ECONOMY

After this morning's wildcat strike by temporary workers, a personnel shortage at QAS, which provides ground services to airlines, delayed flights this evening.

Only 8,300 housing units were sold in August, one of the lowest figures in the past decade, the Ministry of Finance reports.

Israel is in 32nd place in the current TRACE International Bribery Risk Matrix, which is topped by Sweden.

The measure is designed to prevent higher earners in high tech from emigrating to the US. 

The reading is higher than market expectations, which had forecast a fall in prices. Housing prices continue to rise.

The workers and company management have been ordered to neogtiate about the company's recovery over the next 10 days.  

Speaking to CNN's Richard Quest in Washington, Governor of the Bank of Israel Karnit Flug said Israel needed to do more to promote inclusive growth.

The IMF also sees prices rising 0.2% in Israel this year after three years of negative inflation.

The Israel Innovation Authority's annual report includes an operational plan for doubling the proportion of high-tech employees in the workforce over the next decade. 

Moshe Kahlon wants the disabled pension linked to future rises in the minimum wage while Benjamin Netanyahu does not.

The Weizmann Institute researcher's groundbreaking research on Alzheimer's Disease is leading to new treatment for it.

Bank Hapoalim's chief economic advisor warns on the low interest money that central banks are injecting into the financial markets.