La pizza a domicilio appena sfornata cotta dall’Apecar che arriva sotto casa
di Paola Cacace Serata tranquilla in casa, davanti a un bel film. Si prenota la pizza e all'arrivo del ragazzo delle consegne si scopre che la propria pietanza è arrivata freddina e spesso anche un po' scombussolata dal tragitto in motorino. Deve essere capitato spesso ai ragazzi di PizzaVan, startup appena nata che si ripropone d...
Top Italian stocks gain over 200% in the past five years. Google and Facebook, step aside!
by Fabio Pavesi More than 10 stocks on the Milan blue-chip and Star indexes selected by the research center of Il Sole 24 Ore have gained over 200% in the past five years, including during the tough economic crisis in Italy. Such performance is usually achieved by high-tech US giants like Google and Facebook, and by Chinese meteors. B...
Herculaneum will run to become 2016 Italian Culture Capital
Ercolano, the town close to Naples and famous for its ancient Roman ruins, unveiled a proposal to become the 2016 Italian Culture Capital. The cultural offerings ranged from tours on Caravaggio to tours on street art, from the revival of a used clothing market to a spotlight on creative business startups, archeology and the environment. ...
Secret pagan basilica in Rome emerges from the shadows after 2,000 years
By Nick Squires A mysterious Roman basilica built for the worship of an esoteric pagan cult and now lying hidden more than 40ft below street level has opened to the public for the first time. The basilica, the only one of its kind in the world, was excavated from solid tufa volcanic rock on the outskirts of the imperial capital in the...
Top 40 Under 40: Urban artist "Millo"
by Lavinia Pisani The first time I fell for the work of Francesco Camillo Giorgino, a.k.a. "Millo," was the second I laid my eyes on one of his murals: a red-painted heart, amidst a surrounding black-and-white surface, that was being firmly hugged by a larger-than-life child-like figure. After seeing Millo's name featured on...
Visiting "The Secret Garden of Southern Italy"
By Giovanni di Napoli Do to the unseasonably warm weather in New York City, it doesn't quite feel like Christmas yet. So, to help me get into the Christmas spirit, I recently visited St. Patrick's Cathedral on 5th Avenue to see the presepio (crèche) on loan from Basilacata called "The Secret Garden of Southern Italy." Installed on...
L'Italia torna speciale con Razzoli e Gross Fede sempre gigante
di Maria Rosa Quario La vittoria arrivata ancora una volta dal fondo grazie al fantastico Chicco Pellegrino (e a Didi Noeckler) è invece mancata agli sciatori dell'alpino che fra Wengen e Flachau hanno però portato a casa ben tre podi, con Giuliano Razzoli e Stefano Gross secondo e terzo nello slalom maschile in Svizzera e con Federica Bri...
Italian StartUps: the top 5 in 2016
The new year seems promising for many Italian StartUps. In fact the last years have already brings some italian startups under the spotlight. Many initiatives have been launched in these years, trying to fill the gap between the Italian startups scene and the others in Europe and, thanks to the typical Italian innovation spirit, the result...
Mille nuovi prodotti del Food Made in Italy in esposizione a Cibus
Una gran quantità di nuovi prodotti, circa 1.000, verranno proposti dall'industria alimentare italiana a Cibus2016, il Salone Internazionale dell'Alimentazione, organizzato da Fiere di Parma e Federalimentare a Parma dal 9 al 12 maggio. Sulla scia di Expo2015, il comparto alimentare ha investito per essere in grado di proporre sui mercati esteri e...
“Innovation that Speaks Italian” award – Italian Technology Startups Operating Abroad
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and PNICube, the Italian Association of University Incubators and Local Business Plan Competition, has established the "Innovation that speaks Italian" award to recognize the highly innovative value of Technology Startups, founded by Italian citizens, operating abroad. The award...
Number of Italian businesses up 42,000 units in first 9 months of 2016
by Giovanna Mancini We are not talking about sensational numbers, but the 42,000 additional businesses that, according to Unioncamere-Infocamere figures, populated the Italian industry in the first nine months of 2016 are definitely good news for the Italian economy. This is a sign that the entrepreneurial fabric is mending, even...
Le imprese siciliane fanno business negli Stati Uniti
Confindustria Sicilia, partner di Enterprise Europe Network, ha organizzato insieme con l'American Chamber of Commerce in Italy un incontro per promuovere le opportunità di business fra l'Italia e gli Usa.PALERMO - Un'America più siciliana. E una Sicilia più americana. Con questo spirito Confindustria Sicilia ha organizzato un incontro, a Palermo,...