{"id":72673,"date":"2018-04-09T10:12:58","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T08:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/pin\/week-march-23-29\/"},"modified":"2018-04-09T10:12:58","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T08:12:58","slug":"week-march-23-29","status":"publish","type":"pin","link":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/pin\/week-march-23-29\/","title":{"rendered":"The week of March 23 \u2013 29"},"content":{"rendered":"

The<\/strong> <\/strong>international growth of Italian businesses:<\/strong> Economy & Finance and the strategies adopted by some of the country\u2019s large groups was a topic that interested the foreign press this week. On Reuters<\/em> looked into the food farming sector, writing about Ferrero, its recent significant US buy out and how its 2017 earnings were up (March 22 – Chocolate maker Ferrero reports 1.5 percent rise in revenue in 2017<\/a>; the New York Times<\/em> carried the same article – Chocolate Maker Ferrero Reports 1.5 Percent Rise in Revenue in 2017<\/a>). The  press agency also explained how acquisitions are also positively effecting the profits of another made in Italy brand, namely Lavazza<\/strong> (March 27 – Lavazza to focus on organic growth after acquisitions boost 2017 core profits<\/a>; and that news also appeared in the  New York Times<\/em> – Lavazza to Focus on Organic Growth After Acquisitions Boost 2017 Core Profits<\/a>).<\/p>\n

News on the infrastructure came from Bloomberg<\/em> that highlighted the efforts made by Snam<\/strong> to turn Italy into a gas exporting country (Bloomberg, <\/em>March 19 <\/em>– Italy Is Latest Nation to Become a Gas Exporter<\/a>), whilst El Pais <\/em>wrote about how the Benetton family had purchased a share of Cellnex from Abertis, thanks to the deal made with the Spanish operator by its infrastructure holding business, Atlantia<\/strong> (March 23 – La familia Benetton compra el 29,9% de Cellnex por 1.500 millones<\/a>). On the other hand, Le Monde<\/em>, explained how Trenitalia<\/strong> is getting ready to take advantage of the deregulation of French railways (March 22 – Trenitalia, premier concurrent de la SNCF \u00e0 se d\u00e9clarer officiellement<\/a>*). Then Amplifon<\/strong> and its plans to extend its interests abroad was the subject of a piece by Reuters<\/em> (March 26 – Italy’s Amplifon eyes acquisitions in Germany, France, Canada – CEO<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Culture  – <\/strong>Leading cultural<\/strong> <\/strong>figures<\/strong> <\/strong>featured in several foreign papers this week, starting with <\/strong>Oriana<\/strong> <\/strong>Fallaci,<\/strong> who was the subject of a piece written by Cristina Di Stefano for the Washington Post<\/em> (March 23 <\/strong>– Oriana Fallaci: the journalist, the agitator, the legend<\/a>*), whilst Le Monde<\/em> wrote about the \u201cart of composing\u201d as explained by the Italian-Belgian singer-songwriter Salvatore Adamo<\/strong> (March 26 – Un ap\u00e9ro avec Salvatore Adamo : \u00ab Je ne suis pas uniquement celui qui se languit d\u2019amour \u00bb<\/a>*). Italian music also featured in the New York Times<\/em> in an article about the renewed interest by European audiences in Giovanni Battisti Pergolesi<\/strong> some three centuries after his death (March 27 – Unheard for 300 Years, Italian Mass Rediscovered<\/a>*).  However, for El Pais,<\/em> it was architecture that was the focus of a piece about Teresa Sapey\u2019s efforts to take on and complete a project initiated by Gio Ponti<\/strong> (March 27 – \u00bfQu\u00e9 hace Gio Ponti en un garaje?<\/a>) whilst it was psychoanalysis that featured in the paper\u2019s interview with the psychiatrist Luigi Zoja, <\/strong>timed to coincide with the new Spanish edition of his book \u201c<\/strong>Il gesto di Ettore\u201d(March 28 – Luigi Zoja: “Vivimos en la dimisi\u00f3n del padre”<\/a>).  <\/p>\n

Fashion <\/strong>also featured in a few articles in the foreign press this week.  El<\/em> Pais<\/em> ran with a profile of <\/strong>Anna Dello Russo<\/strong>, a leading light in the world of Italian fashion, following the sale of her collection at a charity auction (March 22 – Anna Dello Russo vac\u00eda el armario por su aniversario<\/a>)  and Le Monde<\/em> reviewed the latest Geox collection of women\u2019s shoes designed by the Neapolitan,  Ernesto Esposito<\/strong> (March 24 – Ernesto Esposito, chausseur pour dames<\/a>*).<\/p>\n

Tourism, Food & Wine <\/strong>were ideal subjects for articles that appeared in the run up to Easter. <\/strong>Die  Welt<\/em>  was in  the \u201cenchanting town\u201d of Galatina<\/strong> in Apulia to review what was on offer by a \u201cmasseria\u201d (traditional farmhouse) that offers guests tradition and modern comforts (March 26 – Aus diesem Hotel m\u00f6chte man nie wieder ausziehen<\/a>) whilst it was the property market in Riva Ligure<\/strong> in the Italian Riviera that interested the New York Times<\/em> (March 28 – House Hunting in \u2026 Italy<\/a>). Food featured in an article, in El Pais\u2019<\/em> style supplement, Icon<\/em>, all about the all-new Gucci<\/strong><\/p>\n

Garden <\/strong>in Florence<\/strong> (March 23 – As\u00ed se come en casa Gucci<\/a>) and again in a piece in Der Standard <\/em>that provided readers with a traditional Easter recipe, pastiera napoletana <\/strong>(March 27 – <\/strong>Pastiera  napoletana \u2013 der g\u00f6ttliche Osterkuchen<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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