GLOBAL
Food giants muscle in on booming alternative protein market, with dedicated teams to develop and sell plant-based alternatives to meat and dairy...
GLOBAL
Severe shortages of critical medical supplies have prompted governments to compel private companies to fill the gap...
Elham Mafi-Kreft and Steven Kreft 26 May 2020
SOUTH AFRICA
Representatives from the automotive industries in South Africa and Italy met recently at the South Africa-Italy Summit 2016...
ITALY
ROME, ITALY: The president of the Italian Ferrari luxury sports car company, Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, announced he was stepping down on 13 October, just days after he said he wanted to stay.
ITALY
ROME, ITALY: After rescuing a burning ship from pirate-infested waters off Yemen and salvaging a sinking oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, South African salvage master Nick Sloane faces his biggest test yet off an idyllic Mediterranean island.
ITALY
MILAN, ITALY: Italian car company Fiat announced on Wednesday (29 January) it was changing its name to Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) after completing the purchase of US car manufacturer in a move that Fiat chairman John Elkann said "heralded a new chapter".
ITALY
ROME, ITALY: Shares in Italian car giant Fiat rose sharply after it announced it would take full control of Chrysler in an historic US$3.65bn deal.
ITALY
MILAN, ITALY: Versace is seeking a minority investor and a spokesman at the Italian fashion house says about €250m could be pumped into the luxury brand if the right investor is found.
ITALY
MILAN, ITALY: Italy's luxury fashion brand Prada said on Tuesday (17 September) that its net profit rose by 7.6% in the first half of its fiscal year to €308.2 m and expressed confidence for the future despite an uncertain international economic outlook.
ITALY
ROME, ITALY: Salvage workers will attempt to raise the Costa Concordia cruise ship on Monday (16 September), weather permitting, in an unprecedented operation costing more than €600m, officials said.
ITALY
MILAN, ITALY: Fiat said on Wednesday (4 September) it will invest €1.0bn at its Turin plant to make Maseratis, easing fears that Fiat is lowering its role in Italy.
ITALY
ROME, ITALY: Women's prison workshops across Italy are joining up under a new commercial fashion brand they hope will help encourage more detainees to learn the trade and give them hope for a future on the outside.
ITALY
ROME, ITALY: The UN's food agency on Tuesday (4 June) said obesity and poor nutrition weigh heavily on the global economy and told governments that investing in food health would bring big economic as well as social returns.
ITALY
ROME, ITALY: Italian private equity fund Investindustrial has bought a 37.5% stake in British car manufacturer Aston Martin for £150m, the companies said in a joint statement on Friday (7 December).