Italians add more style to FiDi super-plaza
Brookfield Office Properties Inc. announced that Salvatore Ferragamo, the Italian luxury fashion house, will open a location at the redesigned Brookfield Place in Lower Manhattan, which is currently undergoing a $250-million renovation. The renovated Brookfield Place, with its stunning waterfront location, is emerging as one of the most dr...
Italian Luxury Accessories House, VBH, Is Looking For Interns In NYC!
VBH is an Italian Luxury accessories house with an innovative approach to the ever-changing luxury market. The House's core business includes a line of women's luxury leather handbags and accessories, along with a collection of fine jewelry and decorative home objects with a strong celebrity following. VBH corporate offices, retail showroom, creati...
Trucco importing organic Italian clementines
A.J. Trucco Inc. has begun importing organic Italian clementines.Fruit is shipping in 5-pound gift boxes and in 2-pound pouches under a new label, TruStar, according to a news release from New York-based Trucco. "We are thrilled to be launching our new TruStar line with the arrival of our organic clementines," Trucco's president, Nick Pacia, said...
Maurizio Forte, nuovo direttore ICE a New York, si presenta
by Maurita Cardone Viene da Mosca e si è insediato da appena due settimane nella sede dell'Italian Trade Commission (o Istituto per il Commercio Estero, ICE) di 67th Street. In occasione delle celebrazioni per la Festa della Repubblica, il nuovo trade commissioner Maurizio Forte si è presentato ufficialmente alla comunità italiana di New Y...
Park Avenue ‘Roman palace’ complete with frescoes selling for $7.5M
Roman decadence comes to Park Avenue with this recently listed condo. This apartment truly screams Italy, as it was designed by notable architect Leopoldo Rosati. The listing, by Douglas Elliman, describes the $7.5 million abode as a "Roman palace," due to its 15th-century church columns from Rome and hard-to-miss frescos. Those...
AdDRESSing Style: FASHION AND MOVIES: The Art of Italian Costume Design
Giovedì 21 marzo 2013, ore 18.00 in EDT A conversation with:Guido Torlonia, director of the upcoming documentary Handmade Cinema, and the acclaimed plays Caro Luchino, and Caro Federico.Grazia d'Annunzio (US Special Projects Editor, Vogue Italia)Stefano Albertini, NYU The event will include the screening of selctions from the director's work...
PrimiDieci USA 2016: il sistema delle eccellenze
di Maurita Cardone Si sente spesso parlare di sistema Italia, espressione che, intesa a raccontare un'Italia che sa fare tesoro delle sue risorse per creare un'economia competitiva, spesso resta incagliata nella realtà di un paese ancora troppo settoriale. Un esempio in controtendenza lo ha offerto la Italy-America Chamber of Commerce di N...
Spring Symposium 2013 – Analysis
This year's spring's symposium – featuring presentations from 10 prominent EU originated startups with founders from Italy, Israel, Greece, US was one of those great occasions where all falls where it should. On May 2 we have had our fifth gathering, the Italian Business & Investment Initiative Spring Symposium, where the best start ups from...
Enel Green Power to spend $60 mln to raise Buffalo Dunes stake
Italy's biggest green energy company Enel Green Power said on Monday it had agreed to pay $60 million to take its stake in U.S. wind farm Buffalo Dunes to 75 percent. In a statement Enel Green Power, which is controlled by Italy's biggest utility Enel, said its North America unit had signed an agreement with GE Capital to buy a further 26...
Italy Meets The United States Of America Summit
Date: February 11, 2013 at 8:00 am - 11:30 am Location: Peterson Hall 50 East 68th Street New York, NY Italy: Opportunity Amid the Eurozone Crisis Italy Meets the United States of America Summit
Fendi casa opens in Madison Avenue
According to wwd, Mariagrazia Catelli, manager of New York's first Fendi Casa store, at 153 Madison Avenue on the corner of 32nd Street, says they sell to wealthy people. Fendi's leather sofas, priced $25,000 to $30,000, can be had with such signatures as the brand's horse emblem embroidered in the cushions, or the "selleria" fine stitching. While...
Cavi per ascensori Draka nel nuovo World Trade Center a New York
Draka Elevator, brand del Gruppo Prysmian, leader mondiale nel settore dei cavi e sistemi per l'energia e le telecomunicazioni, è stata scelta dalle due principali aziende OEM specializzate nella produzione di ascensori, per la fornitura di cavi e accessori ad alta tecnologia per la realizzazione degli ascensori del nuovo World Trade Center di New...