US Commerce Secretary Pritzker underlines the role of Italian SMEs: “Here they find a reliable system”
by Marco Valsania Penny Pritzker speaks with the satisfaction belonging to those who succeed. "We are making business easier for foreign companies coming to the Unites States". Easier, most of all, for small and medium size companies such the ones comprising the Italian contingent, at 41 the largest from Europe to arrive at the SelectUsa s...
Lo Cascio. Lascio Winebow e vi racconto come l’America ha scoperto l’Italia del vino
di Loredana Sottile Usa, 1980. C'era una volta in America - o meglio non c'era ancora - il vino italiano. Oggi sembrerebbe preistoria, considerato che parliamo del primo Paese di destinazione per le nostre esportazioni vitivinicole: 1,1 miliardi di dollari nel 2014. Cosa è successo nel frattempo? Nel mezzo c'è stata un'evoluzione...
Former Mets great Mike Piazza elected to Hall of Fame
by Maria Guardado In an election that some would view as overdue, former Mets catcher Mike Piazza was voted to the National Baseball Hall of Fame Wednesday. Piazza, who was in his fourth year on the ballot, earned 83 percent of the vote from the Baseball Writers' Association of America electorate, surpassing the 75 percent barrier req...
Lingua e cultura: il CQIE negli USA
Da oggi e fino al 6 giugno, il senatore Pd Claudio Micheloni è in missione a Washington-New York-Chicago (USA) alla guida di una delegazione del Comitato per le questioni degli italiani all'estero – di cui è presidente – e della Commissione Istruzione composta dai senatori Mussini, Conte e Turano. Cqie e Commissione sono impegnati nell'indagine con...
Italy & USA Best of 2013
Luca Parmitano? La visita del Segretario di Stato John Kerry a Roma? Enrico Letta a Washington? L'Anno della Cultura Italiana negli Stati Uniti? Quale immagine è per te il simbolo del legame di amicizia tra Italia e Stati Uniti nel 2013? Vota la tua immagine preferita cliccando su "Mi Piace" e su "Condividi" sotto la foto che ti piace di più....
Italian-American stereotypes still persist in film
The late and great film critic Roger Ebert, a local boy who did good (in both senses), loved Italy, Italian culture and Italian-Americans. He visited the country frequently, admired filmmaker Federico Fellini, and felt a cinematic, Catholic kinship with an American filmmaker of Italian heritage, Martin Scorsese. In 1996, he also praised actor Stanl...
Italian Luxury Brands Need to Penetrate the U.S. Market
The world's luxury goods market was a bit down in 2014, however 2015 expectations look to be brighter – reports Fondazione Altagamma and Bain & Company. Figures show that Italy is still a hotspot for luxury goods purchases, and Milan, the only Italian city in the world's top ten list for shopping destinations, still plays an important role...
2017 Fiat 124 Spider to Debut in Late 2015
by Jason Siu Fiat's version of the 2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata will debut later this year. The 2017 Fiat 124 Spider was confirmed earlier this year at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show and Edmunds reports that it'll debut either at the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show or the 2015 Los Angeles Auto Show. The roadster will arrive in dealerships nex...
My 100 Year Old Italian American Grandmother Ros
by Maryrose Scott My grandmother Rosina Maria Marrapese also known as Rose Marie Marrapese Angelico was born in Rochester, Monroe County, New York to Mary Musto Marrapese and Pasquale Marrapese on a hot summer day August 17, 1915. My grandfather was an immigrant from Napoli, Italy. They had the normal Italian life, loads of love, homemade wine, ch...
10 things you may not know about Téa Leoni
by Claudia Baroncelli If you love political TV dramas with their political intrigues, turn of events and power games, you'll also like Madam Secretary, the popular CBS TV series, starring 49-year-old American actress (and mother of two) Téa Leoni. After almost 20 years since The Naked Truth, she plays the role of Elizabeth McCord...
Feast of the Seven Fishes: A festive Italian Christmas tradition
By Kristen Massad In my family, Christmas Eve was never about gifts or getting to bed early to wait for Santa. It's about food. We always focused on cooking and enjoying a long evening of feasting together. As part of a large Italian-American family, our tradition has always been the Feast of the Seven Fishes. There is a lot...
Colombo o no, gli italiani l'America l'hanno fatta per davvero
Questa volta, verrebbe da dire, un Visti da lontano (un po' un Visti da New York al contrario) posso farlo io. Cosa vediamo dall'Italia del Columbus Day? A prima vista nulla, perché nessuno ne parla. Si dirà che siamo alle prese con i fatti di casa nostra: la tenuta del governo sul Jobs Act (ma è proprio necessario chiamarlo così?), la città di Gen...