{"id":72749,"date":"2018-12-10T15:56:12","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T14:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/pin\/week-november-16-22\/"},"modified":"2018-12-10T15:56:12","modified_gmt":"2018-12-10T14:56:12","slug":"week-november-16-22","status":"publish","type":"pin","link":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/pin\/week-november-16-22\/","title":{"rendered":"The week of November 16 \u2013 22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Economy <\/strong>\u2013 <strong>Enel\u2019s<\/strong> latest plans and other news warranted several articles in the foreign press this week, with several explaining how Europe\u2019s largest utility company is planning to invest some 27.5 billion Euro in Green Energy and networks over the next three years and how the group, headed by Francesco Starace, has announced that it will pay 70 percent of its ordinary net profit as dividends in the three years to 2021: (On November 20 in the <em>New York Times<\/em> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/reuters\/2018\/11\/20\/business\/20reuters-enel-strategy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enel Pledges to Spend More on Green Energy and Networks<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/reuters\/2018\/11\/20\/business\/20reuters-enel-strategy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enel Ramps Up Green Energy and Networks to Boost Returns<\/a>*; <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/enel-raises-profit-targets-1542702217?mod=searchresults&amp;page=1&amp;pos=7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enel Raises Profit Targets<\/a><em>*;<\/em> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/enel-plan\/enel-raises-earnings-targets-commits-to-invest-more-idUSS8N1X503U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enel raises earnings targets, commits to invest more<\/a>; and <em>El Mundo<\/em> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elmundo.es\/economia\/empresas\/2018\/11\/20\/5bf3fccaca47419d1c8b45f6.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enel invertir\u00e1 5.500 millones en Espa\u00f1a y Portugal de un plan de 27.500 millones hasta 2021<\/a>).<br \/>Other news involved Italy\u2019s largest insurance company, <strong style=\"font-style: normal;\">Generali,<\/strong> and its plans to increase its share of the German \u2013 and Italian \u2013 markets, (<em style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Les Echos<\/em>, November 21 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lesechos.fr\/finance-marches\/banque-assurances\/0600188094528-generali-veut-passer-la-vitesse-superieure-2223550.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Relanc\u00e9, Generali veut passer la vitesse sup\u00e9rieure<\/a>*), whilst another piece in the same paper featured <strong style=\"font-style: normal;\">Monini, <\/strong>and its intention to exploit its identity as a family-run company to increase its sales in France (<em style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Les Echos<\/em>, November 22 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lesechos.fr\/industrie-services\/conso-distribution\/0600188566872-lhuile-monini-capitalise-sur-son-identite-familiale-2223929.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">L&#8217;huile Monini capitalise sur son identit\u00e9 familiale<\/a>*).<br \/>News of <strong style=\"font-style: normal;\">Luigi Gubitosi\u2019s <\/strong>nomination to head up TIM led to two articles, (November 18 in <em style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Handelsblatt<\/em> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.handelsblatt.com\/unternehmen\/it-medien\/italien-gubitosi-wird-neuer-chef-von-telecom-italia-vorgaenger-genish-stiftet-aktionaersrevolte-an\/23651818.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gubitosi wird neuer Chef von Telecom Italia \u2013 Vorg\u00e4nger Genish stiftet Aktion\u00e4rsrevolte an<\/a> and another in <em style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Expansion &#8211; <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.expansion.com\/empresas\/tecnologia\/2018\/11\/18\/5bf1cb10e5fdea36508b45d5.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Luigi Gubitosi, nuevo consejero delegado de Telecom Italia<\/a>), whilst another piece was all about how the London Stock Exchange will move part of its government bond trading to Milan ahead of Brexit (<em style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Les Echos<\/em>, November 20 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lesechos.fr\/finance-marches\/marches-financiers\/0600173726795-la-bourse-de-londres-deplace-son-trading-obligataire-a-milan-2223151.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">La Bourse de Londres d\u00e9place son trading obligataire \u00e0 Milan<\/a>*).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Culture<\/strong> &#8211; Italian style &#8211; resulted in various articles in the foreign press this week. The <em>New York Times <\/em>wrote about the exhibition at Rome\u2019s Maxxi museum dedicated to the work of the war photo-reporter <strong>Paolo Pellegrin<\/strong> (November 16 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/11\/16\/arts\/design\/paolo-pellegrin-maxxi-rome.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Look Back on a Life\u2019s Work Capturing Conflict<\/a>), whilst another piece featured <strong>Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo<\/strong>, one of Europe\u2019s best known art collectors, whose foundation will be opening a Madrid based arts complex next year (November 20 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/11\/20\/world\/europe\/sandretto-rebaudengo-art-turin-madrid.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Prominent Art Patron Sets Her Sights on Madrid<\/a>) and another article in the same paper was all about a jewelry exhibition in Pistoia (November 20 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/11\/20\/fashion\/jewelry-exhibition-italy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Italy\u2019s Avant-Garde Art Jewelry on Display<\/a>). <em>Lib\u00e9ration <\/em>reviewed <strong>Silvia Costa<\/strong>\u2019s \u201cNel Paese di Inverno\u201d, an artistic interpretation of Cesare Pavese\u2019s book, \u2018Dialogues with Leuco (November 15- <a href=\"https:\/\/next.liberation.fr\/theatre\/2018\/11\/15\/les-deesses-en-panne-de-silvia-costa_1692330\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LES D\u00c9ESSES EN PANNE DE&nbsp;SILVIA COSTA<\/a>).<br \/>Several papers reported on the recent discovery of a \u201csensual\u201d fresco in <strong style=\"font-style: normal;\">Pompeii<\/strong>, depicting Queen Leda of Sparta being impregnated by the God Jupiter (on November 19 in <em style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Washington Post<\/em> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/europe\/sensual-goddess-fresco-discovered-in-ancient-pompeii-bedroom\/2018\/11\/19\/2c05087e-ec03-11e8-8b47-bd0975fd6199_story.html?utm_term=.cefde63aed62\">Sensual fresco discovered in ancient Pompeii bedroom<\/a>; <em style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Le Monde<\/em> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/archeologie\/article\/2018\/11\/20\/pompei-decouverte-d-une-fresque-qui-depeint-la-relation-entre-la-reine-leda-et-zeus_5386212_1650751.html?xtmc=italie&amp;xtcr=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pomp\u00e9i: d\u00e9couverte d\u2019une fresque qui d\u00e9peint la relation entre la reine L\u00e9da et Zeus<\/a>; <em style=\"font-weight: normal;\">The Guardian<\/em> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2018\/nov\/19\/take-me-to-your-leda-sensual-pompeii-bedroom-art-uncovered\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Take me to your Leda: sensual Pompeii bedroom art uncovered<\/a>; <em style=\"font-weight: normal;\">El Pa\u00eds &#8211; <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/elpais.com\/cultura\/2018\/11\/21\/actualidad\/1542804601_647553.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Descubierto en Pompeya un fresco er\u00f3tico \u201c\u00fanico y excepcional\u201d<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tourism<\/strong> \u2013<em>El Pa\u00eds<\/em> suggested readers might enjoy a slow-paced exploration of <strong>Southern Italy,<\/strong> discovering \u201cirresistible piazzas, coquettish churches and amazing towns\u201d along the way (November 18 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/elviajero.elpais.com\/elviajero\/2018\/11\/15\/actualidad\/1542273788_722165.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sin prisas por el sur de Italia<\/a>) and, having pushed through to <strong>Sicily,<\/strong> wrote another piece that described the \u201cdreams and shadows\u201d that populate the island (November 19 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/elpais.com\/elpais\/2018\/11\/16\/album\/1542387471_750030.html#foto_gal_2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sicilia, de sue\u00f1os y de sombras<\/a>). The <em>Financial Times<\/em> brought food and wine and real estate together to write about the sale of the Castle in Monstestrutto in <strong>Piedmont <\/strong>(November 16 <strong>&#8211; <\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/a7a93b80-e37a-11e8-a6e5-792428919cee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hot property: homes near food festivals<\/a>*) whilst <em>Der Standard<\/em> was in the Venice Lagoons, to write all about <strong>Torcello<\/strong> including how, having been feared lost forever, the Dorona grape was rediscovered there a few years ago (November 16 &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/derstandard.at\/2000091224725\/In-den-Weinbergen-Venedigs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Torcello: In den Weinbergen Venedigs<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>*Article available for pay \/ at registration<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Economy <\/strong>\u2013 <strong>Enel\u2019s<\/strong> latest plans and other news warranted several articles in the foreign press this week, with several explaining how Europe\u2019s largest utility company is planning to invest some 27.5 billion Euro in Green Energy and networks over the next three years and how the group, headed by Francesco Starace, has announced that it will pay 70 percent of its ordinary net profit as dividends in the three years to 2021: (On November 20 in the <em>New York Times<\/em> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/reuters\/2018\/11\/20\/business\/20reuters-enel-strategy.html\" \n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2358,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","neve_meta_reading_time":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"freetags":[],"tipologiapin":[2375],"tag_tecnica":[],"temi_aspen":[],"attivita_internaz_in_essere":[],"attivita_internaz_concluse":[],"studi_e_ricerche":[],"class_list":["post-72749","pin","type-pin","status-publish","hentry","tipologiapin-foreign-press-italys-success-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pin\/72749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pin"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/pin"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pin\/72749\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"freetags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/freetags?post=72749"},{"taxonomy":"tipologiapin","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tipologiapin?post=72749"},{"taxonomy":"tag_tecnica","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tag_tecnica?post=72749"},{"taxonomy":"temi_aspen","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/temi_aspen?post=72749"},{"taxonomy":"attivita_internaz_in_essere","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attivita_internaz_in_essere?post=72749"},{"taxonomy":"attivita_internaz_concluse","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attivita_internaz_concluse?post=72749"},{"taxonomy":"studi_e_ricerche","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/studi_e_ricerche?post=72749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}