Elections for 21st Knesset are over, and the question remains is how much did the election cost the nation? The various political parties entering the 21st Knesset will now receive funding based on their size. Read more on Yeshiva World News
It appears that even after the counting of the IDF votes, the Shas party remains with eight seats and will be the third largest party in the new Knesset. This will undoubtedly lead party chairman, Minister Aryeh Deri, to present Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu with a hefty list of demands regarding which cabinet portfolios and positions he seeks for party members.
The Israeli police opened an investigation on suspicion of stealing tons of sugar from the country’s emergency warehouses. Following an intelligence operation, an open investigation was opened, during which five suspects who were brought to Lahav 433 Israel Police Major Crimes Unit offices in Lod were detained for interrogation, where they are being investigated by the department’s Unit for Combating Economic Crime.
Charges were filed Monday against an Oklahoma woman suspected of spray painting racist, anti-gay and anti-Semitic graffiti on Democratic Party offices in Norman and Oklahoma City.
A . I . S T O N E VS
STARBUCKS
Sounds a bit crazy….
Everyone knows the Starbucks model.
Charge four bucks for a cup of coffee and the customers are
sold. Read more on Yeshiva World News
U.S. long-term mortgage rates rose moderately this week, remaining at historically low levels that can lure potential purchasers in the spring homebuying season.
Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday the average rate on the 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage increased to 4.12% from 4.08% last week.
To date, three countries have landed on the moon. Today, that number may become four.
Israel launched its first lunar mission, a spacecraft called Beresheet, on Feb. 21, riding piggyback on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Read more on Yeshiva World News
China said Thursday that trade talks with the U.S. are “moving forward” after nine rounds of consultations aimed at ending a standoff that has shaken the world economic outlook.
The latest discussions had achieved “new substantial progress,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said at a daily news briefing. Read more on Yeshiva World News
The Treasury Department has missed a deadline to deliver President Donald Trump’s tax returns to the House Ways and Means Committee chairman. It’s another early step in a battle between the Trump administration and congressional Democrats over access to Trump’s business and financial dealings, with the dispute likely to end up in court.
The number of people applying for unemployment aid fell last week to its lowest level in nearly five decades, solid evidence that the job market is healthy and layoffs scarce. Read more on Yeshiva World News
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