Le 10 società italiane più amate dagli hedge fund
di Ester Corvi L'istituto di ricerca Factset, con sede nel Connecticut, pubblica ogni trimestre la classifica dei titoli preferiti dagli hedge funds, dopo aver analizzato i portafogli dei 50 maggiori gestori internazionali. Ecco le dieci società italiane più gettonate, in base alle rilevazioni del quarto trimestre 2013. 1) Unicred...
10 Indispensable Italian Slang Expressions
by Whitney Rochelle Whether you've been studying Italian for years or are currently mastering the art of "my name is," these 10 expressions are an essential addition to any vocabulary. You won't find them in Italian books, but you'll hear them all over the streets. Understanding them will give you a huge boost in comprehension. Using them...
YouTube Millionaires: ‘Laura In The Kitchen’ Will Make You Very Hungry
Looking for something to cook tonight? Laura Vitale has you covered. Vitale has brought her brand of Italian-American cooking to YouTube, where she posts recipes on her Laura in the Kitchen channel. With Vitale's guidance, viewers can learn how to make everything from cookies to pasta to pizza. Her satisfying eats have helped her channel b...
Giada's Vegas Restaurant Will Serve an 'Italian Dim Sum Brunch' on Carts
With construction chugging along, Food Network star Giada De Laurentiis reveals some vital menu details for her debut restaurant in Las Vegas: Giada will be serving an "Italian dim sum brunch" on carts. De Laurentiis tells Food & Wine's Kate Krader that for brunch "servers roll custom-made carts around the dining room" and that brunch...
La Nutella compie 50 anni. Storia di un successo senza frontiere
By Alessandro Marzo Magno È il 20 aprile 1964 quando accade un fatto destinato a segnare la storia dell'industria alimentare e, in definitiva, pure quella del made in Italy. Quel giorno di cinquant'anni fa esce dalle linee della Ferrero, ad Alba, il primo barattolo di Nutella. Da quel momento le merende per i bambini non sarebbero state m...
Renaissance Lecture: Writers of the Renaissance
The masterpieces of Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, and Machiavelli represent some of the greatest classics of Italian literature still read, and studied today. They chose to write in the vernacular, forever changing literature and introducing their works to the masses. From Dante's Divine Comedy, to Petrarch's rediscovery of Cicero's letters,...
OPTX Rhode Island's Diamante honored with Verrazzano Man of the Year award
by Pete Fontaine The Honorable John O. Pastore, 1963; Honorable Christopher Del Sesto, 1970; Honorable Albert E. DeRobbio, 1990; and Lt. Gen. Reginald A. Centracchio, 2006. Those are some of the names on a list of 52 legendary Rhode Islanders who have been honored with the Verrazzano Day Observance Committee's prestigious "Man of the Year...
Fun at the Festa
by Ceasar Maragni Another Herrin Festa Italiana is in the books and thanks to great weather, hundreds of hard working volunteers and thousands of southern Illinoisans who know a good time when they see one, it was another successful festival. The five-day fair concluded Monday evening with the final of five straight nights of power packed...
The Riches of Italian culture and heritage: the House of Italy
The year was 1935. The United States was in the midst of the Great Depression, yet San Diego opened the doors to its iconic Balboa Park for its second attempt at a world fair. Approximately 25,000 guests attended the California Pacific International Exposition, which lasted from May 28, 1935 through the following year. It was then that the House o...
Andrea Bargnani Has Much to Prove to New York Knicks in Contract Year
Andrea Bargnani has had an interesting career so far in the NBA. A seven-footer with a repertoire of skills on the offensive end, he was picked first overall in the 2006 NBA Draft by the Toronto Raptors. Before the 2013-14 season, the New York Knicks acquired the Italian for a group of players, two second-round picks and their 2016 first-rounder....
ICSI Enters Into a Visiting Agreement With University of Genoa to Support Internet of Things and Big Data Research
The International Computer Science Institute (ICSI), a leading center for computer science research, will host members of the Research Center on Computer Platform Engineering, or CIPI, to work on research initiatives related to end-user computing, big data and the Internet of things. CIPI is a joint endeavor of the Universities of Genoa and Padua....
La super-batteria italiana al grafene che farà correre auto e telefonini
di Stefano Agnoli La chiave di tutto è il grafene: un foglio a due dimensioni dello spessore di un atomo di carbonio, scoperto nel 2004 da due ricercatori russi che nel 2010 hanno vinto il premio Nobel. Ha caratteristiche uniche: è flessibile, impermeabile e, soprattutto per quanto riguarda i ricercatori italiani dell'Istituto di tecnologi...