Israel

Why is a Mexican industrial firm acquiring the world’s largest drip irrigation company?

Mexican industrial group Mexichem will acquire control of Israel’s Netafim, the world’s largest drip irrigation company, for $1.5bn. On Monday,…

Israel has found a new market to boost telecom revenue growth

The Internet of Things (IoT) is one part of the Israeli telecom market that's making particularly strong progress. Right now,…

The golden age index: should the silver pound be put to work?

Global GDP could be boosted across some of the world's biggest economies by $2trn by raising employment rates for the…

The introduction of G.fast is going to boost fixed line revenue for Israeli internet companies

The Israeli telecom market is saturated and growth has been slow in this mature and developed market. There are, and…

Shares in US defense and aerospace companies surge as Trump secures $110bn deal with Saudi Arabia

Defense stocks climbed to an all-time high on Monday after US president Donald Trump signed a $110bn weapons deal with Saudi…

James Mattis’ first Nato meeting; EU in debt talks with Greece; Trump meets Israel’s prime minister

These three things will change the world today. US defence secretary James Mattis heads his first Nato meeting US president…