Bank of Israel's Currency Stabilization, Netflix's Subscriber Growth, and Potential Delay of US Tech Deal

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Discussion on the Bank of Israel's focus on currency stabilization and Netflix's announcement of adding new subscribers and raising prices, along with the potential delay of a major US tech deal due to US restrictions on China's access to semiconductors.

Israel will let basic humanitarian aid into Gaza through Egypt, traders have been increasing their bets against the Israeli shekel, TK Netflix, and Beijing is weighing holding up US chipmaker Broadcom’s $69bn acquisition of cloud software company VMware.

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Joe Biden warns Israel to avoid 9/11 ‘mistakes’

Bets against shekel heap pressure on Israeli central bank

Beijing considers delaying approval of $69bn Broadcom-VMware deal

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