AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoShipping & Energy: The Strait of Hormuz saw a weekly record of vessel attacks, with two commercial ships reported sunk. The International Maritime Organization urged ships to avoid the waterway as oil prices climbed toward $110 a barrel, raising risks for global trade and energy supplies. Defense Industry: Israel signed a roughly $1 billion deal to buy 12 advanced Apache helicopters from Boeing, while Elbit Systems is expanding European production with a new facility in Sweden. Technology: U.S. cybersecurity firm Proofpoint agreed to acquire Israeli company Varonis for $6.3 billion. Industrial Safety: An explosion at Intel’s chip plant in southern Israel killed two people and seriously injured another.
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