Summary: On this episode of the cost of doing business:The Leviathan partners are close to inking a deal that would see Australian company Woodside Petroleum buy 30% of the natural gas development. How close to completion is the deal and is it good for Israel? Lior Gutman, Infrastructure and Energy reporter for financial newspaper Calcalist, answers in the affirmativeAfter two years of under performing, it seems TEVA is now fair game. Is Israel’s biggest company now a target for takeovers? Gilad Alper, Senior Analyst at Excellence Nessuah Brokerage, shares his insightHow high is Israel's ACTUAL employment rate? The official figure is 6.6%, but does this impression of full employment truly represent the state of Israel’s labor market? Mickey Peled, Labor and Welfare reporter for Calcalist, explains how misleading the figures are..You have to hear it to believe it: Betsy Benjaminson,a single mother of four from the southern Israeli town of Sderot, is the translator turned whlstleblower in Toyota’s sudden acceleration scandal. Now, after three years of living underground, she reveals her identity for the first time. She joins TLV1 to share her story..Finance Minister Yair Lapid announces 230 million NIS plan to eradicate food insecurity in Israel. Is that enough to take care of the 900 thousand people suffering from food insecurity in Israel? Dr. Yitzhak Saporta of Tel Aviv University adds some crucial data to the equationPlus: music by the Reverend Horton Heat, Pantera, Body Count, Dresden Dolls and Sonic Youth Playlist: Reverend Horton Heat - Let Me Teach You How To Eat Pantera - Cowboys From Hell Body Count - The Winner Loses The Dresden Dolls - Backstabber Sonic Youth - Kool Thing Photo By Brady Holt , via Wikimedia Commons
