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The salary of senior officials in the economy increased by about 13% in 2021 and averaged about 1.93 million shekels, compared to about 1.71 million shekels a year earlier.The average salary of senior executives even exceeded what they received in 2019, before the corona virus, when it was about NIS 1.86 million - an increase of about 3.5%. This is according to the data of an economic study recently conducted by the consulting and accounting firm BDO in the field of remuneration of senior officers, which monitors the salary of the five senior officers (Chairman, CEO, CEO of a subsidiary...

The climate conference is coming to an end and there is no doubt that world leaders have made many statements about improving the state of global pollution and the war on greenhouse gases and other pollutants on the planet. "Climatic events such as heat waves, which were relatively rare, have become the 'norm' in recent years when this year we also witnessed the nights becoming warmer so the damage to crops was greater than before." Data from Kent (the Fund for Natural Damage Insurance in Agriculture) show that in the last six years there has been a 60% increase in compensation for farmers...

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said this morning in an interview on the "This Morning" program on Kan B that "we are just before the contagion storm - on a scale we have not seen in Israel." Bennett added that according to the isolation policy that is expected to be adopted by the government, vaccinated people will not be required for isolation - even if they are exposed to a verified patient. The Prime Minister stressed that the data on the hospitalization of children in the world due to the spread of the omicron are on the rise and called on parents to vaccinate their children. The...

The government ministers (Tuesday) confirmed in a telephone poll the cancellation of a series of restrictions created for the Corona period. Tomorrow, swimming pools, tourist attractions and the number of people allowed in confined spaces will be opened. As decided by the Prime Minister's Office, the restaurants, bars and public transport will also be opened. It was stated that "the reliefs have been approved due to the prolonged decline and stabilization in the number of new verified patients every day, in view of the steps taken by the government to prevent the spread of the corona virus

HMOs are starting to vaccinate against influenza viruses as early as next week, when new US flu vaccines have been released in the US ahead of a severe winter that could lead to a double wave of flu and corona flu. The World Health Organization states based on the monitoring of morbidity in the southern hemisphere that precedes the flu in the northern hemisphere, which shows that the common strains are similar to those of the last two years. This year, injectable vaccines (containing killed virus particles) intended for those aged six months and older at all ages, and spray vaccines...

After a long period of information leaks, Intel officially announced the launch of Alder Lake, the new generation of PC processors. This is the 12th generation of Intel Core processors, the successor to the previous generation (Rocket Lake). The new series of processors will be designed for PCs, desktops and laptops. In a press release, Intel (+ 1.71% 137.1) estimated that the processors would generate revenue in the order of tens of billions of dollars. Intel's big challenge will be to prove that the new processors address and close the gaps with the new AMD and Apple processors

The defense establishment has announced that it has successfully completed a series of experiments in a target interception system using a powerful laser. The experiments have taken place in recent weeks in an experimental field in the south of the country, in which the ground laser system intercepted unmanned aerial vehicles, shrapnel, rockets and anti-tank missiles in various scenarios. Israel is the first country in the world to present experimental results demonstrating operational capabilities for laser interception. During the experiment, the developers imagined the launches over...

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman, Justice Minister Gideon Saar, and Deputy Prime Minister Avir Kara held a press conference in which they presented a "national plan to reduce regulation and bureaucracy." The trials, already six months ago, during the previous government term. Prime Minister Bennett said that prices in Israel are very high and the government headed by him is not ready to accept the reality. "The truth must be told, the real cause of business awkwardness and the cost of living is the government itself. Everything is going to change, the...

The huge improvement in the state budget data continues, along with increased activity in the economy - which has been open for seven months since the third closure. Although the state budget in August was again in deficit, the deficit is shrinking from month to month. In August, the deficit amounted to only NI 1.2%S 1.1 billion. The decrease in the cumulative deficit in August alone is the largest in all the 2000s - a decrease of to a level of 8%. In June, the budget deficit was 10% and in July 9.2%. Senior officials in the Ministry of Finance explained in the briefing on the budget data...

In a discussion held on Thursday between representatives of the HMOs and the Ministry of Health on the subject of corona vaccines, the representatives of the HMOs were surprised to discover that vaccine doses are expected to arrive in Israel in a much larger amount than initially expected. According to the information received by the HMOs, the vaccines in the first delivery will arrive in two beats and in each beat two million vaccine doses will be received. The shipment may arrive in Israel as early as the end of December or the beginning of January. Following the vaccination campaign...