Summary: Christmas is round the corner. Will Santa be covering the astronomic costs of last week's snowstorm? More to the point, will the Ben Moshe-Elsztain partnership survive investigation? We review the damages caused by the biggest snow storm to hit Israel in the past 50 years. Will the Jerusalem workforce be reimbursed their missed salaries? And will the government declare this a “disaster”? Yossi Manor, former president of the Association of Insurance Brokers and Agents in Israel, explains subtletiesIDB, the never-ending story: Now that Nochi Dankner has lost control of IDB, the chances of the Moti Ben Moshe-Eduardo Elsztain consortium seem favorable, but not definitive. With troubling questions regarding the source of Ben Moshe’s wealth looming over the court’s decision, might the IDB conglomerate be broken up and sold in pieces? Dror Strum, General Manager of The Israeli Institute for Economic Planning, gives his analysisShould investors steer clear of food-related stocks - both manufacturers and retailers - in 2014? Liat Glazer, Analyst at Excellence, predicts slower growth and decreasing consumption leading to lower profitability for the Israeli food sector.Silicon Boston? Israeli companies generate 12 billion dollars in business for the state of Massachusetts. Eldad Amir, chairman of the board at the New England-Israel Business Council (NEIBC), explains how Israeli business accounts for 2.9% of Massachusetts’ GDP.Plus: music by Queens of the Stone Age, Mr. Bungle, Pixies and Led Zeppelin Playlist: Queens of the Stone Age - My God is the Sun Led Zeppelin - Four Sticks Pixies - Another Toe in the Ocean Mr. Bungle- Quote Unquote Tomahawk – Oddfellows
