Marni to Celebrate San Francisco Store Opening
GO WEST: Marni will celebrate the opening of its first store in San Francisco with a cocktail party on Wednesday hosted by W Magazine, as well as art advisor Sabrina Buell and Alison Pincus, founder of online home decor marketplace One Kings Lane. The 3,500-square-foot boutique, located on Maiden Lane, in the heart of the city's Union Square distr...
Will An Italian Restaurant End The Class Action As We Know It?
The questioning didn't go well for the plaintiffs in American Express vs. Italian Colors today, and that could mean the U.S. Supreme Court is about to give companies another powerful tool for reducing class-action litigation against them. The justices expressed strong skepticism about the central premise of the case, which is that antitrust lawsui...
Walkman, l'orgoglio italiano sbarca in America
All'angolo destro del ring, 1 metro e 85 cm di altezza, un quintale di peso, mani sensibili e abilità sconosciute, signore e signori, Walkman. Potrebbe sembrarlo ma non si tratta della presentazione pre-combattimento di un pugile americano, né l'elenco delle doti soprannaturali di un wrestler consumato. Walkman è un robot umanoide frutto d...
California Mille 2016: 67 Historic Cars Recalls The Italian Mille Miglia
Do not call it a race! Who has been part of the California Mille in the last years cannot help but call it either a "tour" or a "drive. Every year, for a full weekend, San Francisco and the Bay Area become the place where-to-be for car lovers from all over the United States. While the California Mille 2016 started on Monday 25th, cars that...
Lamborghini Centenario Lands In North America
Following its official presentation made this spring, at the Geneva Motor Show, the Centenario has been shown to a group of VIP clients, who gathered at the Petersen Automotive Museum last week, for a private viewing. "The car is the ultimate expression of Automobili Lamborghini. The Centenario marks what would have been the 100th birthday...
Expo 2015, così l'America vuole stupire l'Italia
Il 2 giugno a San Francisco la celebrazione della Festa della Repubblica è stata l'occasione per il presidente del Padiglione USA a Expo2015, Charlie Faas, per presentare il progetto Expo al pubblico di Silicon Valley riscuotendo grande interesse. La venue era quella giusta: davanti al Golden Gate, nel punto in cui San Francisco ha fatto i...
BAIA Launches BAIA Executives Business Network
Readers of this blog will already be well familiar with the Business Association Italy America, known as BAIA, which brings together entrepreneurs, managers and professionals operating between the US and Italy for exciting events, workshops, lectures and more. Membership in BAIA means access to a rich network of passionate people and repre...
Ferrari fanatic selling 8 cars to make room for more
For anyone who has ever had to clean out an overflowing garage, consider the problem faced by Tony Shooshani: He has too many Ferraris. Shooshani, of Beverly Hills, is putting eight of his prized, rare Ferraris up for sale to make room for a bevy of new ones. The sleek cars, headed for the block at the Gooding and Company auction in Scottsda...
Bertazzoni Showcases Product Lineup at West Edge Design Show 2013
Bertazzoni, the world's oldest family-owned manufacturer of ovens and ranges, presented its full suite of cooking appliances at the West Edge™ Design Show in Santa Monica, California on October 3-6, 2013. The 131-year old company also announced today a new Speed Oven, which combines a European Convection oven with advanced microwave cooking in the...
Start-up, le cinque lezioni di Decisyon
C'è una notizia che circola da qualche settimana nell'ecosistema "innovazione" ma che non è rimasta sottotraccia, forse perché i protagonisti non fanno parte dell'establishment né dell'economia "tradizionale" o perché il fatto è stato rubricato nella categoria "startup e digital business", che tanto fa parlare quando si tratta di fare proclami ma p...
Personal Factory Back in L.A. to Learn the UCLA-GAP Project Key Findings
It is with great pride and enthusiasm that we introduce the first Southern Italian company participating in the UCLA Global Access Program: Personal Factory, founded in Calabria in 2004 by the Tassone brothers, is one of the most remarkable Italian STARTUP success stories of recent times. In fact, Personal Factory has created a revolutiona...
Lorenzo Soria brings his journalistic professionalism to the chair of the HFPA
Lorenzo Soria's parents were Jews, urged - by the suffocating climate following the "Italian Racial Laws" - to embark on a diaspora to Argentina. They settled down in Buenos Aires, where, in 1951, Lorenzo was born. The boy grew up in a circle of Italians, until at the age of 11, he experienced the tragic loss of his father. His m...