humiliation of Palestinians’

By Matt Lebovic

(Illustrative image of people working in finance via Shutterstock)

March 23, 2016, 12:06 pm

The wolves of Tel Aviv: Israel’s vast, amoral binary options scam exposed

An industry turning over hundreds of millions of dollars, employing thousands of people, is cynically cheating naive would-be investors worldwide via a range of corrupt practices. It is doing terrible harm to its victims, and it risks doing the same to Israel’s reputation

By Simona Weinglass

Forbes 30 Under 30 event, 2014 (Courtesy)

February 7, 2016, 5:37 pm

600 top tech folk to party in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv in April

Forbes magazine plans ’30 Under 30′ gala event in Israel

By David Shamah

January 24, 2016, 7:18 pm

Know a good developer? Hola will pay you $7,000

The Israel-based VPN service has so much business, it’s willing to pay top dollar for new hires to carry the load

By David Shamah

Illustrative: Ethiopian-Israelis protest police brutality and mistreatment in Israeli society, Tel Aviv, June 3, 2015. (Flash90)

January 22, 2016, 11:48 am

New program aims to bring Ethiopian immigrants into tech economy

$14-million effort will focus on upgrading the skills and job opportunities for a community that needs an employment boost

By David Shamah

January 14, 2016, 2:56 pm

Alan Weinkrantz

Wisdom, technology and business to convene at conference

Tech has a lot more in common with spiritual matters than most people realize

William Bao Bean at Silicon Dragon, December 2, 2015 (Courtesy)

January 12, 2016, 6:32 pm

China no place for nice Israeli start-ups, says battle-scarred tech vet

Israelis who think that China is welcoming them with open arms are in for a very rude awakening, said a top investor in Chinese start-ups

By David Shamah

January 12, 2016, 2:42 pm

Sheldon Kirshner

Beyond Israel’s glitter And gloss

Israel’s high-tech economy has provided a better life for many of the country’s citizens – but not all

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Wednesday, July 8, 2015. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

January 11, 2016, 7:34 pm

Exits for Israeli tech firms hit near record levels, report shows

Despite the economic doom and gloom forecast in 2015, investors in blue-and-white high-tech did very well last year

By David Shamah