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The Companies Survey for the first quarter of 2019 reflects a moderation in the rate of expansion of business sector activity. The net balance of the business sector declined in the first quarter of 2019 to close to zero. In the services, trade and industry sectors, the Bank of Israel expects expansion in the next quarter. In the last quarter the rise in the net balance of output in the manufacturing industry was halted in the previous two quarters. The net balance of output in the last quarter was negligible but insignificant, especially among companies whose level of innovation is mixed,...

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries announced plans to lay off approximately 2,900 employees — about 8% of its global workforce — by 2027 as part of a sweeping cost-cutting strategy to boost profitability. The move is part of the company’s goal to achieve a 30% operating profit margin by 2027

As 2.6 million students return to schools across Israel today (Monday), the education system is facing what experts and educators describe as the most severe crisis in its history — with dramatic deterioration in budget allocation, academic standards, leadership, and core democratic values

Gross domestic product increased by 4.8% in the first quarter of 2019 compared to the fourth quarter of 2018, according to the second estimate published by the Central Bureau of Statistics on Sunday. This increase is more moderate than the previous estimate for the first quarter published last month, which reported an increase of 5.2%. Although the Central Bureau of Statistics has revised its growth rate in the first quarter downwards, this is still an impressive figure, reflecting an increase in the economy's growth rate, by 3.8% in the fourth quarter and 3.8% in the third quarter of 2018

In 2018 there was a further decline in the number of decisions dismissing the bankrupt from their debts. In this year, 7,325 orders were issued by the courts exempting ordinary debtors from their debts, a decrease of 4% compared to 2017. In 2016, 6,587 such orders were issued. However, no similar "line" of declines was recorded in the companies' arena. During the year 2018, 1,207 dissolution requests were filed - a 2.3% increase in the number of liquidation requests compared to 2017. Among the companies that collapsed last year were Honigman, one of Israel's largest and most famous fashion...