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Israeli innovative startups struggle for growth amid inflation

STORY: Israeli innovative startups struggle for growth amid inflation DATELINE: Feb. 6, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:13 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Israel 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JENNIFER SCHWARZ, Executive director of EcoMotion 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): EITAN KYIET, CEO of Road2 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): YARON GOLGHER, CEO and co-founder of I Know First STORYLINE: The year 2022 was harsh for innovative startups in Israel, as inflation hit its highest level in 20 years. According to the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics, the annual inflation in Israel reached 5.3 percent in 2022, the highest since 2002. Bank of Israel, the country's central bank, has raised the base interest rate for seven consecutive times since April 2022 to curb inflation. The rise in interest rates made financing more difficult for young startups. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JENNIFER SCHWARZ, Executive director of EcoMotion "When 2022 came around, with the war in Ukraine and the start of economic concerns glob

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Ronaldo announces retirement

TOKYO, Japan - Former Brazilian striker Ronaldo (C) celebrates after scoring the opening goal in the final against Germany in the 2002 World Cup in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, on June 30, 2002, which Brazil won 2-0. The 34-year-old announced his retirement from professional football Feb. 14, 2011, due to weight control problems stemming from a thyroid disease.

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Former hitting great Yamauchi dies at 76

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese baseball hitting great Kazuhiro Yamauchi (file photo taken in January, 2002 )died of liver failure in a Tokyo hospital on Feb. 2. He was 76. Yamauchi led the Pacific League in batting average once, home runs twice and RBIs four times between 1954 and 1961.

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(2)N. Korea soccer team leaves Japan

NARITA, Japan - Members of the North Korean soccer team prepare to leave Narita airport Feb. 10 after a 2006 World Cup Asia zone qualifier against Japan at Saitama Stadium 2002 the previous day. Japan edged N. Korea 2-1.

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(16)Japan vs N. Korea qualifier

SAITAMA, Japan - Masashi Oguro (far R) scores a last-gasp winner as Japan make a nervy start to the final phase of qualifiers for the 2006 World Cup by squeaking past North Korea 2-1 in their opening Group B match at Saitama Stadium 2002 on Feb. 9.

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(1)N. Korea soccer team leaves Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the North Korean soccer team bid farewell as they leave a Tokyo hotel for Narita airport Feb. 10 after a 2006 World Cup Asia zone qualifier against Japan at Saitama Stadium 2002 the previous day. Japan edged N. Korea 2-1.

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Japan edge N. Korea in World Cup qualifier

SAITAMA, Japan - Japan substitute striker Masashi Oguro (R) jumps in joy as teammate Takashi Fukunishi runs toward him after scoring a last-gasp winner the 2006 World Cup Asia zone qualifier against North Korea at Saitama Stadium 2002 on Feb. 9. Japan edged North Korea 2-1.

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Security problems hamper Afghan relief activities by NGOs

HERAT, Afghanistan - People wait for their food ration at a government relief center in village near the western Afghan city of Herat in a photo taken on Feb. 2, 2002. Japanese non-governmental groups say that public security is on the verge of collapse in Afghanistan, posing enormous difficulties to international relief work.

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Tanaka 7th, sets national record in short track skating

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Chikage Tanaka (foreground) competes in the women's 1,500 meters short track speed skating in the 2002 Olympic Winter Games at the Salt Lake Ice Center on Feb. 13. Tanaka failed to advance to the final and came in seventh despite setting a national record of 2 minutes, 21.924 seconds.

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Salt Lake City Olympic athletes band together

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese athletes and officials to the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City attend a banding-together ceremony at a Tokyo hotel Feb 2.

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Japan edge N. Korea in World Cup qualifier

SAITAMA, Japan - Japan substitute striker Masashi Oguro (R) jumps in joy as teammate Takashi Fukunishi runs toward him after scoring a last-gasp winner the 2006 World Cup Asia zone qualifier against North Korea at Saitama Stadium 2002 on Feb. 9. Japan edged North Korea 2-1. (Kyodo)

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(16)Japan vs N. Korea qualifier

SAITAMA, Japan - Masashi Oguro (far R) scores a last-gasp winner as Japan make a nervy start to the final phase of qualifiers for the 2006 World Cup by squeaking past North Korea 2-1 in their opening Group B match at Saitama Stadium 2002 on Feb. 9. (Kyodo)

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(2)N. Korea soccer team leaves Japan

NARITA, Japan - Members of the North Korean soccer team prepare to leave Narita airport Feb. 10 after a 2006 World Cup Asia zone qualifier against Japan at Saitama Stadium 2002 the previous day. Japan edged N. Korea 2-1. (Kyodo)

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(1)N. Korea soccer team leaves Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the North Korean soccer team bid farewell as they leave a Tokyo hotel for Narita airport Feb. 10 after a 2006 World Cup Asia zone qualifier against Japan at Saitama Stadium 2002 the previous day. Japan edged N. Korea 2-1. (Kyodo)

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Former hitting great Yamauchi dies at 76

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese baseball hitting great Kazuhiro Yamauchi (file photo taken in January, 2002 )died of liver failure in a Tokyo hospital on Feb. 2. He was 76. Yamauchi led the Pacific League in batting average once, home runs twice and RBIs four times between 1954 and 1961. (Kyodo)

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3 millionth visitor to Hiroshima peace memorial museum

Kazuo Itakura (L) receives a commemorative gift at the Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Feb. 2, 2016, after becoming the 3 millionth visitor to the museum, which opened in August 2002 to remember the victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tanaka 7th, sets national record in short track skating

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Chikage Tanaka (foreground) competes in the women's 1,500 meters short track speed skating in the 2002 Olympic Winter Games at the Salt Lake Ice Center on Feb. 13. Tanaka failed to advance to the final and came in seventh despite setting a national record of 2 minutes, 21.924 seconds.

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Security problems hamper Afghan relief activities by NGOs

HERAT, Afghanistan - People wait for their food ration at a government relief center in village near the western Afghan city of Herat in a photo taken on Feb. 2, 2002. Japanese non-governmental groups say that public security is on the verge of collapse in Afghanistan, posing enormous difficulties to international relief work.

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Salt Lake City Olympic athletes band together

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese athletes and officials to the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City attend a banding-together ceremony at a Tokyo hotel Feb 2.

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Ronaldo announces retirement

TOKYO, Japan - Former Brazilian striker Ronaldo (C) lifts the 2002 World Cup trophy after his team beat Germany 2-0 in the final in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, on June 30, 2002. The 34-year-old announced his retirement from professional football Feb. 14, 2011, due to weight control problems stemming from a thyroid disease. (Kyodo)

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Ronaldo announces retirement

TOKYO, Japan - Former Brazilian striker Ronaldo (C) celebrates after scoring the opening goal in the final against Germany in the 2002 World Cup in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, on June 30, 2002, which Brazil won 2-0. The 34-year-old announced his retirement from professional football Feb. 14, 2011, due to weight control problems stemming from a thyroid disease. (Kyodo)

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Karel GOTT pomoc - charitativni koncert Hvezdy na Vltave

**FILE**Czech singer Karel Gott sings in front of Prague Castle in the background during a charity concert on the embankment of the Vltava river in Prague following last year's devastating floods in the Czech Republic, Oct.6, 2002. After the Czech Parliament has recently failed twice to elect a successor to former President Vaclav Havel, a group of rock musicians and entartainers came with an idea on Feb.5, 2003, that the well known pop star might be the right candidate for the post. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt) ***FILE PHOTO*** Most popular Czech pop singer Karel Gott died at 80 on Tuesday, October 1, 2019, before midnight at home in his family circle, in Prague, Czech Republic, his spokeswoman Stolzova said on October 2, 2019.