{"id":72675,"date":"2018-04-09T12:10:09","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T10:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/pin\/week-march-30-april-5\/"},"modified":"2018-04-09T12:10:09","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T10:10:09","slug":"week-march-30-april-5","status":"publish","type":"pin","link":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/pin\/week-march-30-april-5\/","title":{"rendered":"The week of March 30 \u2013 April 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

Economy & Finance<\/strong> \u2013 The growth strategies of Italian businesses featured in the foreign press again this week. The New York Times<\/em> explained how Kiko, <\/strong>known for its \u201c<\/strong>cheap but trendy\u201d cosmetics, is looking for investors that will support its \u201crapid growth\u201d on foreign markets (March 29 <\/strong>– Interview-Italy’s Kiko CEO Says May Bring in New Investor to Fund Growth<\/a>*) whilst the Financial Times<\/em> described how Intesa Sanpaolo<\/strong>, \u201cItaly\u2019s leading bank\u201d when it comes to capitalization, is also looking for a new partner as it plans to expand the asset management side of its business (April 1 – Intesa Sanpaolo plans asset management merger<\/a>*). Meanwhile, the New York Times<\/em> wrote about the determination of Pirelli\u2019s<\/strong> foreign investors to stay the course, convinced that its fortunes are on the rise (March 29 – Pirelli’s Russian Shareholder LTI Plans to Stay After Lock-Up Period Ends<\/a>*), and Spain\u2019s El Mundo<\/em>, wrote about Ebrofoods acquisition of 70% of Bertagni<\/strong>,  Italy\u2019s oldest producer of \u201cfilled\/stuffed\u201d pasta (April 2 – Ebro Foods adquiere el 70% de Bertagni, la marca de pasta rellena m\u00e1s antigua de Italia<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Architeture and design<\/strong> \u2013 Two articles on Italian style this week that featured famous architects, with Le Monde <\/em>running an interview with Renzo Piano<\/strong>, who, 40 years after the success of his Pompidou centre is back in Paris to design the city\u2019s new Palace of Justice (April 3 – Renzo Piano : \u00ab L\u2019architecte allume les consciences \u00bb<\/a>*) whilst it was \u201cvisionary architect\u201d, the Italian-Mexican, Mario Pani <\/strong>responsible for the urban design of Mexico City, who featured in an article, in El Pais<\/em> to mark the 107th<\/sup> anniversary of his birth (March 31 –  Mario Pani, el visionario de la planificaci\u00f3n urban\u00edstica de Ciudad de M\u00e9xico<\/a>).
Les Echos<\/em> wrote about the artistic directors of Italy\u2019s leading design brands that included people as diverse as Gio Ponti<\/strong> and Patrizia Amoroso<\/strong> (April 5 – Direction artistique : le dada du design<\/a>).
A product symbolic of Italian style, the \u201cvespa\u201d was the focus of an article published in two different papers, that reported on the success vintage Piaggio<\/strong> models are enjoying in Pakistan and described the scooter as the best present, after pizza, that Italy has given the world (April \u2013 New York Times <\/em>–  Labor of Love-Vintage Vespa Fans Cling to the Past in Pakistan<\/a>*; Reuters <\/em>– Labor of love: Vintage Vespa fans cling to the past in Pakistan<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Tourism<\/strong> featured several times this week, with two major US dailies, New York Times and Washington Post<\/em>, <\/em>running the same article, from the Associated Press,<\/em> that explored the opening of the Giacomo Casanova Museum and Experience<\/strong> in the Palazzo Pesaro Papafava  in Venice (New York Times<\/em> – Italy Museum Aims to Show Casanova as More Than Just a Lover<\/a>*; Washington Post<\/em> – Italy museum aims to show Casanova as more than just a lover<\/a>*).  El Mundo<\/em>, on the other hand, headed for Milan<\/strong> to review the city\u2019s \u201cmost daring\u201d hotel, the new Nhow in the Tortona district that has apparently had both Brad Pitt and Rihanna \u201cflipping out\u201d <\/strong>(April 5 – <\/strong>El hotel m\u00e1s atrevido de Mil\u00e1n que vuelve locos a Brad Pitt y Rihanna<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Lake Garda<\/strong>  was well represented  with El Pais Semanal<\/em>, publishing photos of a 17th<\/sup> century residence that has been transformed into a dream \u201ccountry home\u201d (March 28 – Piel centenaria, una casa de campo de ensue\u00f1o en Italia<\/a>), and the New York Times<\/em> described how the world\u2019s first \u201crobot concierge\u201d can be found in Peschiera del<\/strong> Garda <\/strong> (April 2 – Italy’s Robot Concierge a Novelty on the Way to Better AI<\/a>*).
Then Gardone Riviera was the starting point for Bloomberg\u2019s <\/em>video report that also featured <\/em> the latest model of Maserati\u2019s Levante SUV as it made its way around some of the  lake\u2019s many winding roads (March 28 – Travelling through Gardone Riviera<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Food & Drink <\/strong> featured in the American press this week following the death of  Andrew Balducci \u201cthe pioneer of gourmet Italian food in New York, (March 30 in both the Wall Street Journal<\/em> –  Italian gourmet grocery pioneer Andrew Balducci dies at 92<\/a>* and  the Washington Post<\/em> respectively – Italian gourmet grocery pioneer Andrew Balducci dies at 92<\/a>*). The New York Times<\/em>  also wrote about white wines<\/strong> from the Etna district in Sicily (March 29 – Your Next Lesson: Etna Bianco<\/a>*),  whilst El Mundo<\/em> explored various Italian products  it said was made with a \u201crigour and seriousness\u201d  that Spain could learn from (April 2 – Cata de la semana: Italia<\/a>). And then on 3  and 4 April, the Washington Post provided readers with two very Italian recipes – Pasta, Potatoes and Cauliflower<\/a>* and – Pasta and Black-Eyed Peas<\/a>*).<\/p>\n

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