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6 September 2013
September 2013
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6 September 2013
 
 
 
 

Summer Foreign Press Review – August 1 – September 6

    Italy in the world: Made in Italy and internationalization – During a summer with heavy emphasis on politics, the foreign press still paid attention to the Italian economy and Made in Italy was under the spotlight.

    30 July 2013
    July 2013
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    30 July 2013
     
     
     
     

    Italian culture is found in people, not just artistic city centers. Interview with Salvatore Scibona

      People standing close in line, card games with neighbors, the extraordinary hospitality that is so different from American customs. Salvatore Scibona, the Italian-American writer who The New Yorker considers one of the country’s 20 best fiction writers under 40, speaks about rediscovering a world that lived in the stories of his grandparents. He told that story in The End, a novel about Italian immigrants in America during the 1950s.

      31 July 2013
      July 2013
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      31 July 2013
       
       
       
       

      Foreign Press Review

        The most interesting articles in some of the major foreign papers July 20-31:

        Industry and finance: Italy’s world role
        Wall Street Journal – Luxottica Has Its Eyes on Brazil and Asia*
        Interview to the CEO of Luxottica, Andrea Guerra, on the group’s growth in Asia and Brazil

        30 June 2013
        June 2013
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        30 June 2013
         
         
         
         

        Monitoring period from June 1-30, 2013

          June also saw a respectable number of studies by Italian researchers picked up by major international scientific journals, with 46 articles published involving the contribution of 349 Italian researchers working across 95 national research centers.

          22 July 2013
          July 2013
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          22 July 2013
           
           
           
           

          Combining medicine and engineering to improve diagnostics. Interview with Riccardo Lattanzi

            Apply new improved-image technologies and new techniques for obtaining biochemical information on tissue to high-field-strength magnetic resonance could lead to significant advances in the medical field. Thanks to the accurate early diagnosis that this enables, unnecessary surgical procedures could be avoided. In an interview with the Aspen Italia website team, Riccardo Lattanzi – a biomedical engineer and professor at the Center for Biomedical Imaging at the New York University School of Medicine – explains the benefits of interaction between engineers and doctors in clinical research.

            19 July 2013
            July 2013
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            19 July 2013
             
             
             
             

            The week of July 13-19

              Italian business worldwide – Last week, the foreign press turned its attention to the strategies for international development of some Italian businesses. The first was Enel which, according to Bloomberg Businessweek, is about to invest 900 million euro to export its know how in geothermic energy to places from Turkey to Peru (July 18 –

              26 July 2012
              July 2012
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              26 July 2012
               
               
               
               

              A burst of optimism is what’s needed to kick-start Italian research. Interview with Marisa Roberto

                Marisa Roberto has lived and worked as a researcher in the United States for 11 years but would be prepared to return to Italy if a good opportunity were to arise. An Associate Professor in the Committee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders at the Scripps Research Institute in California, and a member of the Aspen’s “Italian talent abroad” group, Dr. Roberto makes no attempt to conceal her pride in reciting the capabilities of Italian scientists.

                5 July 2013
                July 2013
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                5 July 2013
                 
                 
                 
                 

                The week of June 29 – July 5

                  “Time to re-invest in Italy” – As the recession persists, emerging countries are still considered a catch for investors.

                  31 May 2013
                  May 2013
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                  31 May 2013
                   
                   
                   
                   

                  Monitoring period from May 1-31, 2013

                    The level of exposure given by major international scientific journals during the month of May to studies conducted by Italian researchers remained more or less stable, with 42 articles published, involving the contribution of 333 researchers working across 109 Italian research centers.

                    27 June 2013
                    June 2013
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                    27 June 2013
                     
                     
                     
                     

                    Using 007-style gadgets, we’re improving the success rate of ‘non-heart-beating donor’ organ transplants. Interview with Paolo Muiesan

                      Up until a few years ago, “non-heart-beating donor” transplants were a very problematic option, but today they may offer a genuine solution to the donor organ shortage. The first such successful liver transplant in London was performed by Paolo Muiesan, today a surgeon at Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital and a member of Aspen’s “Italian talent abroad” group.

                      28 June 2013
                      June 2013
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                      28 June 2013
                       
                       
                       
                       

                      The week of June 22 – 28

                        Fashion week runways and business – As always, Milan Fashion Week attracted the interest of the foreign press.

                        24 June 2013
                        June 2013
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                        24 June 2013
                         
                         
                         
                         

                        Foreign Press Review

                          The most interesting articles in some of the major foreign papers from June 22 to 24:

                          19 June 2013
                          June 2013
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                          19 June 2013
                           
                           
                           
                           

                          Structural funds, a unique opportunity. Interview with Simona Milio

                            According to Simona Milio, Associate Director of the Social and Cohesion Policy Unit at the London School of Economics, “linking up all the knowledge actors within the country” is the key to ensuring the best use of Structural Funds assistance made available by Europe.
                            And such proper use by major recipients like Italy – explained Milio in an interview with the Aspen Italia website team – is fundamental to preventing the dismantling of EU cohesion policy, which is being called for from several quarters in the midst of the current crisis.

                            27 May 2013
                            May 2013
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                            27 May 2013
                             
                             
                             
                             

                            Italian hi-tech industry: the case of life sciences

                              Italy’s healthcare sector invoices 43 billion euros, the equivalent of 4.2% of all manufacturing, and exports up to 23 billion, or more than 6% of the country’s total exports. In regards to innovation, the sector is also very relevant both in terms of research and development (14.2% of the total) and patents (21.5%).

                              21 June 2013
                              June 2013
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                              21 June 2013
                               
                               
                               
                               

                              The week of June 15 – 21

                                Unicredit grows in Russia – International growth is a key strategy in dealing with the economic crisis and Italian groups are adapting to market needs with new projects. That is the case of Unicredit which, as its president Giuseppe Vita stated in a video interview with Bloomberg Businessweek, is planning to increase its market share in Russia (June 21 –UniCredit Says Aims to Expand Russia Market Share).

                                14 June 2013
                                June 2013
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                                The week of June 8-14

                                  Made in Italy luxury goods  – “A solid performance.” While there are signs of a slowdown in sales of luxury goods, made in Italy brands seem to be holding their own. According to the Wall Street Journal, that  is true for Prada, which saw income grow by 14% in the first quarter, making it one of the groups with the highest growth  (June11  – Prada Sales Show Double-Digit Growth).

                                  12 June 2013
                                  June 2013
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                                  Foreign Press Review

                                    The most interesting articles in some of the major foreign papers on June 11 and 12:

                                    A growing Prada
                                    Wall Street Journal – Prada Sales Show Double-Digit Growth
                                    Prada continues its double digit growth, performing better than the luxury goods sector as a whole