An Israeli island in Finland
FINLAND – It is truly a strange story: Four young Israelis, who each made a quick exit in high-tech or real estate, bought a Finnish island. It’s as simple as that. The price: 450, 000 euros. More...
How Do Europeans Feel About A Grexit?
Months of negotiations between Greece and its creditors have tested the patience and sympathy of its European neighbours. According to a YouGov poll, many people across Europe care little about whether More...
Foreign Direct Investment: Which Nations Are Playing to Win?
Foreign direct investment has never been more important in catalyzing growth, whether in the developed or developing world. Although equity markets around the world have largely recovered since the financial More...
Israeli TV Format Investment Fund Expands to Finland
Israel’s TV FORMAT Fund, which was launched only a year ago by entrepreneur Alon Dolev and Rubicon Business Group (Amir Bramly), is now establishing a representative partnership in Finland. The company More...
Helsinki Researchers’ Search Engine Outperforms Google
Researchers at the Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT have developed a new search engine that outperforms current ones, and helps people to do searches more efficiently. The SciNet search engine More...
Billionaire Jim Breyer Extols ‘Magical’ Age of Innovative Thinking Worldwide
Experimentation and entrepreneurship taking place all over the globe are bringing new ideas and providing ways of overcoming economic stagnation, a Bloomberg report said. “Innovation is happening in centers More...
Tired of London? Maybe you’re living in the wrong place
Study shows life satisfaction depends on whether local environment suits your personality. “When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life, ” observed the writer Samuel Johnson in More...
Micky Arison Named As Executive Chairman of FCCA
The Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) has named Micky Arison, Chairman of Carnival Corporation as its new Executive Committee chairman, as reported by gnomes national news service. Arison More...
Calvin Klein to Expand e-Commerce to 20 Countries
Apparel brand Calvin Klein, owned by PVH Corp, said it will expand its e-commerce operations to more than 20 countries by the end of 2015, business-to-business platform Fibre2fashion.com said. Calvin Klein More...
Governor Wishing Wisconsin Jews on Hanukkah ‘A Molotov’
Okay, so he didn’t throw a Molotov cocktail physically, but the Governor of Wisconsin threw out a statement wishing the Jewish community Molotov for Hanukkah. I’m sure the Governor of Wisconsin, More...