Italian automotive supplier to expand in Sanford
An Italian company that makes automotive systems and components plans to expand its Lee County operations, creating 76 jobs in the next three years, officials said Monday. Magneti Marelli Powertrain USA LLC will invest $12 million in the Sanford plant by the end of 2017, officials said. Part of Magneti Marelli S.p.A., Powertrain desig...
Return of the East Harlem "Crowned Madonna" Inspires Pilgrimages of the Faithful
The Pontifical Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, located 448 East 116th Street Manhattan has restored the historic image of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. The statue, housed in the church, has been undergoing an eight month physical and artistic restoration. It was presented to the public on Saturday, October 17, 2015 at 1PM during a special Mass and...
Albuquerque’s premier Italian market and deli celebrates 45 years
When first generation Italian John Camuglia bought the original Tully's meat market in the city's Highland district he took the first step from humble beginnings toward creating an iconic Albuquerque institution. That was in 1970. Today, under the careful, hands-on management of son, Johnny Camuglia, Tully's continues to grow and thrive by bringing...
Umbria olive oil festival is powerful reminder that small is beautiful
by Chiara Beghelli It's very typical among Italians to claim "the olive oil from my region is the best one." Who knows, maybe it's a kind of legacy of the ancient fight between "Comuni," the capital cities of small territories, in Medieval times. Anyway, there is no question that the olive oil from Umbria region is really among the best of It...
The Long Read: Emerging countries look promising, but exporters’ safest bets are still the US and the EU
by Umberto Marengo Italy's export increased by 11% from 2011 to July 2015. This provided an important lifeline to the Italian economy in the second phase of its double dip recession from 2011 to 2014. The drivers of Italy's positive export performance were essentially three: the global economic recovery, domestic wage compression and price...
Bottega Veneta to open maison on Madison Avenue
Bottega Venetahas left Fifth Avenue for the more exclusive environs of Madison Avenue. The Vicenza, Italy-based retailer last week closed its flagship at 699 Fifth Avenue in anticipation of the 2017 opening of a 14,908-square-foot maison at 740 Madison Avenue and 64th Street. It will be a homecoming; the company operated a flagship there from...
NIAF awards Jennie Deluca Legary a full-tuition scholarship at accademia Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy
A native of Cupertino, Calif. and former independent contractor at APPLE Inc., Jennie DeLuca Legary is the recipient of a full-tuition scholarship from the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) in partnership with Accademia Teatro alla Scala, one of the most renowned institutions for training professionals in the performing arts, and Politecn...
Watergate, 50 anni e un papà italiano: "Così è nato il palazzo dello scandalo"
di Manuela Cavalieri e Donatella Mulvoni Il suo nome è sinonimo in tutto il mondo di scandalo politico, ma il Watergate ha molte altre storie da raccontare. Il complesso fu costruito nei primi anni '60 da una società italiana, la Generale Immobiliare (poi controllata da Michele Sindona fino al fallimento). Fu l'ingegnere milanese Giuseppe...
Baking Italian-Style
By Barbara Revsine "The Rustic Italian Bakery," a new book by Italian author Veronica Lavenia, dovetails with both the increasing interest in lowering sugar consumption and the focus on exploring flours made with grains other than wheat. In the introduction to the book, Lavenia writes, "Italian homemade cakes are very simple but rich in ta...
A night in Chicago with Walgreens CEO Stefano Pessina
by Shia Kapos Stefano Pessina, executive vice chairman and CEO of Walgreen Boots Alliance,slipped in quietly last night to the library of the University Club, where some 200 Chicago business executives and Italophiles gathered to fete him. There had been a buzz in the room as guests anticipated his arrival. "He's the highest-...
Portillo's coming to Chicago's South Loop
Close your eyes and imagine this: A juicy hot dog with everything on it, Hot Italian beef with peppers, a decadent chocolate shake - and not having to go all the way to River North to get it! That's right, Portillo's is planning to open a second Chicago location in the South Loop. Mark your calendars: According to the Chicago Tribune,...
Holocaust survivor and decorated war hero to speak at Colorado State University
Albert Rosa, a survivor of the notorious Auschwitz death camp who went on to fight the Nazis with the U.S. military during World War II, will share his story Wednesday, Feb. 24, in the LSC Theatre at 7 p.m. Admission is free; no tickets required. Rosa, now 91, and his family were transported to Auschwitz in 1943 after Germany invaded his nativ...