The Value Fund Manager With the $57 Million Paycheck
Mario Gabelli, the ubiquitous founder of money-management firm Gamco Investors Inc., likes to compare himself to billionaire Warren Buffett. His investment methodology, according to the firm's website, combines the pioneers of value-oriented investing and the iconic boss of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. "Graham & Dodd + Warren Buffett = GABE...
Italy’s Happiest Cities
"Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness". The words immortalised in the United States Declaration of Independence remind us that the desire to be happy is a fundamental part of everyone's life. Along with GDP, wealth and political freedoms, the degree of happiness that people enjoy is also worth taking into account in any measure of democracy's...
Italy Comes To Santa Monica Art Studios Starting This Weekend
Santa Monica Art Studios and Arena 1 Gallery host a special two-night opening this weekend for a mini Italian festival featuring art, music, and fashion titled "All Roads Lead to LA." This cultural endeavor is presented in conjunction with the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Los Angeles. Yossi Govrin, co-founder and director of the Santa...
Experience Firsthand Made in Italy Fashion and Design in Milan and Como
By Mauro Battocchi There's a special opportunity for fashionistas and Made in Italy design lovers to go explore Northern Italy that I'd like to share with you. First, you'll remember EVA FLAIR, the lean fashion startup that made a great splash at the Italian Cultural Institute last year where dozens of one-of-a-kind outfits from Italy's i...
New Dodge Dart is American of Italian descent
by Frank A. Aukofer When first we visited with the modern Dodge Dart, it was a fresh-faced immigrant that didn't fully understand Americans. It was just two years ago, though it seems longer. The 2013 model, introduced in early 2012, was one of the early efforts of the eventual takeover of Chrysler by Fiat of Italy. It revived...
Old Style New Twist Now Being Offered by Chef Pasquale Marino at Da Marino
Chef Pasquale Marino of Da Marino has long been steeped in the Old World traditions that he learned from his grandmother in Calabria, Italy. While Da Marino is known throughout New York City as a place in which these traditions can be experienced firsthand, Chef Pasquale Marino has never stopped innovating in terms of the menu items offered at his...
Italo-American community to celebrate Italy’s Republic Day
The Federated Italo-Americans of Southern California will lead the Italo-American community in celebrating the 68th anniversary of when Italy became a republic during a luncheon on Saturday, May 31st in San Pedro. Italy's Republic Day, born out of World War II, commemorates the institutional referendum held by universal suffrage on June 2, 1946, i...
WWII veteran, native Italian Paul Scalise cherished American dream
Paul Scalise immigrated to Omaha in 1940 on the last civilian ocean liner to leave Italy before World War II broke out. He was only 17. His father — a U.S. citizen who had returned to Italy — sent Paul here so he wouldn't be forced to join Mussolini's army. Instead, Scalise was drafted into the U.S. Army Air Forces, which fueled a lifelong de...
Quattro italiani al top dell’astrofisica mondiale
Quattro italiani al vertice della ricerca astrofisica mondiale. E' quanto riporta l'ultima analisi dell'istituto di ricerca Thomson Reuters, che appena quattro anni fa aveva collocato INAF ai vertici nell'astronomia mondiale. I quattro italiani nella classifica dei primi cento al mondo per pubblicazioni scientifiche e citazioni (parametri...
Made in Italy/ Riformulata la mozione-Nissoli (PI): sì del Governo e via libera della Camera
"Il made in Italy è attrattivo perché attrattiva è la nostra cultura; oggi, con questa mozione, vogliamo spingere il Governo a serrare le fila ed a lavorare per tutelarlo, oltre che promuoverlo nei vari contesti interni ed internazionali, nell'ambito delle trattative per gli accordi commerciali e nell'implementare percorsi di qualità per i consumat...
Italian night at Cibo Ristorante Italiano – a fundaiser for Festa Italia Santa Rosalia Foundation” on Thursday, August 28th
Don't Miss "Italian Night at Cibo Ristorante Italiano - A Fundraiser for Festa Italia Santa Rosalia Foundation " on Thursday, August 28, 2014 at Cibo Ristorante Italiano, 301 Alvarado in Downtown Monterey. Parking is available in the adjacent garage. From 5:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m., Cibo will present a 4-course dinner for $24.95 featured below...
Summer’s fading glow perfect for toasting Italian wines
by Eric Hanson These golden days of late August remind me of the enchanting sunlight in Tuscany. It's a perfect moment for toasting the end of summer with some Italian wine. While I enjoy Chianti, Pinot Grigio and Prosecco, I'm recommending some new discoveries. The Casolari Trebbiano is a frizzante, a bubbly with less gas than a sparklin...