The Zim Ship Ain't Sinking…




The Cost of Doing Business show

Summary: Today on The Cost of Doing Business:Zim, Israel’s biggest cargo shipping company, signs the biggest debt settlement deal in the history of Israel. The haircut will relieve the company of 1.5 billion dollars' worth of debt but who loses here? And what does the future hold for Zim? Golan Hazani, Senior Reporter for Calcalist, explainsWho are the most influential people in Israeli media? Financial newspaper Globes releases its yearly rankings and what do you know? TV and print media rule the helm. Li-or Averbach, Media Correspondent for Globes, gives the low-down.2013 was the strongest year the Israeli real estate market has seen since the year 2000. Should we be worried, or thrilled? Dr. Efrat Tolkowky, CEO of the Gazit-Globe Real Estate Institute and a lecturer and IDC Herzliya, has the answersA new report shows that 68% of workers in Israel earn less than the average wage and that in 2012, the average wage was 30% higher than the median wage. A sign of growing inequality in Israel? Professor Michel Strawczynski of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Van Leet Institute, says 'yes'.Start up of the week: Meta is an Israeli start up that developed gestural reality-augmentation glasses that promise to make us cooler than Iron Man. Meron Gribetz, CEO of Meta, explains why the future is augmented reality and how Meta is leading the revolutionmusic by The Fall, Nosei Hamigbaat, Melvina Reynolds, Sham 69 and Bruce Springsteen Playlist:  The Fall - Reformation נושאי המגבעת - הבא בתור הוא סוס Malvina Reynolds - Little Boxes Bruce Springsteen - High Hopes Sham 69 - If the kids are united