Globes News
- Emma Stone: 'There Is Romance' With Andrew Garfield In 'The Amazing Spider-Man' Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:41PMLOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Will Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone share a kiss in the leagues of Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst's iconic upside-down in the rain smooch in the upcoming "The Amazing Spider-Man"?
- Big Brothers Big Sisters and the Maryland Mentoring Partnership Appoints August Chiasera and Eliza Graham to Board Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:15PMBALTMORE, MD - Big Brothers Big Sisters and the Maryland Mentoring Partnership (BBBS/MMP) today anno...
- Excellence CEO slams Ben-Dov's proposed haircut Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:13PMDavid Baruch tells "Globes": This is liable to boomerang against him.
- Coal excise hike to add 4% to electricity rate Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:23PMIsrael Electric Corporation doesn't care about the tax hike - it just adds it onto electricty bills.
- Ricky Gervais Teams with ‘Dexter’ Producer Clyde Phillips On ‘Afterlife’ Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 10:42AMFamed comedian Ricky Gervais has joined forces with former 'Dexter' producer Clyde Phillips for the new series 'Afterlife', about an atheist on a journey to heaven. After reading this article, people also read: ‘Transformers’ Producer Developing ‘Space Invaders’ Movie ‘Torchwood: Miracle Day’ Creator Russell T. Davies Developing Showtime Series ‘Falling Skies’ Renewed For Season 2 After 4 Episodes
- 5 Ways Feng-Shui Makes a Better "Back-to-School" Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 9:32AMBooks? Check. Backpack? Check. Pens, pencils, paper, markers, binders, etc.? Check. Feng Shi? Checcccccc...What? That's right. Your back-to-school list isn't complete until you've added Fortune and Luck to the mix. All children are affected by their environment, so a room arranged with feng shui in mind will certainly help contribute to a positive and well-adjusted kid. And isn't that exactly ...
- Fred Hayman, Legendary Godfather of Rodeo Drive; His Story of Beverly Hills, Hollywood Style and the Gilded Age of L.A. Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 9:22AMThe highly-anticipated authorized biography by Rose Apodaca about the dapper gent who radically changed the way the world saw Los Angeles style, how the beauty business operated and magazines smelled, and the potential of retail and brandingâFred Hayman: The Extraordinary Difference The Story of Rodeo Drive, Hollywood Glamour and the Showman Who Sold It All âgoes on sale Summer 2011.
- Tue: Israel Chemicals lifts market Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 9:08AMTeva and Elbit Systems lost ground after discouraging surveys by analysts.
- Sheen to return to TV screens in ‘Anger Management’ Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:58AMLOS ANGELES: Charlie Sheen is to return to the small screen in a TV series about anger management, he said Monday, four months after being sacked from a mega-hit show for a string of rants about its producers.
- PV co SolarEdge raises $8m from Silicon Valley Bank Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:57AMCEO Guy Sella predicts that the company will reach $200 million in sales in 2012.
- State of Economy Index growth slows Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:42AMThe index rose by 0.2% in June and 2.7% in the first half of 2011.
- Savings advisory co WizBill raises NIS 870,000 Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:28AMThe company raised the three-year loan from the Chief Scientist, Meytag incubator franchisee Capital Point, and the company's founders.
- Red blood cell monitoring co Nehora Photonics raises $300,000 Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:27AMSingapore private equity fund Rutledge Global Epsilon made the investment.
- 30-Minute Webinar for Independent Software Vendors and SaaS Providers Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:22AMBOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--To show ISV/SaaS vendors how End User Experience Management can drive adoption and end user productivity, Aternity is hosting a 30-minute webinar scheduled for Tuesday, July 26th (1 PM ET / 10 AM PT)
- Arkia buys Dead Sea's Hod Hamidbar Hotel Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 7:58AMPsagot failed to sell the hotel to Fattal Hotels for NIS 121.5 million.
- Sheen to return to TV screens in 'Anger Management' Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:53PMLOS ANGELES: Charlie Sheen is to return to the small screen in a TV series about anger management, he said Monday, four months after being sacked from a mega-hit show for a string of rants about its producers.
- Betty White rejects Marine's date request to ball Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:31PMReuters - Add one more item to the list of ways in which Betty White and Mila Kunis are very, very different women.
- S. Korea leads way for paperless classroom Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:24PMBy 2015, the nation's schools will abandon traditional textbooks in favor of digital learning. Over the next four years, the nation's government will spend more than $2 billion to provide every student with a tablet and, in the process, become the first country in the world to go paperless in ...
- Tax holiday encourages back-to-school shopping Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 5:41PMThis year, the money-saving holiday goes from August 5-7. During that weekend, shoppers will not have to pay the state’s 4.225% sales tax. In some places, shoppers can save even more by not paying local sales taxes.
- Interview: Patricia Clarkson and Jenna Elfman on Friends with Benefits Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 4:53PMFriends with Benefits has a great supporting cast of characters, and from everything the actors said, it’s apparent that Will Gluck is fun to work with. We got a chance to sit down with two of those supporting players, Patricia Clarkson, who plays Mila Kunis’s mom and Jenna Elfman, who plays Justin Timberlake’s sister, to [...]
- Nelson Mandela's 93rd birthday inspires South Africa Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 4:19PMALEXANDRA, South Africa — A highway and a mile-wide valley divide the glittering retail towers and leafy suburbs of Sandton from the exuberant chaos and squalid poverty of Alexandra township in South Africa. But on Mandela Day, the birthday of the nation's best-loved liberation hero, the gulf seems less impossible.
- 21 New Media Innovators Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 2:46PMWhile the dark days of journalism have receded a bit — it was only three years ago that layoffs were a weekly occurrence, and serious people discussed the closure of the New York Times — the business is still very much in a state of chaotic flux. The so-called war between new and old media rages on among the pundits, with Facebook supplanting Google News as the new bogeyman . But if you look ...
- Can't Miss It: Monday Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 12:47PMOne of the worst movies of the 20th Century, random inquisitiveness and the opportunity to find the sublime within the absurd are all at your disposal this evening. [ more › ]
- EZ Energy USA Acquires 30 Locations for $50.5M Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 12:33PMMANSFIELD, Ohio -- Israel-based EZ Energy Ltd. has acquired 30 U.S. gas stations and convenience stores for $50.5 million plus the inventory cost, according to a report by Globes Online . The deal, which would boost EZ Energy USA 's store count to 120, is expected to close in October.
- Rift widens between Netanyahu and Steinitz Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:43AMThe prime minister is angry because he feels the minister of finance is leaving him to face the media fire and make the tough decisions.
- Antitrust Authority begins collecting dairy data Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:18AMCollection of data began in the wake of the cottage cheese boycott and includes animal feed, farmers, dairy producers, and trade agreements between producers and retailers.
- NIS 7b wiped off provident funds savings so far this year Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:14AMProvident funds lost NIS 4.5 billion in June, the sector's worth month since the crisis in 2008.
- Poor first half for portfolio managers Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:13AMThere was an average decline of 2.9% over the past six months; however the return for the past twelve months is still positive.
- Gervais wants Sheen to accept his Emmy Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:34AMRicky Gervais has been left stunned after learning he has personally been nominated for an Emmy award for his controversial slot hosting the Golden Globes - and he wants embattled actor Charlie Sheen to accept the prize if he wins.The British funnyman shocked fans and the A-list crowd at the ceremony in January after making outrageous jibes about the star-studded audience.His performance was met ...
- Fattal Hotels seeks reverse merger on TASE Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:28AMThe company is talks to merge its Leonardo brand operations in Europe with Tamir Fishman Real Estate.
- Gervais shares the love Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:08AMShould he win, Ricky Gervais would like Charlie Sheen to accept his Emmy award for hosting the Golden Globes.
- Food execs fear becoming politicians' scapegoats Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:04AM"The great fear is that the prime minister, who has no immediate solutions to a lot of things, will harm the food companies in order to lower prices.
- Zion Oil & Gas Letter to Shareholders Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 9:24PMDear Shareholder and/or Friend of ZionSince my last update to you on July 1, 2011, Zion's staff has,...
- Institutions bailed out of Tao Tsuot early Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 11:43AMSpeculators picked up the bonds cheaply - which could give Ilan Ben-Dov an easy ride.
- Shell co Oceana plummets on stem-cell merger plan Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 11:43AMDr. Shai Meretzki's BoneUs Therapeutics is planning to enter the TASE.
- As Tao Tsuot plans haircut, Ben-Dov plans mansion Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 10:13AMIlan Ben-Dov is building a NIS 90 million new residence on a 5 dunam site in Kfar Shmaryahu.
- Sun: Teva fall fails to stir flat market Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 9:28AMPartner continued to fall on concerns about Ilan Ben-Dov, Cellcom also slipped but its was a good day for Bezeq.
- Lipa Meir, Joulus Elisha law firms to merge Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 8:47AMJoulus, Elisha & Co. is one of Israel's top tax firms, and Lipa Meir was ranked by Dun & Bradstreet Israel last year as the country's 23rd largest law firm.
- Out of this world heist leads to 'Sex on the Moon' Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 8:18AMAn aspiring astronaut steals a safe full of moon rocks worth millions to impress his girlfriend.
- Gov't c'ttee rejects reintroducing price supervision on dairy market Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 7:47AMThe committee recommended a long list of steps, including increasing quotas and purchasing cowsheds.
- First quarter growth revised down to 4.6% Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 7:28AMThe Central Bureau of Statistics previously estimated the growth rate for the first quarter of 2011 at an annualized 4.8%.
- Obama will force Jews to support him once again that Israel today Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 3:27AMPresident Barack Obama plans to toughen its stance against those who criticize his statements regarding Israel’s policies, the newspaper reported Washington Post. The U.S. administration has assembled a task force composed of prominent Jewish leaders and advisers.
- Eva Longoria Kisses Another Woman in Redband 'Without Men' Trailer (Video) Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:40AMTHR Staff "It was a little difficult as the two girls are both straight so they were very nervous and laughed a lot,” director Gabriela Tagliavini says of the scene with Kate del Castillo. read more
- The 10 Biggest Blockbusters Explain All You Need to Know About Hollywood Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:03AMOne has Harry Potter. Four have Johnny Depp. And they're all sequels, remakes, or directed by James Cameron.
- Brookline Library children’s exhibit case showcases kids’ collections, obsessions Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 8:28AMBasie Briney is the latest kid to display her prized collection in one of two glass display cases at the library. For several years, the boxes have displayed collections of antique hankies, miniature John Deere equipment, erasers, Legos, and Hello Kitty memorabilia, just to name a few.
- CPI up 0.4% in June Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 6:43AMThe rise is in line with market expectations, and takes inflation over the past twelve months to 4.2%.
- TRAVPR.COM BJORK TO PERFORM AT MANCHESTER INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 6:13AMTRAVPR.COM UNITED KINGDOM - July 15th, 2011 - Manchester, UK - July 10, 2011 - This year's Manchester International Festival boasts an impressive array of musical, theatrical and cultural events. The festival began on the 30th of June and continues through July 17th. In addition to Bjrk, the festival's musical line-up includes Snoop Dogg, WU LYF, True Faith, Rickie Lee Jones and Sinad O'Connor ...
- Beitar Gets New Owners Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 4:30AMFollow Israel news on and . Popular Jerusalem soccer team Beitar Yerushalayim has new owners – American businessmen Dan Adler and Adam Levin. The team had struggled in recent years after being neglected by previous owner, Russian businessman Arcadi Gaydamak.
- E! News Asia host self-confessed fan of Pacman Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 4:11AMHis interview with Pacman was memorable, Lau recalls. -Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN
- ‘Glee: The 3D Concert Movie’ Trailer Hits the Web Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 8:11PMTHR staff Chris Colfer, Lea Michele and the rest of the gang give a backstage tour in the concert film. read more