Two Favorites Hurt in Crashes, Leaving Tour Title Up for Grabs
New York Times: Filippo Pozzato of Italy won the fifth stage of the Tour de France on Thursday that featured a crash involving top riders […]
World Business Briefing: Italy: Bigger Stake in Valentino
New York Times: Permira Advisers, manager of Europe’s largest buyout fund, increased its stake in the Valentino Fashion Group to 60.2 percent by purchasing Canova […]
Luciano Fabro, Italian Artist, Dies at 70
New York Times: Mr. Fabro was a prominent artist and theorist in Arte Povera, a movement that began in Italy in the 1960s and championed […]
Parmalat Announces Settlement Agreements
New York Times: The agreements with Merrill Lynch, ING Bank and Banca Monte Parma of Italy are related to the dairy group’s 2003 failure. … […]
Kidnapping Trial of C.I.A. Agents Is Suspended by Judge in Italy
New York Times: Judge Oscar Magi delayed the trial to await a ruling on whether prosecutors overstepped their bounds and violated state secrecy laws as […]
Trial Ordered in Italy for 4 Big Banks in Parmalat’s Failure
New York Times: Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley and UBS have been ordered to stand trial on charges of market manipulation. … leggi tutto (read […]
Parents and Health Experts Try to Ease Italy’s Pollution
New York Times: Northern Italy is renowned for fashion, food, Fiat. But now it has another, less welcome claim to fame: the cities here have […]
Italy Braces for Legal Fight Over Secret C.I.A. Program
New York Times: A trial opens in Milan charging 25 C.I.A. operatives and Italy’s former intelligence chief with breaking Italian laws by abducting an imam […]
World Business Briefing: Libya: Equity Firm Buys Stake in Oil Refiner
New York Times: The private equity firm Colony Capital agreed to acquire control of Tamoil of Libya for 4 billion euros . The Libyan government […]
Getty Moves Closer to Returning an Ancient Statue to Italy
New York Times: The 2,400-year-old statue of the goddess Aphrodite is one of the J. Paul Getty Museum’s most prized artifacts and it might have […]