Articles by: JewishNews-Rami

China one-child policy: Member of first generation looks back at rule’s impact

China one-child policy: Member of first generation looks back at rule’s impact

Beijing – Growing up in Shanghai in the 1980s, I never thought much of the fact that most of my classmates were only children. Years later… Read More ›

Eilat stabbing likely nationalist attack, police say

Eilat stabbing likely nationalist attack, police say

Woman lightly hurt in attack on street of Israel’s southernmost city; Arab teen taken in for questioning   A stabbing attack that left an Israeli… Read More ›

2 Israeli women hurt in separate stone-throwing attacks

2 Israeli women hurt in separate stone-throwing attacks

Security forces come under fire, are targeted by stones and Molotov cocktails in Jerusalem and West Bank; no injuries   Two Israeli women were injured… Read More ›

IDF imposes new restrictions on West Bank Palestinians as attacks persist

IDF imposes new restrictions on West Bank Palestinians as attacks persist

Young Hebron male residents to be distanced from Jewish settlement; army said set to separate Jews, Palestinians at Etzion Junction   The army began implementing… Read More ›

BDS calls for culinary boycott of Israel

BDS calls for culinary boycott of Israel

After the cultural and academic boycotts of Israel, it’s time for the culinary boycott: The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement has launched an international… Read More ›

Employees at the company Cisco just bought for $452.5 million had an inside joke about the sale

Employees at the company Cisco just bought for $452.5 million had an inside joke about the sale

  On Tuesday, Cisco announced its intent to acquire a privately held company out of Alpharetta, Georgia, called Lancope for $452.5 million. Lancope was founded in 2000… Read More ›

There is one clear winner on Wall Street in the Walgreens-Rite Aid mega-deal

There is one clear winner on Wall Street in the Walgreens-Rite Aid mega-deal

  Walgreens Boots Alliance just announced a deal to buy Rite Aid, and there is one clear winner on Wall Street. Swiss bank UBS is the… Read More ›

Apple just reported the biggest annual profit in history

Apple just reported the biggest annual profit in history

  Apple has recorded the biggest annual profit in corporate history, with record sales of the iPhone helping it to make $53.4bn (£35bn) in the… Read More ›

Florida – Despite Risks, Carson Not Backing Off Nazi, Slavery Examples

Florida – Despite Risks, Carson Not Backing Off Nazi, Slavery Examples

  Florida – On the eve of the his party’s third debate, Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson promised not to curb his penchant for using… Read More ›

Tel Aviv – Bank Of Israel Says Rates To Stay Lower For Longer

Tel Aviv – Bank Of Israel Says Rates To Stay Lower For Longer

Tel Aviv – Israel’s central bank said interest rates were likely to stay at record lows for longer than expected, given a weaker economic outlook… Read More ›

Washington – Senator Warren Says Life Insurers Admit To Offering ‘Kickbacks’

Washington – Senator Warren Says Life Insurers Admit To Offering ‘Kickbacks’

  Washington – U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren said 13 major U.S. life insurers had admitted to using incentives such as expensive vacations and gifts, which… Read More ›

Washington – Obama Defends Black Lives Matter Movement

Washington – Obama Defends Black Lives Matter Movement

  Washington – Defending the Black Lives Matter movement, President Barack Obama said Thursday that the group is giving voice to a specific problem happening… Read More ›

San Diego – Major Drug Tunnel Found On US-Mexico Border In California

San Diego – Major Drug Tunnel Found On US-Mexico Border In California

  San Diego – Mexican authorities said Thursday they seized about 10 tons of marijuana in an elaborate tunnel with a rail car system that… Read More ›

Torrance, CA – Fresh & Easy Grocery Chain To Shutter All Of Its Stores

Torrance, CA – Fresh & Easy Grocery Chain To Shutter All Of Its Stores

  Torrance, CA – Fresh & Easy will shutter all 97 of its remaining stores in California, Arizona and Nevada and cease operations after nearly… Read More ›

Sword-wielding man kills 2 in Swedish school attack

Sword-wielding man kills 2 in Swedish school attack

A masked man wielding a sword or a knife killed a teacher and a student in an attack Thursday at a school in Trollhattan, Sweden,… Read More ›

Bill Maris: Here’s why Google Ventures didn’t invest in Theranos

Bill Maris: Here’s why Google Ventures didn’t invest in Theranos

Bill Maris, founder of Google Ventures, is happy that his firm decided not to invest in biotech-company Theranos. It’s been a tense few weeks for… Read More ›

Paul Ryan says he’d run for House speaker — but there’s a big catch

Paul Ryan says he’d run for House speaker — but there’s a big catch

  US Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) says he’d seek the House of Representatives speakership if he is the “unity candidate” for the party. Ryan is seeking assurances… Read More ›

America’s companies might be running out of people to hire

America’s companies might be running out of people to hire

The number of employers saying that they can’t fill open jobs is surging while the number of people being hired each month is starting to fall.… Read More ›

Newark, NJ – New Jersey Governor: No Cuba Flights Until Fugitive Returned

Newark, NJ – New Jersey Governor: No Cuba Flights Until Fugitive Returned

  Newark, NJ – New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie wants the bistate agency that controls the state’s airports to reject any efforts to launch flight… Read More ›

Buffalo, NY – At 100, Woman Still Working 11 Hours A Day, 6 Days A Week

Buffalo, NY – At 100, Woman Still Working 11 Hours A Day, 6 Days A Week

Buffalo, NY – Felimina Rotundo works 11 hours day, six days a week at a Buffalo laundromat and says she has no plans to quit… Read More ›