Category: Business

The fanfare around “Barbie“, starring Margot Robbie, could jolt the iconic Mattel doll’s sales out of a year-long slump, but Wall Street thinks the party in pink will be short-lived. While Mattel will report second-quarter results on Wednesday, days after the theatrical release of the movie, analysts say the boost for Barbie sales will be […]

Corinna Hawkes the Director of the FAO Division of Food Systems and Food Safety says a holistic and sustainable approach is needed that considers economic, social, and environmental factors, and that brings people together, to ensure nutritious food and sustainable livelihoods for all. She was speaking ahead of the UN Food Systems Summit+2 Stocktaking moment, which […]

An artificial intelligence (AI) system that identifies violations of social norms has been developed by a researcher at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU). The project – one of the first to tackle the automatic identification of social norm violations – was financed by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).  While many social […]

Japanese insurance giant Sompo is making significant strides in the technology and innovation sector in Israel, having announced the establishment of a cybersecurity center and a software development group to enhance its capabilities in the digital domain. Since its establishment in Israel in 2018, Sompo has been actively involved in fostering innovation through its Israel […]

Elon Musk said on Sunday he was looking to change Twitter’s logo, tweeting: “And soon we shall bid adieu to the twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds.” In a post on the site at 12:06 a.m. ET (0406 GMT), the social media platform’s billionaire owner added: “If a good enough X logo is posted […]

A sweltering summer day amid a heatwave in Israel aptly set the stage for the coming event. As the heat intensified, it was impossible not to consider the worldwide concern about climate change. So those in attendance at the 2023 World Climate-Tech conference in Margalit Startup City in Jerusalem last week were ripe to invest […]

It was an average Sunday morning in the Bar-Ilan Bazaar. The day after Shabbat, things were just starting to speed up in the haredi neighborhood near Tel Ezra. A customer held a pair of pants up to her waist while the shop owner chatted with his son behind the counter.  Then, the floor of the […]

On Thursday, the cabinet announced its intention to advance a bill sponsored by Economy Minister Nir Barkat that would reform the country’s import system to align it with European regulations and standards, thus reducing bureaucracy in the Economy Ministry’s import oversight. While on paper this sounds like exciting news (who doesn’t want to see new […]

‘The Government of Israel, through the Government Companies Authority, hereby announces that it is considering selling, by way of private sale, 100% of the shares of Israel Postal Company.” So read the advertisement taken out in Sunday’s Jerusalem Post, announcing the official sale of the entirety of Israel’s postal company and calling for bids. While […]

Social protection provides a safety net for the vulnerable through policies and programmes that offer financial assistance, healthcare coverage and social insurance. “It helps prevent social exclusion and promotes social inclusion,” said Mahamane Cisse-Gouro, Director of the Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms Division of human rights office OHCHR. Long-term gender gap The long-term gender […]