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by John Bensalhia In some ways online retailing is a godsend. It's quick. It's easy. And in many cases, it's actually cheaper. Factor in the added bonus of not having to contend with the crowds – an obstacle that's particularly obvious at this time of year as the January Sales rush kicks in.   It's always the way: you see something you like...

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by Roberta Holland   Globalization hasn't made manufacturing clusters obsolete, but the geographically concentrated pockets of industry have to be smart to ensure their survival, according to new research from Harvard Business School.   Gary P. Pisano, the Harry E. Figgie, Jr. Professor of Business Administration at HBS, and researche...

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650 tonnellate di sabbia dolomitica utilizzata. 460 metri quadrati di area espositiva. Scultori di fama mondiale intervenuti per dare forma e anima all'immenso presepe di Sand Nativity, giunto quest'anno alla 13° edizione (Jesolo, 7 dicembre 2014 – 1 febbraio 2015).   Un viaggio artistico iniziato nel 2002 e capace di portare nella celeberri...

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by Gioacchino Moncado   Tacopina, atto secondo. Dopo l'esperienza a Bologna l'avvocato italo – americano Joe Tacopina torna a far parlare di se per un'altra acquisizione di una società di calcio italiana. Si tratta del Venezia, attualmente impegnata nel campionato di Serie D, club del quale ricoprirà l'incarico di presidente. Ed il progetto...

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A new railway link will directly connect Rome airport and the main cities in central and northern Italy. It will take 2 hours and 14 minutes to arrive in Florence and 2 hours 59 to get to Bologna, while a longer ride would be required to Padua (3 hours and 57 minutes) and Venice (4 hours and 12 minutes).   The new high-speed routes will star...

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La Fondazione Giorgio Cini, in memoria di Olivo e Vilma Andreazza, ha istituito una borsa di studio residenziale di sei mesi del valore di 12.500 euro per consentire agli italiani "di seconda e terza generazione", ossia figli o nipoti di italiani emigrati all'estero per motivi di lavoro, di tornare nel Paese d'origine per trascorrere un periodo di...

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Arrivederci, New York! After seven months on the job, Mayor de Blasio is taking a break from City Hall and hitting his ancestral homeland of Italy for a 10-day vacation.   The mayor, his wife, Chirlane McCray, and their kids Chiara, 19, and Dante, 16, are scheduled to depart on July 18 for a multi-city Italian tour sources told the Daily Ne...

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Il Venetian Heritage Council ha deciso di procedere ad una raccolta fondi per il restauro dell'antico ghetto di Venezia ( https://vh-council.org/). L'iniziativa sarà presentata alla stampa il prossimo 10 novembre al Consolato Generale di New York. Per l'occasione interverranno Joseph Sitt e Diane von Furstenberg, presidente e vice presidente d...

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by Massimo Frontera Of the many restoration works currently underway in Italy, some involve complexes of outstanding significance, on which substantial resources are being invested and that could give a significant boost to the country's economy, besides representing a precious heritage for humanity. Here is a selection of 10 of these gems.  ...

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by Michela Tartaglia   Lino Tagliapietra answered the phone from his apartment, in Venice at 8PM, local time and immediately begins the conversation by describing the colors of the sunset over the Laguna from his apartment window. "There is another place in the world that has a sunset just as beautiful" he continues, "That place is Seattle"....

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