Strategy for growth – Restructuring of the tax system, debt recution for Italy and new growth strategies. The foreign press focused on the economic plans for the new government, in particular the plans being laid by the new Economic Minister, Fabrizio Saccomanni (Die Welt, May 10- Italiens Wirtschaftsminister findet Sparen unnötig) as well as the program that Prime Minister Enrico Letta presented during his tour of Europe’s capitals (from May 4 to 10 in Financial Times – Italian coalition aims to join eurozone’s ‘virtuous’ deficit club; Valor Economico – Letta quer reduzir impostos e orçamento *; Clarin – Italia confirmó que seguirá con el plan de ajuste; Handelsblatt – Letta will Italiens Sparziele einhalten; Die Welt – Statt zu sparen verteilt Letta Geldgeschenke).
Missoni, the “fashion revolutionary” – the foreign press also paused to pay homage to Ottavio Missioni after his death. On May 9, articles profiles and articles on his work dedicated to one of the first designers to make his work accessible to the general public were published worldwide: Washington Post (Ottavio Missoni, patriarch of Italian fashion-label dynasty, dies at 92); Bloomberg Businessweek (Patriarch of fashion brand Missoni dies in Italy); Newsweek/The daily beast (Ottavio Missoni Dies at 92); Valor Economico (Morre fundador da grife Missoni, primeira a buscar o mercado de massa); El Mundo (Fallece Missoni, el revolucionario de la moda); Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Modedesigner Missoni stirbt mit 92 Jahren); The Guardian (Ottavio Missoni, founder of the Italian fashion house, dies).
Lifestyle, from food to accessories – Finally, the foreign press also ran a number of pieces on the performance and plans of brands that promote the Italian lifestyle. Valor Economic wrote about the rising profits of Moleskin, which was recently quoted on the stock exchange (May 7- Lucro da Moleskine avança 20% no 1º tri, para 3,2 milhões de euros), China Daily explained that Ferrari is studying way to increase sales on the Chinese market (May 9 – Ferrari planning sales push in China). Elsewhere in Asia, The Philippine Star on the delicacies of Italian cuisine, roaming past the shelves of the New York store Eataly (Eataly is Italy).
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