{"id":71671,"date":"2012-09-17T14:48:11","date_gmt":"2012-09-17T12:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/pin\/week-september-8-14\/"},"modified":"2012-09-17T14:48:11","modified_gmt":"2012-09-17T12:48:11","slug":"week-september-8-14","status":"publish","type":"pin","link":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/pin\/week-september-8-14\/","title":{"rendered":"The week of September 8 – 14"},"content":{"rendered":"

Borrowing costs, lowest rates since 2012<\/strong> \u2013 Four billion in three-year treasury bonds sold at a yield of 2.8%, the lowest since October 2012. Last week, the foreign press focused on lowered rates in the most recent bond auction. The  Financial Times <\/em>reported the drop in an article on September 13 ( Italy\u2019s borrowing costs hit two-year lows<\/a>*), while the Spanish Expansion <\/em>underlined that the rates of ten-year bonds have also fallen for the first time since March, to below 5% (September 14 – El inter\u00e9s del bono de Italia baja del 5% por primera vez desde marzo<\/a>). The credit \u2013 as the Washington Post<\/em> as well as the German Handelsblatt<\/em> and Die Welt<\/em> pointed out \u2013 goes to the announcement made by the Central<\/strong> European Bank<\/strong> (September 12 and 13 in Washington Post<\/em> – Italy pays lower borrowing costs in bond auction, sign that ECB bond-purchase plan eases fears<\/a>; Handelsblatt<\/em> –  Italien zahlt niedrigere Rendite f\u00fcr Anleihen <\/a>; Die Welt<\/em> – Krisenl\u00e4nder kommen jetzt billiger zu Geld<\/a>). There were also articles on the Frankfurt-based bank president, Mario Draghi<\/strong>. The New York Times<\/em> ran a far-reaching profile, with another play on the nickname \u201cSuper Mario\u201d (September 10 – Super Mario to the Rescue<\/a>) and the Wall Street Journal<\/em> underscored that the moves of the ECB also unblocked the corporate European bond market, increasing possible liquidity for the continent\u2019s businesses. (September 10 – Super Mario Unblocks Europe’s Bond Market<\/a>; translated in El Mundo<\/em> – Super Mario desbloquea el mercado europeo de bonos corporativos<\/a>). Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti<\/strong>, interviewed by the Washington Post<\/em>, commented that for now Italy has no intention of asking for help from the ECB (September 10 – Mario Monti, interim Italian prime minister, talks with Lally Weymouth<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Industry, food, fashion: Italian companies in the world<\/strong> \u2013 As Europe looks for a way out of the crisis, Italian groups are wagering on emerging markets. While waiting for the announcement of the October plan for strategies for European factories, Fiat<\/strong> is accelerating its approach to new markets: the Wall Street Journal<\/em> (September 13 – Fiat’s New China Model<\/a>) and the South China Morning Post<\/em> (September 13 – Fiat returns to mainland with new compact car<\/a>*)  reported on the new model, \u201cViaggio,\u201d that the Turin-based car manufacturer is launching on the Chinese market. And the Argentinean La Nacion<\/em>  turned its attention to the Italian car maker\u2019s sale in Brazil (September 8 – Fiat rompe los r\u00e9cords<\/a>).
While Lavazza<\/strong>, one of the largest food groups, is investing in the US coffee producer Green Mountain (Wall Street Journal<\/em>, September 11- Green Mountain Shares Bolstered by Lavazza’s Move), international papers also focused on fashion.  La Vanguardia<\/em> wrote of the revamping of the Gucci<\/strong> stores (September 11 – Gucci honra su origen<\/a>*), while ABC<\/em> interviewed designer Robverto Cavalli<\/strong> on the occasion of the opening of his first store in Madrid (September 14 – Roberto Cavalli \u00abMe gusta copiar las creaciones de Dios, el gran dise\u00f1ador\u00bb<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Sports and tourism in Italy<\/strong> \u2013 The foreign press also pointed the spotlight on two Italian athletes, after the US open victory  of Sara Errani<\/strong> and Roberta Vinci<\/strong>, (September 9 in the Washington Post<\/em> – Italy’s Errani and Vinci win US Open women’s doubles title, beating Hlavackovav and Hradecka<\/a> and Wall Street Journal<\/em> – Errani, Vinci win US Open women’s doubles title<\/a>). And, finally, there were articles about tourism in Italy. Brazil\u2019s Valor Economico<\/em> took a culinary, but not only, journey to  Parma <\/strong>(11 settembre – \u00d3pera com prosciutto e parmigiano<\/a>), and the German paper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung<\/em> visited the Gulf of Naples<\/strong>  to admire the city and its islands (September 11 – Wo die rote Sonne im Meer versinkt<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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