Niv Elis

Niv Elis is the business and economics reporter for The Jerusalem Post, as well as the host of its weekly Frontlines Podcast. A graduate of Wesleyan University and the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Niv's expertise lies in economics, public policy, conflict management and Middle East affairs. He has published articles with The Financial Times, Forbes, The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, Moment Magazine and the Institute for Counter-Terrorism.

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Could Israel become a linchpin of China’s trade strategy?


Jerusalem Post 50 Most Influential Jews: Number 42 - Neri Oxman

Revolutionary designer.

Neri Oxman

Jerusalem Post 50 Most Influential Jews: Number 40 - Shari Arison

A billionaire who cares.

Shari Arison

Jerusalem Post 50 Most Influential Jews: Number 27 - Safra Catz

In 2015, Catz became the highest-paid female executive in the US.

Safra Catz

How Shimon Peres laid the foundation for Start-up Nation

Though Israel's economy needed further structural reforms, the plan Peres pushed through was a major turning point in turning it from having a third-world basket case to a market economy.

Shimon Peres writes on a blackboard with Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, California, March 2012

Apple reportedly developing iPhone 8 in Israel

The next iPhone may be blue and white.

Apple's iPhone 6 (R) and iPhone 6 Plus.

Asian companies ‘accelerate’ to Israel at annual innovation fest

Amidst all the hubbub of schmoozing and networking, two major Asian companies announced the launch of accelerators in Israel.

Samsung devices.

Study: Closing gender wage gap would add 7% to GDP

The study assumed that the monthly wage gap would drop from its 2014 level of 39% to "just" 22% by 2039, which would lead to the 7% bump in the economy.

Ultra-Orthodox women work at Matrix Global, a hi-tech company, in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Modiin Illit April 3, 2011

Israeli start-ups, data collection and the end of privacy

Companies are monitoring our every move, online and offline, and the battle for privacy is all but over, says digital insider Adir Regev.

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A first: Cukierman takes GoforIsrael investment conference to China

“We’re getting amazing exposure, but I think what makes it interesting for the investors isn’t the quantity of the Israeli companies, but the quality."

Money Seized in egg raid

Israeli employment bump expected for High Holy Days

According to the Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce, a business group, the High Holy Days will create 6,400 jobs, equivalent to a 1.4% increase in jobs.

View of the Azrieli Towers in Tel Aviv.