Financial

Flight prices in the world and in Israel during the upcoming holidays are expected to be higher than usual. The demand for flights after the exit from the period of the corona closures encountered many challenges, including the energy crisis created by the war in Ukraine and a shortage of personnel in the aviation industry. The price of jet fuel - which is usually about a quarter of the airlines' total operating costs - is skyrocketing. The increase in its price this year is twice as high as the increase in the price of crude oil - which reflects the huge demand for flights. Following...

Less than half a year after he started a tender process for the sale of the company he founded, Haim Monheit, an almost unknown entrepreneur, his Elmo from the city of Petah-Tikva for more than 700 million dollars to the giant German concern Bosch. Bosh agreed to pay more than the American company Rockwell Automation and beat it in the tender. One of the biggest exits of a private shareholder in recent years. Elmo is owned by Haim Monheit who founded it in 1988 together with two friends who have since retired. Elmo develops advanced traffic controllers and employs 330 people in Petah...

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...

The Sano company continues to raise prices: the company informed retailers that it will increase the price of its paper products, which it will already increase by 12%-14% at the end of 2021. Among other things, these are Snow Soft, Snow Sushi, paper towels, disposable tablecloths, napkins for entertaining and disinfectant wipes. The last time it raised prices - it did not back down but promised promotions that would seemingly eliminate the price increases. Some products are sold at their previous prices. Either way, all Sno products from bleach to toilet paper - there are substitutes on...

A record in shopping ahead of Rosh Hashanah: this year in September we spent over NIS 38.811 billion on credit cards within Israel - an increase of 21.4% compared to 2021. For comparison, in September 2021 expenditures totaling NIS 31.961 billion were recorded, according to data from the Automated Bank Services Company, which manages and develops The national credit card payment system. The data does not include online purchases from websites abroad and does not include shopping overseas

The Israeli chip company Banias Labs of Mahod Hasharon, founded by the entrepreneur and investor Avigdor Vilanz, was sold to the Canadian company Alpha wave for $240 million in cash, according to an announcement published today on behalf of the companies

Four months after Yitzchak Abarkhan returned to Shufersal, this time as chairman, and led to the appointment of Uri Waterman as CEO of the company, in the coming weeks the two intend to lead an aggressive streamlining program for the company. Restoring the operating profitability of the food stores to a level of 3.5%-4% will require a cut of NIS 250-300 million per year in the company's operating expenses in view of the erosion of its market share