The Tokyo Stock Exchange: An intro
The stock exchange has two leading indices: Nikkei 225 and TOPIX.
Economy
How to deal with debt? A few ideas
New financial regulation can serve as an opportunity to take a new look at your household debt and find ways to pay it wisely.
Moody's downgrade impacts Israeli bonds, but how?
Israeli entities could see a new reality amid Moody's decision to downgrade Israeli banks, which followed a similar decision on Israel's economy.
The importance of examining household investment portfolio
The Bank of Israel has recently allowed banks to charge clients for investment advice. This is an opportunity for each household to examine and analyze its investment portfolio.
BOI governor says economy will recover after Moody's downgrade, urges action
Moody's cut Israel's country rating to "A2," which is five notches above investment grade, from A1 on Friday.
Moody's downgrades Israel's rating, forecast due to war
The agency announced Israel's credit rating will now stand at A2, down from A1, with a negative outlook. This means that the credit rating may continue to decline.
Japan's Itochu to end cooperation with Israel's Elbit over Gaza war
Itochu Aviation, Elbit Systems and Nippon Aircraft Supply (NAS) signed the strategic cooperation memorandum of understanding (MoU) in March 2023.
Chinese retailer Shein under fire for 'making profit' off campaign to release captives
Shein's online platforms have been selling the popular solidarity tags with the inscription "Bring Them Home Now," despite not being sanctioned to do so. "It's no different from buying a fake Adidas shirt or Nike shoes. In my eyes it is more serious for Israelis, although in both cases it is a violation of the law," says lawyer who has been helping the captives' families in their campaign.
No more earmarks? Gov't plans to eliminate controversial spending with semantics
Exclusively obtained plan shows how government would essentially fold the special mechanism – usually used for pork barrel spending to keep Coalition parties in line – into the official state budget bill starting in 2025.
Why are Haredi women majoring in computer science? Report shows new trends
The Israel Democracy Institute's yearbook on the Haredi sector, which has been published for eight years and reviews the changes that have taken place in recent decades in various fields in ultra-Orthodox society, sheds light on just how far along Haredi women have come in joining the workforce.