Inside Leonardo's Notebook Wall Street Journal By FRANCIS X. ROCCA | Milan | World-famous as a capital of fashion and design, Italy's second city has a more modest reputation for cultural heritage. Here in the country's business and financial center, local pride focuses on contemporary success rather than past glory. And once visitors have taken...
Putin warns Europe about winter gas supply amid more rows with Ukraine The Times | Russia has warned the European Union that a new gas conflict is brewing with Ukraine, reviving memories of a previous dispute that led to fuel shortages across a swath of Central and Western Europe. | Moscow is pointing the finger at internal politics in Kiev and is complaining about disputes over...
Finmeccanica 9-mth adj net profit beats fcasts The Guardian * Adjusted net profit rose by 6 percent * Revenue climbs 30 percent, EBITDA up 46 percent ROME, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Italian air and defence company Finmeccanica beat forecasts with a 6 percent rise in nine-month net profit on Thursday, excluding the ef...
T.Italia sees stable 2010 core earnings, sells unit The Guardian * 9-mth net profit 1.165 bln euros * 9-mth revs 20.188 bln euros * Sees stable 2010 EBITDA, growth in 2011 * Shares close up 2.1 percent in volatile session (Adds conference call, more analyst comment, shares) By Danilo Masoni MILAN, Nov 5 (Reuters) ...
Generali Q3 premiums and net profit rise The Guardian * Q3 premiums up 8.9 percent to 15.7 billion euros * Q3 net profit up 85 percent to 390 million euros * Shares closed up 0.7 percent ahead of results (Adds detail, shares) MILAN, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Italy's largest insurer, Assicurazioni Generali SpA, ...
Pirelli ups FY targets on strong tyre ops The Guardian * Year-end net debt target improved to 700 million euros * Q3 net profit at top of expectations * Shares up 3.89 percent MILAN, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Italian conglomerate Pirelli & C SpA raised 2009 operating targets on Thursday on the back of strong tyr...
Fiat shares outperform after Chrysler plan The Guardian * Chrysler plan above consensus expectations * Market underestimating Chrysler value to Fiat-broker * Shares up 2.6 percent (Adds broker comments, background, share price) By Stephen Jewkes MILAN, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Shares in Italian carmaker Fiat SpA...
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A singular man The Australian | Colin Firth finally has a film, and an award, to erase his 'best performance in a wet shirt' reputation. Susan Chenery reports "LAST time we met you may have noticed me look...
Hollywood Discovers a Real Businessman Wall Street Journal By JOHN MERONEY | When executives from Hilton Worldwide, the venerable hotel chain, called on "Mad Men" creator Matt Weiner last year, he thought he would be getting a pitch to use...
Iraq to initial oil deal with Italian-led consortium Middle East Online | BAGHDAD - Iraq is to initial this weekend a draft agreement with a consortium led by Italian energy giant ENI to exploit the Zubair oilfield in southern Iraq, the oil ministry sa...
Socar eyes Italy plant stake; to up Asia term sales The Guardian (Adds details, quotes, background) SINGAPORE, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Azerbaijan's state oil company Socar plans to take a "substantial" stake in an Italian oil refinery next year and aims to raise the proportion of term exports of Azeri Light crude to Asi...
Inside Leonardo's Notebook Wall Street Journal By FRANCIS X. ROCCA | Milan | World-famous as a capital of fashion and design, Italy's second city has a more modest reputation for cultural heritage. Here in the country's business and financial center, local pride focuses on contemporary success ra...
Affliction Holdings LLC Announces License Deal With Bagstage Accessories redOrbit Posted on: Tuesday, 3 November 2009, 12:45 CST | SEAL BEACH, Calif., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Continuing its quest to bring the hottest fashion trends to the marketplace, Affliction Holdings LLC, the premier lifestyle brand for men and women who live l...
Record 1 billion go hungry, says UN The Times Of India NAIROBI: Parents in some of Africa's poorest countries are cutting back on school, clothes and basic medical care just to give their children a meal once a day, experts say. Still, it is not enough. | A record 1 billion people worldwide are hungry and a new report says the number will increase if governments do not spend more on agriculture. Accord...
