Money

The Finance Ministry’s new move targets small savings

New reform: Instead of paying a penalty to the Tax Authority every time you want to switch to a more profitable track, you will be able to skip between companies and products completely freely.

Shekels and dollars
Aligned founders - Yotam Sela, Gal Aga, and Gal Deitsch

Aligned is raising $60 million

She stole NIS 500 from the register, but was awarded compensation of NIS 278,000

Confessed to stealing from the register – and received NIS 278,000 in compensation

Shlomo Kramer

Kramer opens the summer


Everyone has wondered at some point: What is the average salary of a real estate agent in Israel?

CBS data: real estate agents in Israel earned nearly NIS 17,000 in July, while construction workers earned about 13,500. This summarizes the updated wage picture in the real estate sector.

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South Korea investigates North Korean hackers behind Upbit breach, Yonhap reports

South Korea suspects North Korea's Lazarus Group is behind the $30.4M hack of the Upbit crypto exchange.

Justin Sun, founder of TRON, speaks during the Korea Blockchain Week 2025 in Seoul, South Korea, September 23, 2025.

After being lost for centuries, Spanish gold coin from 1609 breaks European auction record

The unique 339-gram piece sold for 2,817,500 Swiss francs ($3.49 million).

The Segovian Centen, the first 100-escudo coin weighing 339.35 grams of gold, struck by King Philip III in 1609, during a preview ahead of its sale starting at 2,000,000 Swiss francs ($2,478,000 USD) in Geneva, Switzerland, November 24, 2025.

Greg Abel era begins? Berkshire’s $4.3B Google buy hints at post-Buffett strategy

The move makes alphabet the conglomerate’s tenth biggest position and signals an unusual tech pivot by Buffett ahead of his planned retirement.

A sign is pictured outside a Google office near the company's headquarters in Mountain View, California, US, May 8, 2019.

Gold surges to highest since October 21 as US ten-year yield hits post-November low

Bart Melek said, "the government is opening up in the US and the market is anticipating the release of economic data, which is likely to show that the American economy has weakened."

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Chinese tourist floods hotel room after refund denied, hit with 30,000 yuan bill

Police said Chen opened the sink and shower taps from 2 a.m. until sunrise, sending water into the lobby and leaving damage worth 280 times her 108 yuan booking,

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Samuel Leeds: the property mentor who puts his own money into students’ deals

Samuel Leeds.

The Moral Case for Gold: Why Mike Maloney Says Fiat Money Is Financial Slavery

Gold expert warns that dishonest fiat currency is the "invisible handcuff" destroying individual freedom, leading to a system-wide collapse.

The End of the Experiment: Why Fiat Currency Failure is a Direct Threat to Civil Liberties

Following the money: How AI can expose hidden Hezbollah, Hamas networks - analysis

Hezbollah and Hamas thrive on shadowy financial networks-charities, trade deals, crypto wallets. But every transaction leaves a trace and AI can spot the patterns no human ever could.

Terror finance patterns

Your Taxes: How Israeli companies can dodge the new trapped profits tax - explainer

This opportunity to reorganize by full or partial liquidation expires soon. But these rules are not the greatest thing since sliced bread.

 Income Tax and Property Tax Department at the Finance Ministry