Italy’s Eni and CFS speed up plans for fusion energy
MILAN (Reuters) – Italian energy group Eni and U.S.-based Commonwealth Fusion System (CFS) signed a new collaboration agreement on Thursday to accelerate the industrialisation of …
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Italy’s Visco raps ECB colleagues in widening hawk-dove divide
By Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) – European Central Bank governing council member Ignazio Visco on Wednesday criticized some fellow policymakers for comments on future interest …
Italy’s manufacturing sector sees growth pick up in Feb -PMI
ROME (Reuters) – Growth in Italy’s manufacturing sector gathered speed in February, helped by a rise in output and a return to expansion of new …
After One Hundred Days, Italy’s Right-Wing Prime Minister’s Popularity Surpasses Joe Biden
After One Hundred Days, Italy’s Right-Wing Prime Minister’s Popularity Surpasses Joe Biden Lorenzo Prieto on February 16, 2023 Giorgia Meloni became Italy’s first female prime …
Italy’s right poised to win regional vote after national triumph
By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s two most important regions hold elections this weekend that will provide Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her right-wing …
Italy’s CDP sounds out banks, funds on rival bid for TIM grid, sources say
By Elvira Pollina and Giuseppe Fonte MILAN (Reuters) – Italian state lender CDP is sounding out banks that could help finance its offer for Telecom …
Goldman Sachs among investors interested in financing Italy’s Serie A – sources
MILAN (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs is one of various fund and bank investors that have expressed interest in financing the growth of the media business …
Italy’s pandemic recovery plan must halt demographic “tsunami” in south – ISTAT
(Reuters) – Italy’s south is on track for a “demographic tsunami” if it fails to capitalise on European Union pandemic recovery funds to bridge the …
Italy’s Intesa convinces investors on payouts
By Valentina Za MILAN (Reuters) -Italy’s top bank Intesa Sanpaolo has convinced investors of its ability to reward them, lifting its shares on Monday after …
Italy’s Enel X partners with Toyota on electric mobility
ROME (Reuters) – Enel X Way, the e-mobility division of Italy’s biggest utility Enel, will make available its domestic and street charging services to Toyota …
Air France says it won’t bid for Italy’s ITA Airways
PARIS (Reuters) – Air France-KLM said on Wednesday it had informed the Italian government it would not bid for an equity stake in its flag …
Illness is what ultimately snared Italy’s top Mafia fugitive
By Alvise Armellini ROME (Reuters) – Failing health, more than anything else, is what brought to an end 30 years of life as a fugitive …
Italy’s Eni, Esso offices raided in antitrust probe over fuel price breaches
MILAN (Reuters) – Italy’s antitrust authority said on Monday the offices of several oil companies, including Italy’s Eni and Exxon Mobil Corp’s ESSO Italiana unit, …
Italy’s services sector broadly stable in December- PMI
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s services sector registered broadly stable activity in December, a survey showed on Wednesday, holding up better than expected as new business …
Italy’s Meloni takes issue with ECB, euro zone’s bailout fund
By Gavin Jones and Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni took aim at the EU’s financial institutions on Thursday, telling the …
Italy’s parliament gives final approval to government’s 2023 budget
ROME (Reuters) – The Italian government on Thursday comfortably won a vote of confidence in the Senate over its expansionary 2023 budget, obtaining parliament’s final …
TIM’s board indicates Italy’s telecoms lobby head as director – sources
MILAN (Reuters) – Telecom Italia (TIM) board has indicated Italy’s telecoms lobby chief Massimo Sarmi as a new director, two sources with knowledge of the …
ECB sets core capital threshold for Italy’s Intesa at 8.88% from 8.81%
MILAN (Reuters) – The European Central Bank has set the minimum threshold for Intesa Sanpaolo’s core capital at 8.88% for next year, fractionally higher than …
EU Commission approves Italy’s 2023 draft budget despite reservations
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Italy’s draft 2023 budget draft, drawn up by its new government, is overall in line with policies agreed by EU governments, the European …
Italy’s Eni eyes biorefinery in Malaysia with Petronas, Euglena
MILAN (Reuters) – Italian energy group Eni is studying the possibility of developing and operating a biorefinery in Malaysia together with Japan’s Euglena and Malaysia’s …
Italy’s Equita hires Lazard banker Schiavina
MILAN (Reuters) – Italian boutique investment bank Equita has hired former Lazard banker Edoardo Schiavina as managing director to strengthen its industrial advisory team, it …
Italy’s Meloni and daughter targeted by online death threat
ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her 6-year-old daughter have received online death threats from an unemployed man angry over government plans …
Italy’s Meloni may water down cash payments plan after EU talks
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Sunday that she may water down plans to make it easier to settle small payments …
Italy’s govt has not clarified whether CDP will bid for TIM’s grid – union official
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s government has not clarified with unions whether state lender Cassa Depositi e Presitit (CDP) would submit a preliminary offer for Telecom …
Leonardo, Iveco win Brazil order worth up to 2 billion euros, Italy’s defence minister says
MILAN (Reuters) -A consortium of defence group Leonardo and commercial vehicle maker Iveco has won an order to supply Brazil’s army with 220 armoured vehicles …
Italy’s TIM to close offices on Fridays under new work from home policy
MILAN (Reuters) – Telecom Italia (TIM) will keep its offices across Italy closed on Fridays as part of a deal with unions to expand home …
Italy’s Cucinelli and EssilorLuxottica sign eyewear license accord
MILAN (Reuters) – Brunello Cucinelli signed an exclusive license deal with French-Italian glasses maker EssilorLuxottica for the design, manufacture and distribution of eyewear under the …
Italy’s Monte dei Paschi says cash call 96.3% covered
By Valentina Za MILAN (Reuters) -Investors in Monte dei Paschi di Siena have taken up 96.3% of the Italian lender’s 2.5 billion euro ($2.4 billion) …
Italy’s Leonardo raises FY orders guidance after strong nine months
ROME (Reuters) -Italy’s state-controlled defence group Leonardo on Thursday raised its full-year guidance after reporting a sizeable jump in orders during January-September. In that period, …
Italy’s Campari builds up bourbon business with $600 million Kentucky deal
MILAN (Reuters) -Italian spirits group Campari said on Monday it had reached an agreement to buy an initial 70% stake in Wilderness Trail Distillery for …
Italy’s Meloni under fire over plan to raise cash payments cap
By Alvise Armellini ROME (Reuters) -Italy’s new right-wing government is planning to raise a limit on cash payments, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Wednesday, amid …
Italy’s Illycaffe to pay global employee bonus, CEO tells paper
MILAN (Reuters) – Italian premium coffee maker Illycaffe will pay a cash bonus to its employees to help them cope with increasingly stretched finances, its …
Giorgia Meloni: The long climb to Italy’s political summit
By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) – In 2019, Giorgia Meloni made a speech that has come to define her: “I am a woman, I am …
Italy’s Berlusconi says has exchanged “sweet letters” with Putin
ROME (Reuters) – Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Tuesday he was back in touch with Russian President Vladimir Putin and had recently …
Double digit inflation looms as first headache for Italy’s Meloni
By Antonella Cinelli and Valentina Consiglio ROME (Reuters) – When outgoing Prime Minister Mario Draghi took office 19 months ago Italian inflation was running at …
Italy’s unemployment rate edges down in August but 74,000 jobs lost during month
ROME, Sept 30 (Reuters) – Italy’s unemployment rate edged down to 7.8% in August from 7.9% in July, data showed on Friday, but only because …
Italy’s regulated household electricity prices to rise 59% in Q4 – ARERA
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s regulated household electricity prices will increase by 59% in the fourth quarter, Italy’s energy authority ARERA said in a statement on …
Italy’s election humbles former populist heroes Salvini and Di Maio
By Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) – After Italy’s last election in 2018, two men embodied the populist wave sweeping the country – Luigi Di Maio …
Berlusconi bounces back with return to Italy’s parliament
By Alvise Armellini ROME (Reuters) – The Italian right-wing coalition’s resounding victory in Sunday’s general election marks a return to parliament for former premier Silvio …
Italy’s right-wing bloc wins election: five questions for markets
MILAN/LONDON (Reuters) – Italy’s right-wing bloc should have a solid majority in both houses of parliament following Sunday’s election, potentially giving the country a rare …
Giorgia Meloni Poised To Become Italy’s Prime Minister
Giorgia Meloni Poised To Become Italy’s Prime Minister Micaela Burrow on September 25, 2022 Giorgia Meloni, leader of the Brothers of Italy party, has …
Factbox: Companies potentially affected by Italy’s election
(Reuters) – A right-wing alliance led by Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party looks set to win a clear majority in the next parliament, exit …
Italy’s right-wing parties seen winning power – exit polls
ROME (Reuters) – A right-wing alliance led by Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party looks set to win a majority in the next parliament, exit …
Same-sex parenting not normal, says aide to Italy’s Meloni
ROME (Reuters) – Same-sex parenting is not normal, a senior member of the far-right party expected to win Italy’s election on Sunday has suggested, casting …
Italy’s watchdog asks Facebook for clarification on pre-election activities
MILAN (Reuters) – Italy’s Data Protection Agency has asked Facebook to clarify the activities the social media giant has engaged in ahead of Sunday’s national …
Old woes and new: business turmoil awaits Italy’s election winner
By Gavin Jones and Angelo Amante TERNI, Italy (Reuters) – Inflation, looming recession and impossibly high energy bills are among the daunting economic problems awaiting …
Italy’s conservative alliance in lockstep, ready to govern, says Meloni
By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s right-wing bloc will easily agree on major policy priorities despite recent disagreements if it wins this weekend’s national …
Italy’s right-wing bloc set for election win: five questions for markets
MILAN (Reuters) – Italy’s right-wing bloc looks set to win a majority in both houses of parliament in next Sunday’s election, at a time when …
Ageing ‘giant’ Berlusconi seeks lead role at Italy’s election
By Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) – Shrugging off old age, ill-health, sex scandals and a criminal conviction, Silvio Berlusconi is in the thick of yet …
Italy’s EU funding plan can be modified – Meloni
By Francesco Zecchini CERNOBBIO, Italy (Reuters) – Italy should not take on more debt to respond to the energy crisis but it should be able …