Financial

Bezeq Group closes the second quarter of 2022 with an adjusted net profit of NIS 310 million, a moderate increase of 3% compared to the corresponding quarter in 2021. Revenues were NIS 2.23 billion, a slight increase of 1.1%. Operating profit decreased by 1.3% to NIS 463 million and EBITDA also decreased by 1.4% to NIS 921 million. The company's free flow increased significantly to NIS 359 million, compared to NIS 85 million in the corresponding quarter. Bezeq reduced the debt in the company by about one billion shekels and now it stands at 5.63 billion

The cellular company Cellcom, which operates a cell phone network, Internet and telephone services, and controls Golan Telecom, published its financial reports for the second quarter according to which the company recorded revenues of NIS 1.069 billion compared to NIS 1.003 billion in the corresponding quarter last year - an increase of 6.5%. The company's net profit in the second quarter amounts to about NIS 39 million compared to a loss of NIS 14 million in the second quarter last year. The company's operating profit in the current quarter amounted to approximately NIS 95 million...

About a month after Histadrut Chairman Arnon Bar-David called for a consumer boycott due to the rising prices for Diplomat, Shastovitz, and Kimberly Clark, the response arrived: the employees of Kimberly Clark Israel decided to take revenge: to leave the Histadrut and move to the National Histadrut. There are about 1,000 employees

The ICL company managed by Raviv Zoler reports on a major deal - the company signed a memorandum of understanding for the supply of potash in Europe. The identity of the customer was not disclosed, but according to estimates, it is the Norwegian capital. This is an activity of 300 thousand tons per year and given the price of potash, it is a transaction with a financial scope of approximately 220-240 million dollars. This deal comes against the backdrop of the Russia-Ukraine war and the suspension of purchases from Russia and Belarus. Europe sanctions Russia and this may have transferred...

The CEO of Carrefour Israel, Uri Kilstein, is leading a NIS 50 million streamlining process in the company. Kilstein's presentation to the company's managers held on Sunday indicates that the plan will include layoffs, closing branches, and changing suppliers. The move is being made in a chain that is still branded under Beitan and Mega wines, in preparation for the transition to the Carrefour brand. The plan includes reducing the number of employees, currently numbering about four thousand, by 200-300 branch employees, most of whom are temporary workers and personnel workers. In addition,...

The use of credit cards abroad will soon be added to the list of products that are becoming more expensive in Israeli life: a six-year dispute between the credit card companies and the tax authority may soon end in a compromise, the consequences of which could make the fees for using credit cards abroad more expensive. In December 2016, the Tax Authority issued an assessment to the credit card companies that mainly deals with the payment of VAT for income from credit card transactions carried out abroad, as well as online purchases on websites abroad. When a customer carries out such...

As part of the Histadrut's ongoing struggle against the cost of living in Israel, representatives of the Histadrut, social activists, and citizens came Friday afternoon to protest the cost of living in front of the house of the president of the Union of Chambers of Commerce Uriel Lin in north Tel Aviv. The activists waved signs that read, among other things, "The workers are the solution - not the problem", "The tycoons are the engine of the cost of living" and "The state belongs to the workers and not to the tycoons"

Israelis try to save on expenses that are considered a necessity - such as buying food products at the supermarket and paying electricity and water bills - and on the other hand, continue to spend on things they see as experiential and fun, for example going to restaurants and cultural and entertainment shows. The result is a clear slowdown in the increase in spending from June to August (compared to the corresponding period in 2021), compared to the rate of growth from January to May, alongside a significant increase in the portion of spending on entertainment and pleasure in the total...

OPC energy company is promoting the development of a power plant in West Virginia that supplied 1.8 gigawatts, for $3.5 billion. The station is powered by natural gas and incorporates technologies to capture and bury the carbon dioxide emitted by the station. The announcement of the project, which will be carried out through the American subsidiary CPV (70%), was made together with the Chairman of the Energy Committee in the Senate Joe Manchin from West Virginia, and the representative of the Governor of West Virginia. Giora Almogi, CEO of OPC, (-2.07% 4210), said that the establishment of...

The financial closure of the express lanes project has been completed. As part of the financial closure, which is a significant milestone in the project, the franchising company contracted will provide financing for the project's franchise in a total amount of approximately 2.3 billion shekels. Construction, operation and maintenance of the set of express lanes in Gush Dan will last for a concession period of 14 years. As part of the project, Dania and Electra will build high-capacity park and ride parking lots (for about 11,000 vehicles) at the Ayalon interchange (Rishon Lezion), and the...