{"id":72005,"date":"2014-02-27T10:19:22","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T09:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/pin\/week-february-14-20\/"},"modified":"2014-02-27T10:19:22","modified_gmt":"2014-02-27T09:19:22","slug":"week-february-14-20","status":"publish","type":"pin","link":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/pin\/week-february-14-20\/","title":{"rendered":"The week of February 14 – 20"},"content":{"rendered":"

Italy starting to grow again<\/strong> \u2013 Investors are watching Italy and are happy with what they see. In a week marked by political news, the foreign press also turned its attention to economic news. They wrote about hope for the end of the recession<\/strong> in the last quarter of 2013  (February 14  in the Wall Street Journal<\/em> – Italian Economy Emerges from Slump<\/a>; Bloomberg<\/em> –Italian Economy Registers First Quarterly Growth Since 2011<\/a>); the debt auctions with the lowest rates for the last eight years  (Financial Times<\/em>, February 17  – Italian bond yields fall to eight-year low<\/a>) and signs of the real economy, starting with the trade surplus<\/strong>, at its highest since 1996 (Le Figaro<\/em>, February 18  – Italie: hausse de l’exc\u00e9dent commercial<\/a>). All these factors have convinced the markets to see a positive trend (Wall Street Journal<\/em>, February 14  – Italian Change \u2018Seems Evidence of Progress\u2019 <\/a>). This vision is in line with the picture painted by Moody\u2019s, which has improved its opinion of the prospects of the Italian economy (February 14  su Wall Street Journal<\/em> – Moody’s Changes Italy Outlook to Stable<\/a>*  and Bloomberg<\/em> – Italy\u2019s Credit-Rating Outlook Raised to Stable by Moody\u2019s<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Fashion Week<\/strong> \u2013 International papers turned their spotlight on the beginning of Women\u2019s Fashion Week. The Milan event was opened by Gucci<\/strong>, with Salma Hayek as its testimonial (February 19  in El Pais<\/em> – Gucci abre la semana de la moda de Mil\u00e1n<\/a> and Bloomberg Businessweek<\/em> – Salma Hayek gushes over Gucci’s softness<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The Financial Times<\/em> explained that \u2013 along with the great names in fashion \u2013 younger designers, such as Stella Jean<\/strong> <\/strong>e Andrea Incontri<\/strong>, <\/strong>are appearing on the runway (February 14  – New designers set to make an impact at London and Milan fashion shows<\/a>). And the financial pages reported on other fashion houses, such as Furla<\/strong>. The leather goods firm recently announced its decision to increase sales in China (Bloomberg<\/em>, February 17  – Italian Handbag Maker Furla Aims to Boost China Sales<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Lifestyle: supercars, cultures and cooking <\/strong>–  Fashion aside, interest in Italian lifestyle is growing. First attraction are made in Italy supercars. Ferrari<\/strong> is showing record sales, even though it has decreased production  (February 18  in the Globo<\/em> –  Ferrari tem queda nas vendas, mas receita bate recorde <\/a>;El Mundo<\/em> <\/em>–  Ferrari gana 246 millones de euros reduciendo la producci\u00f3n un 5,4%<\/a>; Expansion<\/em> –Ferrari gana 246 millones reduciendo la producci\u00f3n un 5,4% en 2013<\/a>). Lamborghini\u2019s strategy<\/strong> is just the opposite: the company is planning to increase production, but without compromising its image of exclusiveness (Wall Street Journal<\/em>, February 17  – Lamborghini Chief Looks to Expand<\/a>*).<\/p>\n

Finally, food is in the news, especially if it\u2019s made in Florence. The Daily Beast<\/em> told the story of the discovery of the ancient cemetery dating back to the 5th<\/sup> century BC (February 15  – The Uffizi\u2019s Secret Mass Grave<\/a>), New York Times<\/em> wrote about cooking in the Tuscan capital, giving its readers with the receipt for ribollita (February 19  –  Ribollita<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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