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06/06/2012

Shai Agassi | Better Place

Profile of Shai Agassi, Founder and CEO of "Better Place." Shai works with government leaders, auto manufacturers, energy companies and others to make his vision—zero-emission vehicles powered by electricity from renewable sources—a reality in countries around the globe.

06/06/2012

ISCAR Cutting Tools - Metal Working Tools - Precision Carbide Metal Working Tools - Metal Cutting Ap

Learn more about Iscar, Warren Buffett's first major overseas investment

ISCAR is a dynamic full line supplier of precision carbide metal working tools, producing a wide range of carbide inserts, carbide end mills and cutting tools covering most metal cutting applications

06/06/2012

Warren Buffett Invested In ISCAR; ISCAR's Founder Is Investing In Peace - Forbes

This story appears in the Mar. 26 “Billionaires” edition of Forbes magazine.

"In 2006 Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway paid $4 billion in cash for 80% of Wertheimer’s precision metalworking tool company, ISCAR. To date it remains one of Berkshire’s five largest non-insurance-company holdings, and while its vital statistics are jealously guarded by the investment firm, in his latest letter to shareholders Buffett described ISCAR as a company that 'continues to amaze.' "

This story appears in the Mar. 26 "Billionaires" edition of Forbes magazine. Much has changed for Stef Wertheimer since FORBES last talked with the Israeli industrialist in 1995. For one, he’s become a billionaire. In 2006 Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway paid $4 billion in cash for 80% of Werthe...

06/06/2012

Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle

Summer reading

START-UP NATION addresses the trillion dollar question: How is it that Israel-- a country of 7.1 million, only 60 years old, surrounded by enemies, in a constant state of war since its founding, with no natural resources-- produces more start-up companies than large, peaceful, and stable nations ...

06/06/2012

Blurbs taken from: http://www.jerusalemworldnews.com/2012/04/26/made-in-israel-the-top-64-innovations-developed-in-israel/

06/06/2012

Israel Innovation for Global Social Impact

Webinar in February: Israel Innovation Accomplishments

06/06/2012

From Haifa to Herzliya, the Fertile Ground of Israeli Innovation | Israel [email protected]

Israel is indeed becoming fertile ground for the likes of Google, Roche and other companies looking to acquire innovative businesses to add to their portfolios.

What do website gadget developer LabPixies and insulin pump maker Medingo have in common? It’s not only that both companies are based in Israel. They also are among the country’s start-ups that have attracted the attention of international investors, with U.S. Internet giant Google recently snapping...

06/06/2012

Zvi Eckstein: Global Economic and Social Hot Spots

"The key to collaboration and economic development for Middle Eastern countries is stability, peace and competition policies…. The main drawback of most Middle Eastern countries — and that includes the West Bank and Gaza, and maybe even Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Egypt — is really economic stability, political stability and economic competitiveness, and the opening up of the countries to imports and exports and getting competitive advantages growing as has been the [case] in most Far Eastern countries, which came from very low per capita incomes to grow."

Fragile stability probably best describes how visiting Wharton finance professor Zvi Eckstein sees the world. From Cairo's Tahrir Square to Wall Street and b...

06/05/2012

IsKW Events | Israel [email protected]

February Webinar: Israel Innovation Accomplishments

06/05/2012

Michael Steinhardt Discusses Israel's Place in the World - [email protected]

Check out this edited transcript with supporter Michael Steinhardt:

http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=2314&specialid=90

"Think about your life: How many 10 [day periods] do you even remember in your life? I think these 10 days have had a remarkable impact on many, many of these kids. In that sense, it justifies the investment."

Michael Steinhardt began the Taglit Birthright Israel program, a philanthropic enterprise which has provided free 10-day trips to Israel for some 220,000 Jewish youth to learn more about their heritage. Steinhardt spoke with [email protected] about how the program helps to improve the country's imag...

06/17/2011

Middle East Reform: Organize, Start Small, Replicate and Negotiate | Israel [email protected]

http://kw.wharton.upenn.edu/israel/2011/04/20/middle-east-reform-organize-start-small-replicate-and-negotiate/

Stuart Diamond, Wharton Professor and Pulitzer Prize-winning former journalist for The New York Times, is author of a new book on negotiations, ‘Getting More: How to Negotiate to Achieve Your Goals in the Real World.’ A former adviser to the United Nations, Diamond’s experience across the Middle Eas

06/17/2011

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08/20/2010

Israel [email protected] Overview

Israel [email protected] Overview

08/09/2010

Profit for Peace

Profit for Peace

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01/21/2010

Ways you can help Seeds of Peace win $1M! | Seeds of Peace

http://www.seedsofpeace.org/getinvolved/chase

Seeds of Peace is dedicated to empowering young leaders from regions of conflict with the leadership skills required to advance reconciliation and coexistence.

01/21/2010

A few quotes from David Brooks Tel Aviv Cluster: "Netanyahu preaches the optimistic view: that Israel will become the Hong Kong of the Middle East, with economic benefits spilling over into the Arab world." Share your thoughts / Comments

01/21/2010

A few quotes from David Brooks Tel Aviv Cluster: "The most resourceful Israelis are going into technology and commerce, not politics. This has had a desultory effect on the nation’s public life, but an invigorating one on its economy."

01/21/2010

Op-Ed Columnist - The Tel Aviv Cluster - NYTimes.com

Op-Ed Columnist - The Tel Aviv Cluster - NYTimes.com

Israelis’ embrace of technology and commerce has had a desultory effect on the nation’s public life, but an invigorating one on its economy.

01/13/2010

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