By Mathias Wildt PROSECCO, Italy (Reuters UK) - Gianluca Bisol has great expectations for the white sparkling wine his family has been making since 1542 in the Valdobbiadene and Conegliano regions north of Venice. A 22nd-generation prosecco producer, he is hoping prosecco's growing international renown...
MILAN (Reuters) - The worst of the financial crisis is over and markets should start settling from the second half of this year, the head of France's biggest listed bank, BNP Paribas, told Italy's La Repubblica newspaper. "The worst should be over and...
MILAN (Reuters UK) - The worst of the financial crisis is over and markets should start settling from the second half of this year, the head of France's biggest listed bank, BNP Paribas, told Italy's La Repubblica newspaper. "The worst should be over and I think...
By Jo Winterbottom MILAN (Reuters) - Europe's fourth-largest bank UniCredit CRDI laid out bold plans for growth in central and eastern Europe CEE on Thursday, where it is already the biggest lender, while cutting back on jobs in western Europe. In a two-tier...
The laws in Italy with respect to Workers Compensation coverage continue to cause some confusion regarding the placement of Workers Compensation cover vs. the need for Employers Liability policies. This paper is a guide to understanding the differences in Italy between Workers Compensation and Employers Liability, and selecting the appropriate...
ROME -- An Italian parliamentary panel gave initial approval Wednesday to a plan to fingerprint everyone in the country, a move that could defuse criticism over a mandatory program to fingerprint Gypsies. The House of Deputies finance commission gave the go-ahead to funding for fingerprinting starting in...
MagIndustries Corp. ("MagIndustries or the "Company")(TSX VENTURE: MAA) is pleased to announce that it has obtained assured access to a sufficient quantity of natural gas in the Republic of Congo ROC to support MagMinerals' Phase I and Phase II potash mining and processing operations and MagMetals proposed magnesium smelting operation....
Marshall Holdings International, Inc. (OTCBB: MHLI) announced that the Company has opened an office in Verona, Italy inorder to pursue distribution of its products throughout Europe. The Company has formed a business alliance that will bring marketing andsales expertise throughout the European market. Rick Bailey, President, said, "This alliance will...
World News IN BRIEF *ROME The fingerprinting of Gypsies in Italy as part of a crackdown on street crime has created an "environment of hostility, antagonism and stigmatisation of the Roma community", the UN has warned. Three human rights officials said the plan could mobilise extremist groups...
ROME AFP — Italy striker Luca Toni on Wednesday hit back at criticism over his performances for Italy at Euro 2008. The Bayern Munich striker was expected to be amongst the leading scorers having been top scorer in Germany's Bundesliga with 24 goals, as well as hitting 15...
BRUSSELS AFP — New car sales in Europe slumped 7.9 percent in June over one year as mounting inflation and soaring fuel prices spooked buyers, the ACEA European automakers association said on Wednesday. The drop, driven by freefalls in Ireland, Spain and Italy, came on the heels of...
NEW YORK -- Savannah, Ga., has made it on to Travel + Leisure's list of top 10 cities in the U.S. and Canada for the first time, according to the results of a magazine reader survey. The list was topped by New York for the eighth consecutive...
FOIX, France AFP — CSC's Kurt-Asle Arvesen is digesting his maiden stage win on the Tour de France as quickly as he can. After all, he knows he has plenty of work ahead to keep him occupied this week. Arvesen did justice to the red, white and blue...
FOIX, France AFP — Australian Cadel Evans spent a relaxing first day in the Tour de France yellow jersey on Wednesday as the peloton reeled from a second doping positive control at the race. Kurt-Asle Arvesen of Norway beat Swiss Martin Elmiger and Alessandro Ballan of Italy to...
WidgetBucks , the market leading adnetwork of retail and shopping widgets, is expanding its cost-per-clickCPC network, now giving its publishers and bloggers two ways to earnrevenue from their Western European site traffic. Beginning today, United Kingdom users visiting sites containing WidgetBucksad units will see short-duration CPM display ads followed by...
ToolsGroup , a global provider ofdemand-driven inventoryoptimization solutions, announced that OSRAM S.p.A. has contracted toimplement the company's Service Optimizer 99+ (SO 99+) solution. With sales of 4.7 billion Euros in 2007, OSRAM is one of the largestlighting manufacturers in the world. Part of the Siemens AG Group, it...
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) and Alenia Aeronautica, a Finmeccanica company, have announced that they will be helping to establish the first composite recycling facility in Italy. The two companies, along with UK-based Milled Carbon, Italian company Karborek and the Italian...
TORRANCE, Calif. -- Phenomenex Inc., a global leader in the manufacture of separation science consumables, today announced the grand opening of its new subsidiary in Utrecht, the Netherlands. The new entity, Phenomenex B.V., will enable the company to serve the growing research and development communities in the Benelux region with...
Xirrus Partner SETS S.R.L. Deploys Wi-Fi Arrays Throughout Major Italian Hotels WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. -- Xirrus, Inc., the only Wi-Fi "Power-Play" that can replace Ethernet workgroup switches with Wi-Fi as the primary network connection, announced today that it has repeated its recent success at major USA hotel properties...
ROME AFP — Sampdoria's director general Beppe Marotta told Corriere dello Sport on Tuesday there is little chance that Andriy Shevchenko will join the Genoese club. The 31-year-old Ukrainian international - who has had a miserable time at English Premiership side Chelsea since he moved from AC Milan...
