Despite the backing it got from superstar Scarlett Johansson, SodaStream announced the closure of its controversial factory in the West Bank. Is this a victory for the BDS movement, or does the relocation to the Negev make better business sense? Jerusalem Post deputy managing editor Tovah Lazaroff says the decision was purely economic.
Last week, the first CEO of a Fortune 500 company came out of the closet. But it’s not just any company, it’s the world’s most valuable: Apple. Tim Cook’s announcement is a big deal, but why is it so rare to see senior business people being open about their homosexuality? Shai Doitch, head of Israel’s national LGBT task force "Aguda", explains that while Israeli employment law protects against discrimination, society at large is less accepting.
Six years on, the US Federal Reserve terminated a radical monetary policy introduced to deal with the 2008 financial crisis. Avichai Shoretzki, Chief Strategist for Global Markets at IBI investments, tells us what the end of Quantitative Easing (QE) means for Israel and the world economy.
Despite hitting a record low last year, Israel's unemployment rate jumped to 6.4% in the last quarter. Should Israelis be worried about their jobs? Professor Eran Yashiv of Tel Aviv University & Senior Research Fellow at INSS, says that Israel's labor market his bigger problems to address.
When folk see something they like on the Internet, they tend to share it - on Twitter, on Facebook, and one or two maybe even on Google Plus. The traffic--and accompanying monetization through ads--has turned those companies into tech giants. But now, an Israeli start-up, Spot IM, is trying to hand back control to the content providers, such as online news providers - by moving the conversation to their websites.
