{"id":71872,"date":"2013-06-10T14:21:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-10T12:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/pin\/week-june-1-7\/"},"modified":"2013-06-10T14:21:00","modified_gmt":"2013-06-10T12:21:00","slug":"week-june-1-7","status":"publish","type":"pin","link":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/pin\/week-june-1-7\/","title":{"rendered":"The week of June 1-7"},"content":{"rendered":"

The International strategies of Fiat and Generali<\/strong> \u2013 Last week, the foreign press turned the spot light on the strategies of large Italian groups. Fiat <\/strong>attracted attention as it prepared to complete its reorganization of the control of industrial vehicles (Bloomberg Businessweek<\/em> wrote about Cnh Industrial on June 6 <\/em>– Fiat Industrial announces name of merged company<\/a>), and the merger with Chrysler. There was also news about Exor<\/strong> the Agnelli family\u2019s holding company, which has sold its assets in SGS, the Swiss certification company, as a way of strengthening its position for the creation of the new Italian-American car company. (June 3 and 4 in the Financial Times<\/em> – Agnellis sell \u20ac2bn stake in SGS<\/a>*; Wall Street Journal<\/em> – Fiat Parent Sells Asset Ahead of Chrysler Buy <\/a>*; Valor Economico<\/em> – Fam\u00edlia Agnelli manter\u00e1 controle da Fiat <\/a>*; Expansion <\/em>– Los Agnelli venden SGS para asaltar a Chrysler con m\u00e1s fuerza<\/a>).
Generali <\/strong>is also operating in the United States, selling its US life insurance business as a part of the plan presented by CEO Mario Greco to boost profit and increase capital (June 3 Financial Times<\/em> – Generali sells US life reinsurance business to Scor for $920m<\/a> and Bloomberg Businessweek<\/em> – Scor Buys Generali\u2019s U.S. Life Reinsurance Unit for $750 Million<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Fashion and friends<\/strong> \u2013 The foreign press is always  interested in Italian fashion. Along with presentations from famous names like Giorgio Armani<\/strong> (the opening of the new boutique was reported on June in El Mundo<\/em> – La noche romana se viste de Giorgio Armani<\/a>),  there was also new about the financial operation where Silvio Scaglia to takek over the luxury lingerie brand La Perla<\/strong>. The company\u2019s investment of 110 million euro was reported on June 6 by Bloomberg Businessweek <\/em> (Italian entrepreneur takes control of La Perla<\/a>) and Le Figaro<\/em> (La Perla prend un nouveau d\u00e9part<\/a>). Fashion was also the subject of the interview lunch that the Financial Times<\/em> had with Franca Sozzani,<\/strong> the editor of Vogue<\/em> that the London paper defined as the most influential woman in Italian fashion (June 1 – Lunch with the FT: Franca Sozzani<\/a>), while the New York Times <\/em>reported on the commitment of brands like Fendi and Karl Lagerfeld in restoration of some of Rome\u2019s fountains (June 4 – More Than Coins for Rome’s Fountains<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Tourism and Italian cuisine<\/strong> \u2013 There were also the customary mentions of tourism and culture. Le Figaro<\/em> visited the pavilions of the Venice Biennale<\/strong>, called the Olypmic games of talent and art  ( June 4 – Une Biennale de Venise sans limite d’age<\/a>), while Bangkok Post <\/em>discussed the Thai pavilion all’esposizione (5 giungo – Dropping in ON Venice<\/a>). An article in El Pais<\/em> was also about art and the triennale plans of Hangar Bicocca<\/strong> (June 3 – Todol\u00ed reconstruye en Mil\u00e1n la obra de Juan Mu\u00f1oz para la sala de las turbinas<\/a>). Instead, the New York Times <\/em>took its readers on a tour of Italy\u2019s thousand Baroque churches (June 2 – On a Road Trip in Sicily, Churches Everywhere<\/a>).
Finally, as always, there was interest in Italian cuisine and wines<\/strong>. The Wall Street Journal<\/em> wrote with curiosity about the new passion of Tuscan producers for artisan beers (June 6 – What’s Brewing in Tuscany? <\/a>), and the New York Time<\/em>s dedicated an article about the wine classic Aglianico (June 6 – Aglianico Emerges From the Bottom of Italy\u2019s Boot<\/a>). Finally, Die Welt<\/em> published a review of the  Osteria Francescana di Modena (7 giugno – Die Osteria Francescana, Modena, Italien<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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