Bloomberg Israel’s faltering industry of tech startups is facing another hurdle amid mounting questions regarding government commitments to funding young companies. A senior official in the technology industry said the chief scientist’s office didn’t receive a 240-million-shekel ($63.5 million) round of additional funding to finish the year as had occurred in the past. Without this sum, which is 15 …

  Bloomberg The rally in Qatar’s stock market may have been too strong for its own good. The QE Index’s world-beating 2.2 percent advance left it about 7 percent above the average of analysts’ price targets, the most among more than 70 gauges tracked by Bloomberg. The measure’s 14-day relative strength index was at 79 points, above the level of …

  Bloomberg Britain’s labor market isn’t cracking under the weight of Brexit yet. Companies added 172,000 jobs in the second quarter and the unemployment rate held at 4.9 percent, showing resilience in the buildup to the June 23 referendum when the UK decided to quit the European Union. While the data available for July—after the vote—are more volatile, they show …