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European Technology, Media & Telecommunications Monitor
European Technology, Media & Telecommunications Monitor Market and Industry Update Fourth Quarter 2012 Piper Jaffray European TMT Team: Eric Sanschagrin Managing Director Head of European TMT [email protected] +44 (0) 207 796 8420 Stefan Zinzen Principal [email protected] +44 (0) 207 796 8418 Jessica Harneyford Associate [email protected] +44 (0) 207 796 8416 Peter Shin Analyst [email protected] +44 (0) 207 796 8444 Julie Wright Executive Assistant [email protected] +44 (0) 207 796 8427 TECHNOLOGY, MEDIA &TELECOMMUNICATIONS MONITOR Market and Industry Update Selected Piper Jaffray 2012 TMT Transactions 2 This report may not be reproduced, redistributed or passed to any other person or published in whole or in part for any purpose without the written consent of Piper Jaffray. © 2013 Piper Jaffray Ltd. All rights reserved. TECHNOLOGY, MEDIA &TELECOMMUNICATIONS MONITOR Market and Industry Update Contents 1. Internet and Digital Media A. Trading Update B. Transaction Update C. Public Market Trading Multiples 2. Software and IT Services A. Trading Update B. Transaction Update C. Public Market Trading Multiples 3. Communications Technology And Hardware A. Trading Update B. Transaction Update C. Public Market Trading Multiples 4. Equity Capital Markets and M&A Update 3 This report may not be reproduced, redistributed or passed to any other person or published in whole or in part for any purpose without the written consent of Piper Jaffray. © 2013 Piper Jaffray Ltd. All rights reserved. TECHNOLOGY, MEDIA &TELECOMMUNICATIONS -
Excluded, for God's Sake: Gender Segregation and the Exclusion of Women in Public Space in Israel
Excluded, For God’s Sake: Gender Segregation and the Exclusion of Women in Public Space in Israel המרכז הרפורמי לדת ומדינה -לוגו ללא מספר. Third Annual Report – December 2013 Israel Religious Action Center Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism Excluded, For God’s Sake: Gender Segregation and the Exclusion of Women in Public Space in Israel Third Annual Report – December 2013 Written by: Attorney Ruth Carmi, Attorney Ricky Shapira-Rosenberg Consultation: Attorney Einat Hurwitz, Attorney Orly Erez-Lahovsky English translation: Shaul Vardi Cover photo: Tomer Appelbaum, Haaretz, September 29, 2010 – © Haaretz Newspaper Ltd. © 2014 Israel Religious Action Center, Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism Israel Religious Action Center 13 King David St., P.O.B. 31936, Jerusalem 91319 Telephone: 02-6203323 | Fax: 03-6256260 www.irac.org | [email protected] Acknowledgement In loving memory of Dick England z"l, Sherry Levy-Reiner z"l, and Carole Chaiken z"l. May their memories be blessed. With special thanks to Loni Rush for her contribution to this report IRAC's work against gender segregation and the exclusion of women is made possible by the support of the following people and organizations: Kathryn Ames Foundation Claudia Bach Philip and Muriel Berman Foundation Bildstein Memorial Fund Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation Inc. Donald and Carole Chaiken Foundation Isabel Dunst Naomi and Nehemiah Cohen Foundation Eugene J. Eder Charitable Foundation John and Noeleen Cohen Richard and Lois England Family Jay and Shoshana Dweck Foundation Foundation Lewis Eigen and Ramona Arnett Edith Everett Finchley Reform Synagogue, London Jim and Sue Klau Gold Family Foundation FJC- A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds Vicki and John Goldwyn Mark and Peachy Levy Robert Goodman & Jayne Lipman Joseph and Harvey Meyerhoff Family Richard and Lois Gunther Family Foundation Charitable Funds Richard and Barbara Harrison Yocheved Mintz (Dr. -
Financing Land Grab
[Released under the Official Information Act - July 2018] 1 Financing Land Grab The Direct Involvement of Israeli Banks in the Israeli Settlement Enterprise February 2017 [Released under the Official Information Act - July 2018] 2 [Released under the Official Information Act - July 2018] 3 Financing Land Grab The Direct Involvement of Israeli Banks in the Israeli Settlement Enterprise February 2017 [Released under the Official Information Act - July 2018] 4 Who Profits from the Occupation is a research center dedicated to exposing the commercial involvement of Israeli and international companies in the continued Israeli control over Palestinian and Syrian land. Who Profits operates an online database, which includes information concerning companies that are commercially complicit in the occupation. In addition, the center publishes in-depth reports and flash reports about industries, projects and specific companies. Who Profits also serves as an information center for queries regarding corporate involvement in the occupation. In this capacity, Who Profits assists individuals and civil society organizations working to end the Israeli occupation and to promote international law, corporate social responsibility, social justice and labor rights. www.whoprofits.org | [email protected] [Released under the Official Information Act - July 2018] 5 Contents Executive Summary 7 Introduction 10 Israeli Construction on Occupied Land 14 Benefits for Homebuyers and Contractors in Settlements 16 Financing Construction on Occupied Land 20 The Settlement -
B'tselem Report: Dispossession & Exploitation: Israel's Policy in the Jordan Valley & Northern Dead Sea, May
Dispossession & Exploitation Israel's policy in the Jordan Valley & northern Dead Sea May 2011 Researched and written by Eyal Hareuveni Edited by Yael Stein Data coordination by Atef Abu a-Rub, Wassim Ghantous, Tamar Gonen, Iyad Hadad, Kareem Jubran, Noam Raz Geographic data processing by Shai Efrati B'Tselem thanks Salwa Alinat, Kav LaOved’s former coordinator of Palestinian fieldworkers in the settlements, Daphna Banai, of Machsom Watch, Hagit Ofran, Peace Now’s Settlements Watch coordinator, Dror Etkes, and Alon Cohen-Lifshitz and Nir Shalev, of Bimkom. 2 Table of contents Introduction......................................................................................................................... 5 Chapter One: Statistics........................................................................................................ 8 Land area and borders of the Jordan Valley and northern Dead Sea area....................... 8 Palestinian population in the Jordan Valley .................................................................... 9 Settlements and the settler population........................................................................... 10 Land area of the settlements .......................................................................................... 13 Chapter Two: Taking control of land................................................................................ 15 Theft of private Palestinian land and transfer to settlements......................................... 15 Seizure of land for “military needs”............................................................................. -
Shareholder Meeting
17 June 2009 HarbourVest Global Private Equity Limited Informal Meeting for Shareholders Welcome Sir Michael Bunbury Chairman, HVPE HarbourVest and HVPE Attendees Sir Michael Bunbury Chairman of HVPE D. Brooks Zug Senior Managing Director and Founder of HarbourVest; Director of HVPE George Anson Managing Director of HarbourVest; Director of HVPE Steve Belgrad CFO of HVPE Amanda McCrystal Head of Investor Relations and Communications for HVPE 2 Agenda I. Welcome Sir Michael Bunbury II. Overview of the Manager – HarbourVest D. Brooks Zug III. HVPE Review Steve Belgrad • Financial Highlights • Portfolio • Commitments and Balance Sheet • Trading and Investor Relations • HVPE Outlook IV. Outlook for Private Equity George Anson V. Summary / Questions and Answers Steve Belgrad 6/1/2009 3 Overview of the Manager – HarbourVest D. Brooks Zug Senior Managing Director and Founder, HarbourVest Director, HVPE Overview of the Investment Manager – HarbourVest Partners Largest Private Independent, 100% owner-managed private equity fund-of-funds Equity Founders began private equity investing in 1978 Fund-of-Funds Manager with Total capital raised over 25 years of $30 billion Experienced, Global 78 investment professionals in Boston, London and Hong Kong Team together with a support staff of more than 140 Focus on three private equity investment strategies: primary Consistent partnerships, secondary investments, direct investments Private Equity Strategy Four principal product lines: U.S. fund-of-funds, non-U.S. fund-of-funds, secondary-focused funds, direct / co-investment funds Demonstrated One of the longest track records in the industry Upper Quartile Achieved by the same professionals that manage the portfolio today Investment Demonstrated top quartile performance across all private equity Performance strategies1 __________________ Note: (1) Where relevant benchmarks exist. -
The Haredim As a Challenge for the Jewish State. the Culture War Over Israel's Identity
SWP Research Paper Peter Lintl The Haredim as a Challenge for the Jewish State The Culture War over Israel’s Identity Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik German Institute for International and Security Affairs SWP Research Paper 14 December 2020, Berlin Abstract ∎ A culture war is being waged in Israel: over the identity of the state, its guiding principles, the relationship between religion and the state, and generally over the question of what it means to be Jewish in the “Jewish State”. ∎ The Ultra-Orthodox community or Haredim are pitted against the rest of the Israeli population. The former has tripled in size from four to 12 per- cent of the total since 1980, and is projected to grow to over 20 percent by 2040. That projection has considerable consequences for the debate. ∎ The worldview of the Haredim is often diametrically opposed to that of the majority of the population. They accept only the Torah and religious laws (halakha) as the basis of Jewish life and Jewish identity, are critical of democratic principles, rely on hierarchical social structures with rabbis at the apex, and are largely a-Zionist. ∎ The Haredim nevertheless depend on the state and its institutions for safeguarding their lifeworld. Their (growing) “community of learners” of Torah students, who are exempt from military service and refrain from paid work, has to be funded; and their education system (a central pillar of ultra-Orthodoxy) has to be protected from external interventions. These can only be achieved by participation in the democratic process. ∎ Haredi parties are therefore caught between withdrawal and influence. -
The Massachusetts-Israel Economic Impact Study
The Massachusetts-Israel Economic Impact Study 2016 Edition: The Boston-Israel Power Partnership An expanding relationship that generates revenue, jobs, and investment for the benefit of both economies Boston Tel Aviv June 2016 Prepared for the New England-Israel Business Council With support from CJP of Greater Boston Based on research by Stax, Inc. With additional research by TAMID @ Boston University by David Goodtree Table of Contents » Executive Summary ....................................................................................................... 4 » Israeli Innovation Is a Major Driver of the Massachusetts Economy ............................4 » About the Title of This Whitepaper .....................................................................................5 » Israeli Entrepreneurs Choose Boston To Build Global Businesses ..................... 6 » Boston is a Gateway for Israel to U.S. and Global Markets ............................................6 » Revenue ...................................................................................................................................7 » Jobs ...........................................................................................................................................8 » Capital ......................................................................................................................................8 » Acquisitions .............................................................................................................................10 -
The Israeli Economy April 28, 2014 – May 2, 2014
THE TIKVAH FUND 165 E. 56th Street New York, New York 10022 UPDATED APRIL 23, 2014 The Israeli Economy April 28, 2014 – May 2, 2014 Roger Hertog, Dan Senor, and Ohad Reifen I. Description: Like much about the modern Jewish State, the Israeli economy is an improbable, fascinating, and precarious mix of great achievements and looming challenges. The legacy of its socialist past persists in many sectors of the economy and in the provision of many social services. And yet, Israel has emerged as one of the most dynamic, creative, entrepreneurial start-up economies in the world. Amid the recent economic downturn, the Israeli economy has fared well by comparison to most other advanced democracies. And yet, some of the pro-growth reforms of the recent past are under increasing political pressure. And for all the dynamism of its entrepreneurial class, the fastest growing sectors of Israeli society—the Haredim and the Arabs—are, comparatively, not well trained and not fully integrated into the work-force. For the Jewish State, economic success is a strategic—indeed, an existential—issue. Like all modern nations, Israel and its people yearn for a better life: more opportunity, more meaningful work, greater wealth for oneself and one’s family. And like all decent societies, Israel seeks an economy that serves and reflects the moral aspirations of its citizens, balancing a safety net for those in need and a culture of economic independence and initiative. But Israel is also different: economic stagnation would make it impossible to sustain the national power necessary to deter and confront its enemies, while exacerbating social tensions and fault lines between the various sectors of Israeli society. -
Research Department Bank of Israel
Bank of Israel Research Departmen t “Much Ado about Nothing”? The Effect of Print Media Tone on Stock Indices Mosi Rosenboim,a Yossi Saadon, b and Ben Z. Schreiber c Discussion Paper No. 2018.10 October 2018 ___________________ Bank of Israel; http://www.boi.org.il a Ben-Gurion University, Faculty of Management, [email protected] b Bank of Israel Research Department and Sapir College, [email protected] c (corresponding author) Bank of Israel Information and Statistics Department and Bar-Ilan University, [email protected] The authors thank Alon Eizenberg, Ron Kaniel, Doron Kliger, Ilan Kremer, Nathan Sussman, and the participants at the Bank of Israel Research Department seminar, the Bar-Ilan University AMCB forum, and the Ben-Gurion University research seminar, for their helpful comments and suggestions. We specially thank 'Ifat Media Research' company for providing us a unique database and the tone classifications. We also thank Yonatan Schreiber for technical assistance. Any views expressed in the Discussion Paper Series are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Bank of Israel חטיבת המחקר , בנק ישראל ת"ד 780 ירושלים 91007 Research Department, Bank of Israel. POB 780, 91007 Jerusalem, Israel Abstract We translate print media coverage into a gauge of human sentiment and the equivalent advertisement value, and find that the tone of media coverage substantially impacts stock markets. The tone has a positive effect on both overnight and daily stock returns but not on intraday returns, while conditional variance and daily price gaps are negatively influenced. This effect is significant on days of sharp price declines. -
Access to Knowledge for Consumers Reports of Campaigns and Research 2008–2010
Access to Knowledge for Consumers Reports of Campaigns and Research 2008–2010 Access to knowledge for consumers Reports of Campaigns and Research 2008–2010 CONSUMERS INTERNATIONAL KUALA LUMPUR 2010 About Consumers International Consumers International (CI) is the only independent global campaigning voice for consumers. With over 220 member organisations in 115 countries, we are building a powerful international consumer movement to help protect and empower consumers everywhere. For more information, visit www.consumersinternational.org. Published and produced by Consumers International Regional Office for Asia Pacific and the Middle East Lot 5-1 Wisma WIM, 7 Jalan Abang Haji Openg, TTDI, 60000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Tel: (603) 7726 1599 Fax: (603) 7726 8599 Access to Knowledge for Consumers: Reports of Campaigns and Research 2008–2010 Compiled and edited by Jeremy Malcolm Cover design by Andrea Carter Production by Jeremy Malcolm Printed by Makmur Millenium Enterprise © 2010 Consumers International. Some rights reserved. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Licence <creativecommons.org/licences/by-sa/3.0/> ISBN: 978-0-9566117-1-0 Contents List of Tables ix List of Figures xi Introduction 1 I Global consumer survey on A2K access barriers 9 1 First phase: planning and interviews 11 Dr Jeremy Malcolm 1.1 Previous research ........................ 12 1.2 Classification of access barriers ................ 13 1.3 Scope ............................... 14 1.4 Methodology ........................... 15 1.5 Preparation of the first phase interviews ........... 17 1.6 Analysing the interview data .................. 19 1.7 Highlights of the interview results ............... 32 1.8 Categorising the access barriers ................ 33 1.9 Conclusion ............................ 34 2 Second phase: global questionnaire 37 Dr Karuthan Chinna and Dr Jeremy Malcolm 2.1 Survey development ..................... -
Arab Citizens' Integration Into Israeli High-Tech
Arab Citizens’ Integration into Israeli High-Tech: Achievements and Emerging Issues Inter-Agency Task Force on Israeli Arab Issues August 2018 _____________________________________ Research: Alma Schneider Editor: Liron Shoham TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................. 1 II. CONTEXT: HIGH TECH SUSTAINABILITY AND GROWTH .................................................... 3 Economic Footprint ................................................................................................................. 3 Human Capital Shortage ......................................................................................................... 4 Focus on Arab Society ............................................................................................................. 5 III. THE CHALLENGE: BARRIERS TO INTEGRATION ................................................................. 6 IV. DOMINANT STRATEGIES AND APPROACHES ................................................................... 8 V. DETAILED STATUS: ACHIEVEMENTS AND EMERGING ISSUES ......................................... 10 Higher Education: Completion and Employability ................................................................ 12 Depth of Workforce Integration ............................................................................................ 13 Industry Expansion – Tech Hubs and Startups ...................................................................... 14 Arab -
Israel MARY LOITSKER
Opening the Budget to Citizens in Israel MARY LOITSKER. SUPERVISED BY DR. TEHILLA SHWARTZ ALTSHULER Demystifying Israel’s State Budget In 1985 Israel’s economy underwent a fundamental reform, following a decade of unrestrained inflation. In order to curb government spending, the Ministry of Finance introduced an extremely centralized budgeting regime and took almost full control over the allocation and management of the ministerial budgets. The economy soon stabilized, but this practice remained and became deeply ingrained into the organizational culture of the government.1 The Ministry thus gained a monopoly not only over the formulation of the state budget but also over budgeting knowledge. The subject of the budget evolved to be considered the exclusive professional domain of the Ministry’s economists. It was rarely subjected to more than a superficial discussion or scrutiny of the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, or the broader public, who in turn had little understanding of or interest in the topic. The absence of easily accessible budget data further hindered the ability of the parliament and the public to monitor these processes. Civil society, academics, politicians, and judges have been criticizing for decades this disproportionate amount of control over the planning and management of the state budget concentrated in the hands of the Ministry of Finance.2 Civic-minded hackers were instrumental in providing a solution. After a lethal fire devastated the precious Carmel Forest in December 2010, an intense public debate followed about the underfunding of firefighting units. Adam Kariv, a techie activist who would later go on to found the Public Knowledge Workshop (PKW),3 went on to fact-check public accusations made in the media.