Mergers and acquisitions

Your Taxes: The Iran war’s commercial impact

The latest Iran war is having an economic impact on the world economy. If less fuel is available to the world through the Strait of Hormuz, it means less travel and fewer petroleum products.

|ByLEON HARRIS
Oil, miniatures of oil barrels, oil pump jack and U.S. dollar banknote are seen in this illustration taken, June 6, 2023.
Cars drive behind a truck transporting a Zim container just outside Israel's port of Ashdod February 23, 2012

Israeli shipping giant ZIM to be sold for $4.2 billion to German, Israeli capitals - Calcalist

The move, which was approved by the ZIM board of directors, came after both the ZIM’s workers’ committee and senior Israeli politicians expressed opposition to the acquisition.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN
AS THE US and China battle it out over supply chains and global trade flows, Israel, also the subject of US tariffs, finds itself navigating particularly complex terrain. Here, a man looks at a screen showing Chinese stock market movements, as he uses his mobile phone in Beijing on Monday.

Your Taxes: What to consider before any merger and acquisition deal

Mergers and acquisition deals tend to be 10% economic, 10% tax, 10% legal, and 70% psychological. The “smell of the money” affects people’s behavior in many deals.

|ByLEON HARRIS
US President Donald Trump looks on during a signing ceremony with President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Felix Tshisekedi and President of Rwanda Paul Kagame (not pictured) at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, DC, US, December 4, 2025.

Trump says CNN should be sold as part of Warner Bros Discovery deal

Trump told reporters CNN should be sold either as part of a larger deal or separately.

|ByREUTERS

Israeli-American cyber firm Forescout acquired in $1.9 billion deal

Forescout will continue to be led by CEO and president Michael DeCesare following the acquisition.

FEBRUARY 8, 2020ByEYTAN HALON
Forescout's offices in California.

Israeli hi-tech exits surge to decade high of $21.7b. in 2019

The past year represented the most prolific year for venture capital funds to date

JANUARY 14, 2020ByEYTAN HALON
Mellanox CEO Eyal Waldman and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang shake hands after Nvidia completed a $6.9b. acquisition of the Israeli company in March 2019

PepsiCo to buy SodaStream for $3.2 billion

PepsiCo will now have a chance "to reach consumers beyond the bottle," said PepsiCo President Ramon Laguarta in a statement.

AUGUST 20, 2018ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Minister of Economy and Industry, Eli Cohen (right), and SodaStream's CEO Daniel Birnbaum at the Ministry of Economy

Israeli company sold in staggering $7.1 billion deal

The deal represents the second largest sale or "exit" of an Israeli company, only surpassed by Intel's purchase of Mobileye for $15.3 billion in 2017.

MAY 7, 2018ByEYTAN HALON
Employees of International Flavors and Fragrances (IFF) manipulate perfume components on December 8, 2016 at the company's laboratory near Paris.

Israel’s Secret Weapon

Israel must look outwards for people and ideas if it wants to marry the startup nation to the global economy.

APRIL 19, 2018ByJON MEDVED
Hi-tech employees attend Nvidia’s GPU Technology Conference in Tel Aviv last month, held for the first time in Israel

Value of Israeli mergers and acquisitions deals drops in 2017

The average price of each transaction fell by about 38%, but there was a slight 9% in the number of transactions this year, up to 131 M&A deals.

DECEMBER 26, 2017ByMAX SCHINDLER
Tel Aviv stock exchange