Tel Aviv

Israeli police lift state of alert

Police have lifted a security alert in Tel Aviv, hours after warning the public of a possible attack. Security officials set up roadblocks around the city early Tuesday to check for suspicious vehicles. The precautions caused...

Israelis attack Palestinians in Hebron riot

Israeli police were on high alert Tuesday in Tel Aviv following fears of a Palestinian attack after at least 13 Palestinians were wounded overnight as more than 1,000 extremist Israelis hurled rocks at residents in the West...

Theoretical Decline Delays Stock Tel Aviv Stock Trading

Trading on the Tel Aviv stock exchanged was delayed Tuesday morning when a theoretical decline in the Tel Aviv 25 (Maof) index went beyond 3.7 percent below the opening. The delay is activated for declines of more than 2.5...

CORRECT: Sears swings to loss on 8.3% lower sales

TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- Sears Holdings Corp., the Hoffmann Estates, Ill., parent of Sears and Kmart stores, swung to a third-quarter net loss from a year-earlier profit on 8.3% lower total sales and 9% lower domestic...

Acorn Intl swings to loss and affirms full-year view

TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- Acorn International Inc., the Shanghai consumer-products company, swung to a third-quarter net loss from a year-earlier profit on 3.4% higher sales, and it affirmed its full-year outlook. The loss was...

Beazer Homes 4th-period loss widens, revenue off 35%

TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- Beazer Homes USA Inc., the Atlanta home builder, reported a wider fiscal fourth-quarter net loss on 35% lower revenue. For the quarter ended Sept. 30, the loss widened to $473.9 million, or $12.29 a...

A raunchy gay fantasia from Tel Aviv

Simultaneously seductive and irritating, raunchy and precious, Israeli filmmaker Yair Hochner's "Antarctica" reinvents the city of Tel Aviv as an erotic pleasure dome for gay men -- and as a folkie coffeehouse that never closes...

N.Y. Fed begins search for successor to Geithner: Journal

TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has begun a search for a successor to President Timothy Geithner, whom President-elect Barack Obama has tapped as treasury secretary, The Wall Street Journal...

Alcatel-Lucent gets $230 mln contract from China Telecom

TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- Alcatel-Lucent, the Paris telecom-equipment producer, said on Tuesday that its Chinese affiliate, Alcatel Shanghai Bell, secured a $230 million contract to increase the capacity and coverage of China...

Fayyad asks EU not to upgrade ties with Tel Aviv

Fayyad asks EU not to upgrade ties with Tel Aviv Libyan ship carrying Gaza supplies turned back by Israel Tuesday, December 02, 2008 GAZA CITY/ RAMALLAH, West Bank: The Israeli navy on Monday turned away a Libyan ship heading...