Tag Archives: Israel

Yandex NV (NASDAQ: YNDX) acquired electric scooter rental company Wind, adding to its taxi and food delivery services, Reuters reports. The acquisition will include Wind’s e-scooters hardware, its R&D capabilities, and operations in Israel. The financial terms of the transaction remain undisclosed. Wind, which operates around 4,500… Source link

Russian tech giant Yandex is buying the e-scooter rental operations of Wind in Israel. Yandex already operates the Yango taxi hailing and delivery service in Israel and is currently expanding into other operations. Yandex also today announced that former Partner deputy CEO Yuval Keinan is to head its Israel operations. Yandex is also developing an autonomous vehicle for deliveries and Wind’s operations may complement its Yango delivery service by allowing staff making… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Pfizer Inc.’s vaccine was less effective at keeping people from getting the coronavirus in Israel in recent weeks, but it continues to provide a strong shield against severe Covid-19, according to government data. The vaccine protected 64% of people against the illness between June 6 and early July, down from a previous 94%. The drop was observed as the delta variant was spreading in Israel, the Health Ministry said. It also coincided with the lifting of virus restrictions at… Source link

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The logo for Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seen at the SIBOS banking and financial conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada October 19, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Helgren Israel’s government said on Monday it had signed a deal with Amazon Web Services (AWS) (AMZN.O) and Google (GOOGL.O) for a more than $1 billion project to provide cloud services for the country’s public sector and military. A month ago, AWS and Google won a tender, beating out Microsoft (MSFT.O), Oracle (ORCL.N) and IBM (IBM.N) for… Source link

President Biden forcefully articulated a defense of Israel on Friday evening, even as more progressive members of his party have sought to cut military aid to the country amid a renewed cycle of violence. “There is no shift in my commitment to the security of Israel. Period. No shift, not at all,” Biden said during a press conference with South Korean president Moon Jae-in, who was in Washington to discuss the fraught situation on the Korean Peninsula. “We still need a two-state… Source link

Yandex, the NASDAQ-listed Russian tech major, is preparing to launch its express e-grocery delivery service in Western Europe – after successful deployment in Russia and Israel, reports East-West Digital News (EWDN). The first target is France, where Yandex registered a local company earlier… Source link

Yandex, the NASDAQ-listed Russian tech major, is preparing to launch its express e-grocery delivery service in Western Europe – after successful deployment in Russia and Israel, reports East-West Digital News (EWDN). The first target is France, where Yandex registered a local company earlier… Source link

Yandex, the NASDAQ-listed Russian tech major, is preparing to launch its express e-grocery delivery service in Western Europe – after successful deployment in Russia and Israel, reports East-West Digital News (EWDN). The first target is France, where Yandex registered a local company earlier… Source link