en_il-hotdailynews: 2015-08-27 Israel Business

Asia stocks take heart from Wall Street rally, China gains
Reuters
TOKYO Asian stocks extended gains on Thursday as a sharp rebound on Wall Street and gains in battered Chinese shares eased fears of a deep and protracted global market rout, while the dollar rallied as risk aversion eased. Sentiment was also supported ...

Asian Shares Follow Wall Street Higher, With No Letup in Volatility in China   New York Times
Wall Street chalks up biggest gain in four years   Business Today
India Morning Call-Global Markets   Reuters India
NDTV
NBCNews.com
Wall Street Journal (blog)
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First Read's Morning Clips
NBCNews.com
OFF THE RACES: Trump vs. Univision. From the Wall Street Journal: "Campaigns and super PACs supporting four Republican governors running for president raised at least $2.5 million in legal donations from companies with state contracts or taxpayer ...

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Jerusalem Post Israel News

Israel likely to be water-stressed in 2040, study finds
Jerusalem Post Israel News
A woman plays in a water fountain in Jerusalem. (photo credit:ILLUSTRATIVE: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM). Share on Facebook Share on Twitter. Of the 33 countries and regions likely to be most waterstressed by the year 2040, 14 of them – including Israel ...

The Nations That Will Be Hardest Hit by Water Shortages by 2040   Motherboard
These Nations Are About to Start Running Out of Water   VICE News
Israel to face extremely high water stress by 2040   Ynetnews
Haaretz
Washington Post
euronews
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Haaretz

Golan Telecom Says It Is Seeking to Be Bought or Merge With Rival
Haaretz
Golan Telecom, the upstart company that played a key role in the shake-up of the cellular telephony market three years ago, said on Wednesday that it was in the market either to be acquired or buy one of its competitors. “Golan Telecom shareholders are ...
Golan Telecom really wants regulatory concessions   Globes
Shareholders in mobile phone operator Golan mull possible sale   Reuters
The end of cheap cellular? Golan seeks consolidation   Jerusalem Post Israel News
Bloomberg
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Press Examiner

Heinz no longer qualifies as ketchup in Israel
Press Examiner
The nation's health ministry has decreed that Heinz's version doesn't have enough “tomato solids” to qualify as ketchup and has downgraded it accordingly, reports the Times of Israel. In the United States, Heinz is almost synonymous with ketchup, but ...
Heinz ketchup can't legally be called 'ketchup' in Israel   PPP Focus.com
Israel: Heinz loses ketchup label and can now only be branded as tomato seasoning   Yahoo News UK
Heinz ordered to drop 'ketchup' from labels in Israel   Celebrity Cafe - Entertainment News (blog)
Dispatch Times
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Globes

Kurdish 2015 oil contributions down to 241000 bpd on average -Iraq oil ministry
Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide
Iraq's oil ministry said that the autonomous Kurdistan region had contributed less than half the agreed volumes of crude oil to national exports since the start of the year. The oil ministry said Kurdish oil exports so far this year had dropped to an ...
Kurdistan: Oil revenues hit $1.550bn in August   AME Info (press release)
Baghdad to Resume Negotiations with Erbil   BasNews
Israel Importing 77 Percent of Its Oil Supply From Iraqi — Breaking News   Rapid News Network
Jerusalem Post Israel News
The Jewish Voice
iFreePress.com (blog)
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Wall Street Journal

Analysts See 61 Billion Cubic-Feet Add to US Natural-Gas Inventories
Wall Street Journal
Analysts expect government data scheduled for release Thursday to show natural-gas inventories last week rose on par with their five-year average. The U.S. Energy Information Administration is expected to report that storage levels grew by 61 billion ...
Oil falls towards 6-1/2-year lows on gasoline build   CNBC
Energy Information Administration Issues Short Term Energy Outlook Report   JD Supra (press release)

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