Read about the growing interest in the Israel-based Waze, the problems with Twitter's two-step authentication process, Flickr's website malfunction and more social-media news.

Vishay Intertechnology Inc. (VSH)May 23, 20139:30 am ETExecutivesMarc Zandman - Executive Chairman, Chief Business Development Officer, President of Vishay Israel Limited and Chairman of Executive CommitteePeter G. Henrici - Senior Vice President of

TEL AVIV, May 23 (Reuters) - On a new industrial park in Israel's largest Arab town, a software plant belonging to a multibillion-dollar U.S.-listed firm sits cheek-by-jowl with two small Arab-owned businesses: a metal factory and one producing tools

TEL AVIV, May 23 (Reuters) - On a new industrial park in Israel's largest Arab town, a software plant belonging to a multibillion-dollar U.S.-listed firm sits cheek-by-jowl with two small Arab-owned...

TEL AVIV, May 23 (Reuters) - Real estate developer Azrieli Group posted slightly higher net profit in the first quarter, boosted by an increase in rent and high occupancy rates at its properties in Israel.

* Worried by Russian-supplied air defences such as S-300 (Adds comments by Israeli defence minister)

HERZLIYA, Israel, May 22 (Reuters) - Israel is prepared to attack Syria to prevent advanced weapons reaching jihadi rebels or Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon if President Bashar al-Assad is toppled, Israel's air force chief said on Wednesday.

TEL AVIV, May 22 (Reuters) - Real estate developer Azrieli Group agreed to pay 374 million shekels ($101 million) to purchase land from the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper group that is adjacent to the Azrieli shopping centre and business complex in Tel A

A potential bank robbery gone wrong has left five people dead in Israel after police stormed the bank in an effort to free hostages Monday afternoon. Two possible bank robbers tried to hold up the Bank Hapoalim in Beersheba on Monday around lunchtime

Below are the top small-cap grocery stores stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of dividend yield.Alon Holdings Blue Square – Israel (NYSE: BSI) has a dividend yield of 13.90%.

TEL AVIV, May 22 (Reuters) - Partner Communications , Israel's second-largest mobile phone operator, posted a 79 percent drop in first-quarter net profit as the company faces increased competition and an erosion in prices.

TEL AVIV, May 22 (Reuters) - Partner Communications , Israel's second-largest mobile phone operator, posted a 79 percent drop in first-quarter net profit as the company faces increased competition and an erosion in prices.

TEL AVIV, May 22 (Reuters) - Partner Communications , Israel's second-largest mobile phone operator, posted a 79 percent drop in first-quarter net profit as the company faces increased competition and an erosion in prices.

May 21 (Reuters) - Ladbrokes said as many as 100 employees at its headquarters in Harrow could lose their jobs as Britain's second-largest bookmaker transfers a number of roles to its operation in Israel, set up as part of its agreement with gaming s

Syrian forces fired upon and at the very least damaged an Israeli vehicle in the Golan heights, reports the Associated Press. Syria claimed to have destroyed a vehicles, where Israel claimed the vehicle was only damaged and that the fracas was minor

Elbit Imaging Ltd. ("EI" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: EMITF) announced today, further to the Company's announcement dated March 20, 2013, that it has received a notice from Bank Leumi le-Israel B.M.

JERUSALEM, May 21 (Reuters) - Israel on Tuesday expanded thedistance it permits Gaza fishermen to head out to sea, restoringa limit it cut in half two months ago in response to rocket firefrom the Palestinian enclave.

By IPOdesktop: Based in Tel Aviv, Israel, Alcobra Pharmaceuticals (ADHD) scheduled a $25 million IPO with a market capitalization of $133 million at a price range mid-point of $11, for Wednesday, May 22, 2013.Five other new IPOs are scheduled for IPO

A few days when reporting that the Russian Pacific fleet had crossed the Suez canal for the first time in decades in order to form a Mediterranean task force parked in Cyprus for obvious symbolic reasons (in close proximity to Syria and the Israel-pa

TEL AVIV, May 20 (Reuters) - Israel plans to amend a law granting companies tax breaks and grants to invest in the country as the government tries to close a widening budget deficit.

TEL AVIV, May 20 (Reuters) - Israel plans to amend a law granting companies tax breaks and grants to invest in the country as the government tries to close a widening budget deficit.

TEL AVIV, May 20 (Reuters) - Israel plans to amend a law granting companies tax breaks and grants to invest in the country as the government tries to close a widening budget deficit.

TEL AVIV, May 20 (Reuters) - Israel plans to amend a law granting companies tax breaks and grants to invest in the country as the government tries to close a widening budget deficit.

JERUSALEM, May 20 (Reuters) - A bank robbery in Israel on Monday ended with the deaths of five people, including one of the holdup men who apparently shot and killed himself when police launched a...

By StockRiters:Teva Pharmaceutical (TEVA) is a widely followed Israel-based global pharmaceutical company; however, besides its popular Copaxone drug, I did not find a lot of studies about the other drug candidates in its pipeline. The company is pri

JERUSALEM, May 19 (Reuters) - Israel demanded a Frenchtelevision station on Sunday correct a report from nearly 13years ago which helped fuel anger across the world and ignite abloody uprising against the Jewish state.

By Benzinga: By: The ETF ProfessorIn less than two months a dizzying array of global central banks have lowered interest rates. The European Central Bank, the Reserve Bank of Australia, the Reserve Bank of India, the Bank of Israel, the Central Bank

JERUSALEM, May 19 (Reuters) - The government plans to tighten up rules around corporate debt restructuring following accusations of growing abuse of the system by Israel companies.

PARIS, May 19 (Reuters) - France is in talks with the United States and Israel to buy intelligence-gathering drones to build up a modern fleet, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Sunday.

Israel's Channel 2 released satellite images of at least two locations struck in a reported Israeli airstrike at Damascus International Airport on May 3. Israel is suspected of targeting Fateh-110 surface-to-surface missiles from Iran that were

In less than two months a dizzying array of global central banks have lowered interest rates. The European Central Bank, the Reserve Bank of Australia, the Reserve Bank of India, the Bank of Israel, the Central Bank of Turkey and the list goes on.

Russia has sent a dozen or more warships to patrol waters near its naval base in Syria, a buildup that U.S. and European officials are taking as an aggressive stance meant partly to warn the West and Israel not to intervene in Syria's civil war.

Xi Jinping's plan for peace in Israel is another sign of global Chinese ambitions—and waning U.S. influence.

Earlier we reported that the US has now officially landed a Marine force in Israel as well as an assault ship, in a visit that the US Navy promptly assured "is not associated with, nor a reaction to, any world events." It seems we were not the only o

* Netanyahu accelerates plans to introduce port competition

Two weeks ago, when we reported on the news of yet another aerial assault by Israel on Syria, we said that "while speculation a US-led escalation is ripe, the lack of any US naval support (as shown by Stratfor's naval update map from May 2) off the c

JERUSALEM, May 16 (Reuters) - A U.S.-Israeli group drilling in the eastern Mediterranean has discovered positive signs of another natural gas field off Israel's coast, potentially boosting the country's reserves as it drafts its export policy.

In sharp contrast to Israel's committed secrecy regarding military operations, an official from the Israeli government contacted the New York Times on Wednesday to warn of another possible strike on Syria. The Times described the official as "briefed

The notion of the "Land of Israel" ("Eretz Yisrael" known in Hebrew) has been sacred to the Jewish people since Biblical times. Various empires — including those of the Persians, Romans, Umayyads, and Ottomans — conquered the area un

Israel's 25bp cut in its policy rate earlier in the week was the 514th reduction worldwide since June 2007 (and Serbia this morning the 515th). As Bloomberg's Niraj Shah notes, Eastern European countries have made the biggest cuts this year as their

JERUSALEM, May 14 (Reuters) - Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will fly to Russia on Tuesday for talks about the Syria crisis, Israeli officials said.

A plan for higher taxes has prompted demonstrations reminiscent of those that rocked the country in 2011, when crowds protested the high cost of living.    

A plan for higher taxes has prompted demonstrations reminiscent of those that rocked the country in 2011, when crowds protested the high cost of living.    

Submitted by Alexander Gloy of Lighthouse Investment Management, ... the Bank of Israel! On Monday, Bank of Israel cut interest rates in a surprise decision to 1.5% from 1.75%. Also, they are done with watching the Shekel strengthen against the dol

Joining a new wave of global central bank easing, the Bank of Israel cut its benchmark interest rate Monday in a surprising move aimed at relieving upward pressure on the country's currency, the shekel.

By Benzinga: By: The ETF ProfessorFrom Brussels to Sydney to Hanoi, global central banks have been taking the ax to interest rates over the past several weeks. International central bankers can now welcome a new member to the no-longer exclusive rate

The Bank of Israel stepped up its efforts to curb the appreciation of the shekel, unexpectedly cutting its interest rate and announcing a program to purchase foreign currency in a move that surprised markets.

From Brussels to Sydney to Hanoi, global central banks have been taking the ax to interest rates over the past several weeks. International central bankers can now welcome a new member to the no-longer exclusive rate cut club, that being Israel.

Cellcom Israel Ltd. (CEL)Q1 2013 Earnings Conference CallMay 13, 2013; 09:00 a.m. ETExecutivesNir Sztern - Chief Executive OfficerYaacov Heen - Chief Financial OfficerPorat Saar - CCG Investor RelationsAnalystsDavid Kaplan - Barclays CapitalMichael C