Trade your cubicle for a kitchen CNN By Sarah Jio | (LifeWire) -- Janice Shih might be the most educated pastry chef you'll ever meet. | Shih attended Johns Hopkins University, followed by medical school at George Washington University, then practiced for eight years as an obstetrician/gynecologist before realizing that baking, not med...
Japan suspends mozzarella imports BBC News Japan has suspended imports of buffalo mozzarella from Italy, after reports that high levels of dioxin have been found in the cheese. | South Korea halted imports at the weekend amid fears that some cheese had been made with milk contaminated with the carcinogenic chemical compound. | The European C...
Trial set to start in Parmalat case vs Citigroup AOL NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than four years after the meltdown of Italy's Parmalat SpA, the food company is set to begin presenting its case to a U.S. jury on Thursday accusing Citigroup Inc of playing a key role in its collapse. | Citigroup is the fir...
Italy's Air One to begin service to Boston in June The Boston Globe | Italian airline Air One said it is launching its first flights between the United States and Italy, including a flight from Logan International Airport in Boston to Milan. Air One said service to Boston will start June 14; the Boston-Milan connecti...
Alitalia says first-quarter loss has widened San Diego ROME - Italy's struggling carrier Alitalia SpA, which the Italian government has been trying to sell for more than a year, said its first-quarter pretax loss widened from a year earlier, mainly due to higher fuel prices and a drop in traffic activity...
Earnings roundup: ING Groep, Parmalat The Boston Globe | Among the earnings stories for Wednesday, May 14, from AP Financial News: | Top stories: | AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) -- reported a 19 percent decline in first-quarter profits Wednesday and wrote down the value of its U.S. mortgage-related investm...
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Soaring price of a staple diet The Times div#related-article-links p a, div#related-article-links p a:visited { color:#06c; } | IT'S been a long time since Italians were a force in Manhattan and every year Little Italy gr...
Rome seeks domestic investors for Alitalia Gulf Daily News | ROME: The Italian government is seeking a "domestic solution" involving private investors for ailing airline Alitalia, the country's new economy minister said yesterday. | "We ar...
Italy seeks private Italian hands for Alitalia Turkish Press | An Alitalia plane takes off from Malpensa Airport, north of Milan. Italy is seeking solutions for Alitalia that would keep it both Italian and privately owned, the government sai...
DRS picked up in $4B merger Orlando Sentinel Italian defense giant Finmeccanica said Tuesday it has agreed to a $4 billion buyout of U.S. military contractor DRS Technologies Inc., a New Jersey company with a big presence in Central Florida. | The pending merger will give Finmeccanica a solid f...
Italian defense firm to buy DRS The Washington Times | ROME - Italian aerospace and defense company Finmeccanica will buy U.S. military contractor DRS Technologies Inc. for $4 billion, giving it a prominent position in the American defense market. | Rome-based Finmeccanica yesterday said it will pay $8...
Italy's Finmeccanica to buy DRS Technologies for $5.2B Syracuse | DRS Technologies Inc., whose Sustainment Systems division is based in St. Louis, is being bought by Finmeccanica SpA, an Italian aerospace and defense supplier, for US$5.2 billion. | Finmeccanica SpA said the deal, expected to close in the fourth q...
UN food agency: Rice prices surging in Myanmar Houston Chronicle TOOLS | ROME - A U.N. food agency says rice prices in the capital of Myanmar have surged 50 percent since a devastating cyclone. | The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said Monday that the cyclone struck as paddy farmers were harvesting the dry season crop that accounts for 20 percent of annual production. | The Rome-based FAO says the destru...
Fed Looks Hot In Hamburg Sporting Life | By Derek Bilton | BETTING BOX FIXED ODDS 4pts Roger Federer to win Hamburg Masters at 4/1 (Betfred). No player in the field has a record to compare here and no player has a game to compare when he brings his 'A Game'. 1pt e.w. Nicolas Almagro to win Hamburg Masters at 50/1 (Betfred). Classy Iberian dirt-baller has been threatening a clay win in E...
