|  | | Israel Close to Being Accepted into the OECD |  |
|  |  Israel is on its way to be accepted into the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD): Israeli Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz and OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría have agreed that Israel will become a member of the organization by May 2010. The two officials met in Paris during Steinitz’s visit to the biannual meeting of ministers of OECD members and countries which have applied to become members. In November the organization is expected to release its first comprehensive review of the Israeli market’s situation – a decisive move ahead of Israel becoming a full member of the organization, read more. |  | |  | |
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| | | | | | | | ISRAELI START-UPS WIN RED HERRING 100 GLOBAL AWARDS |  |
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Four Israeli start-ups won the 2009 Red Herring Global 100 Awards. The winners are video conferencing solutions developer Qoof Ltd, Panaya Inc, which creates software that reduces the cost and risk of making changes to ERP systems, Internet video and P2P caching solutions developer Oversi Ltd and thin server developer MiniFrame Ltd. The companies, which were among 16 Israeli companies to win the Red Herring Europe 100 Awards in 2009, were evaluated on both quantitative and qualitative criteria such as financial performance, technology innovation, management quality, strategy, and market penetration. Past winners of the competition that began in 1996 include Google, Yahoo, Skype, Netscape, Salesforce.com, YouTube, and eBay, read more.
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