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<title>Shekel crosses 3.5/$</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180019294</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 08:59 GMT</pubDate>
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... Finotec: If the Israel-US interest rate gap narrows, the shekel will come under  ...  Market sources believe that Governor of the Bank of Israel Stanley Fischer will leave the interest rate  ...
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<title>Dollar Flirts with Shekel at 3.50</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180006716</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 07:34 GMT</pubDate>
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... (IsraelNN.com) The dollar bought 3.50 shekels early Thursday  ...  shekels early Thursday morning, the highest shekel-dollar rate in several weeks. Americans in Israel who  ...  to complete the transactions. In addition, the Bank of Israel has increased its intervention in the markets  ...
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<title>No welcome for Condoleezza Rice - Protest Sat</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179997804</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 06:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  facing charges under the Arms Act. The depositions hearing for these charges will begin on  ...  work in the communal councils and people&apos;s banks, and speaking to government and grassroots organisations  ...  to Gaza, he was seized by the Israelis, who demanded the prize money and tortured  ...
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<title>Cost of unrest in the Middle East</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179981976</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 04:25 GMT</pubDate>
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...  get the sympathy of the world against Israel. Palestine is not a legal entity. Its  ...  occupied Palestinian territory 35.7%. The infant mortality rate in the same year was 5.3% in  ...
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<title>The Obamamessiah has another uh-oh moment.</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179959514</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 00:24 GMT</pubDate>
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...  we passed out of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, which is my committee , a  ...  man. Once again, Obama wants to claim credit for efforts on which he served no  ...  at a press conference in Amman, Jordan. &quot;Israel is a strong friend of Israel&apos;s. It  ...
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<title>BRIEF: Unemployment hits 19-year low: The number of unemployed in Israel fell to 179,500 in May.</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179951357</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 22:54 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Information Services via COMTEX) -- The unemployment rate fell to 6.1 percent of the civilian  ...  11,700, from the beginning of the year. Israel now has 112,000 fewer unemployed than in  ...  slowdown. Earlier this week, Governor of the Bank of Israel Prof. Stanley Fischer said that recently economic  ...
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<title>Foreign acquisitions drive shekel-dollar rate up: Teva and Koor have been buying dollars.</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179932909</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 20:52 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NYSE: BRL), towards which Bank Hapoalim (TASE: POLI; LSE:80OA) and Bank Leumi (TASE: LUMI) will provide Teva with $1.8  ...  http://www.globes.co.il. Copyright (c) 2008, Globes, Tel Aviv, Israel Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. For reprints,  ...
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<title>Israel Turns to Outsourcing as the Shekel Soars</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179925642</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 20:16 GMT</pubDate>
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... The high cost of doing business in Israel these days is forcing many local high-tech  ...  makes about $90,000 at the latest exchange rate. Other companies are looking farther afield in  ...  in nearly 13 years. That same day, Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer announced that the central  ...
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<title>Gas crisis from 1970s has lessons for today</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179919049</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 19:28 GMT</pubDate>
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...  exports to the United States for supporting Israel during the Yom Kippur War in October  ...  averaged 7.1 percent per year. The unemployment rate averaged more than 6 percent, with periods  ...  some people buy homes -- have caused banks to lose money, and government bail-outs of  ...
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<title>Wed: Market rises but Israel Chemicals down</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179890634</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 16:17 GMT</pubDate>
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... Wed: Market rises but Israel Chemicals down News sent Israel Chemicals and  ...  period in 2007. Makhteshim usually has faster rate of growth than its larger rivals, so  ...  that it reached an agreement with the banks over its involvement with bankrupt real estate  ...
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<title>IFC Expands Energy Efficiency Program in Russia in Partnership with MDM Bank</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179888797</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 16:15 GMT</pubDate>
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...  for IFCs own account will support MDM Banks energy efficiency lending, while a $500 million  ...  Agricultural Bank of China, Banco Ita BBA, Bank Leumi Le Israel B.M, BankMuscat S.A.O.G., BANQUE BIA, Pohjola Bank  ...
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<title>Unemployment hits 19-year low</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179877089</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 14:53 GMT</pubDate>
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... The number of unemployed in Israel fell to 179,500 in May. The unemployment rate fell to 6.1% of the civilian labor  ...  slowdown. Earlier this week, Governor of the Bank of Israel Prof. Stanley Fischer said that recently economic  ...
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<title>Unemployment drops, hits 19-year low</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179869106</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 13:53 GMT</pubDate>
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...  fell to 179,500 in May. The unemployment rate fell to 6.1% of the civilian labor  ...  11,700, from the beginning of the year. Israel now has 112,000 fewer unemployed than in  ...  slowdown. Earlier this week, Governor of the Bank of Israel Prof. Stanley Fischer said that recently economic  ...
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<title>Official exchange rate appreciated by 1.1% on Tuesday to NIS 3.465</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179841063</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 10:31 GMT</pubDate>
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... Sources at the Bank of Israel have decried the theory that speculation, for instance by foreign hedge funds, is responsible  ...
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<title>Radware Ltd. Announces Q2 &apos;08 Results</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179834802</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 09:35 GMT</pubDate>
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...  devaluation of the US dollar against the Israeli Shekel, the Euro, the Australian dollar and  ...  position, including cash, short-term and long-term bank deposits and marketable securities totaled an amount of  ...  2008, PRNewswire Copyright (C) 2008, NewsBlaze, Tags: Banking and Finance, Software, Internet, High Tech, &apos;&gt; ...
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