Made-In-Italy Service Enhances Cigar Lovers’ Experiences
Cigar Sense Inc. has launched a service to help consumers discover new cigars suiting their unique tastes, develop deeper insight into what they like and eliminate expensive guesswork when choosing new cigars. Check out the data-rich "aromas wheel" above to get a sense of the fine grade distinctions that a discerning cigar lover experiences. ...
Italian Community Services Honors BAIA at 96th Anniversary Dinne
"We at BAIA wish to express our deepest appreciation to Italian Community Services (ICS) for honoring our business association at their 96th anniversary dinner on Sunday Nov. 4th at the Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco. A special thanks to Executive Director Anna Maria Pierini and Elena Angeli for acknowledging how both BAIA and ICS maintain a strong co...
Italian investors buy Clock Tower building in Santa Monica
The Clock Tower, a Santa Monica office building beloved by Westside creative firms, has been snapped up by Italian investors who specialize in buying trophy historic properties. Clad in white terra cotta, the 12-story Art Deco-style office high-rise on Santa Monica Boulevard near the Third Street Promenade commands some of the highest rents in Sou...
Italian firm offers the Tesla of super-cycles
Giampiero Testoni straddles the sleek Energica Ego motorcycle, hits a few buttons and nothing happens. Dead silence. "Impressive, no?" he says with a smile. Before getting an answer he's suddenly off, rocketing down curvy Skyline Boulevard with a reporter clinging tenuously to his midriff. Instead of a snarling exhaust, there's only t...
Così Google si è creata da sola un pericoloso competitor: la startup di Marco Zappacosta
Anche se i giornali americani lo hanno indicato spesso nelle interviste come «an Italian startupper», Marco Zappacosta, 30 anni, in realtà è nato in California. Poco dopo che i suoi genitori si trasferissero lì dall'Abruzzo. 35 anni fa. Papà imprenditore, negli Usa per lavoro. Negli ultimi 5 anni a San Francisco si è speso esclusivamente a...
Faggin e i nuovi talenti italiani in Silicon Valley
Marzo è stato un mese importante per la tecnologia made in Italy in Silicon Valley. In occasione delle celebrazioni del "2013, anno italiano della cultura e innovazione italiana in USA" si sono susseguiti una serie di eventi a San Francisco e in Silicon Valley per ricordare che l'Italia non è solo sinonimo di moda, cibo e vino (oltre che dei posti...
In Silicon Valley c'è la "provincia di Ivrea"
by Mauro Battocchi La Provincia di Ivrea non è mai esistita. Se lo fosse stata, negli anni Settanta e Ottanta avrebbe ricompreso le cittadine californiane di Cupertino e Palo Alto. In quegli anni la Olivetti fece crescere un centro di ricerche in Silicon Valley da cui uscirono prodotti di avanguardia e una scuola di super-ingegneri italiani. &nbs...
An Italian-US partnership to support start-ups
A few weeks ago, start-ups addicted met in Los Angeles to attend Italia Restarts Up, a two-day event held organized to raise the attention of foreign investors to Italian start-ups and local innovative ecosystems. The event has been organized by ICE, the Italian Trade Promotion Agency, to encourage and support the internationalization of r...
Global Aviation Manufacturers Awareness Study: Italian Trade Commission Los Angeles
The Italian Trade Commission Los Angeles (USA) recently conducted its study on the global awareness of Italian solution providers in the aviation industry with the following objectives: •Investigate awareness levels of Italian machinery for the aviation industry; •Determine perception of manufacturing equipment from various countries; •Examine a...
September 13, Tuesday - Dinner Meeting - Italian American Lawyers of Orange County / Lex Romana
September 13, Tuesday - Dinner Meeting - Italian American Lawyers of Orange County / Lex Romana - 5:30pm-9:30pm. Join IALOC for our annual Bocce Tournament at Il Fornaio in Irvine, California. Appetizers are included in the cost of attendance of $20.00 for members and $30.00 for non-members. The Bocce Tournament will guarantee that you will play at...
Promozioni con il dettaglio indipendente in USA
Il 15 e 16 novembre 2012 si terranno rispettivamente a San Francisco e a Palo Alto due eventi di promozione della moda Made in Italy, previsti nell'ambito del Programma di Promozione ICE.Location degli eventi saranno i due negozi Wilkes Bashford di proprietà della famiglia di dettaglianti Mitchell.Wilkes Bashford è stato il primo dettagliante ad in...
“Italy is the next Startup Nation”
The SF Gate quoted me saying this yesterday and since then I've been asked if I was kidding. Yet, there is no joke about it. People identify India, Israel and Ireland as the IT countries. But there's a fourth "I" for high-tech: Italy. The Italian Innovation Day and the whole "Italy Tech Week" showcase this reality. Often it's difficult to understa...