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    • Wednesday, 7 October, 2020
      Women in business
      Challenges stack up for Italian women

      The pandemic has worsened entrenched gender imbalances in the country

    • Wednesday, 7 October, 2020
      Career change
      Luisa Delgado: how to have a ‘mosaic’ career

      A gamble on switching jobs led to top roles in a 30-year career spanning nine countries

    • Friday, 12 June, 2020
      House & Home
      My secret destination: FT editors on where to buy a holiday home

      Let our correspondents inspire you in your search for a post-pandemic retreat 

    • Friday, 5 June, 2020
      House & Home
      Inside the Villa Foscari — a vision of la dolce vita

      Take a tour of a Venetian home whose fragile beauty is threatened by rising tides

    • Wednesday, 29 April, 2020
      News in-depthCoronavirus pandemic
      Northern Italy’s small businesses scrap for survival

      Many companies rely on local banks for funds and do not have bonds or investors to draw on

    • Friday, 17 January, 2020
      News in-depthLoro Piana SpA
      How Loro Piana serves ‘nomadic elite’ with €7,000 cashmere coats

      Italian brand prides itself on expensive garments made from the rarest of materials

    • Wednesday, 18 December, 2019
      Italy
      Genoa bridge disaster group eyes airports stake sale

      Benetton family-controlled Atlantia reviews its operations in wake of crisis

    • Sunday, 15 December, 2019
      InterviewHow to Lead
      Gildo Zegna: tailoring masculinity for changing tastes

      The head of the menswear brand says family ties provide stability in difficult times

    • Thursday, 5 December, 2019
      Kering SA
      Kering explores Moncler acquisition as luxury deals heat up

      Gucci-owner has held talks with Italian maker of ski suits and quilted jackets

    • Tuesday, 3 December, 2019
      GEDI Gruppo Editoriale S.p.A.
      Agnelli family’s Exor to buy Italian media group GEDI

      Dynasty’s scion John Elkann tees up takeover of La Repubblica and La Stampa owner

    • Monday, 2 December, 2019
      Climate change
      Venice’s bid for more independence fails after referendum flop

      Low turnout frustrates vote on whether to give city more control of its own affairs

    • Sunday, 1 December, 2019
      Media
      GEDI media group considers Agnelli approach

      Exor in talks to buy 43% of newsprint business from De Benedetti family

    • Friday, 8 November, 2019
      Financial fraud
      Jail terms for 13 bankers over Monte Paschi scandal

      Ex-Deutsche Bank and Nomura staff sentenced in Milan alongside former managers at Italian bank

    • Wednesday, 6 November, 2019
      UniCredit SpA
      UniCredit to sell stake in Mediobanca

      Move comes after Ray-Ban billionaire Del Vecchio built a stake in the investment bank

    • Wednesday, 6 November, 2019
      Inside BusinessMediobanca SpA
      Mediobanca faces test to stay relevant amid intrigue

      Stakebuilding by Italian billionaire Leonardo Del Vecchio has raised awkward questions

    • Saturday, 26 October, 2019
      News in-depthItaly
      Corporate Italy keeps it in the family

      Powerful dynasties wield control over country’s business fabric

    • Monday, 14 October, 2019
      Family businesses
      Family feud at La Repubblica owner bursts into the open

      Carlo De Benedetti seeks to buy a stake in the newspaper publisher he founded

    • Sunday, 13 October, 2019
      News in-depthEssilorLuxottica
      Leonardo Del Vecchio, the Italian billionaire defying old age

      The 84-year-old entrepreneur has shaken up Italian finance by taking a stake in Mediobanca

    • Friday, 11 October, 2019
      Mediaset SpA
      Mediaset’s European TV project suffers blow in Spain

      Court halts merger between group’s Italian and Spanish units as Berlusconi-Bolloré feud drags on

    • Thursday, 10 October, 2019
      European banks
      Ray-Ban billionaire Del Vecchio to lift stake in Mediobanca

      The eyewear magnate plans to push for strategy changes at Italian investment bank

    • Wednesday, 2 October, 2019
      Atlantia SpA
      Atlantia shares fall on widened bridge safety probe

      Prosecutors investigate 9 viaducts run by company at the centre of Genoa collapse

    • Wednesday, 4 September, 2019
      Mediaset SpA
      Berlusconi family’s European TV project survives Vivendi clash

      Mediaset investors approve merger with Spanish sister company despite French group’s opposition

    • Wednesday, 4 September, 2019
      Mediaset SpA
      Berlusconi and Bolloré set for latest media showdown

      Billionaire owners of Mediaset and Vivendi face vote on contentious merger plan

    • Friday, 23 August, 2019
      Life & Arts
      The battle for Italy’s art

      A populist bid to rein in museums risks politicising the country’s cultural treasures

    • Thursday, 22 August, 2019
      EU financial regulation
      ECB extends timescale for banks to make bad loan provisions

      Regulator gives lenders more time to set aside funds after backlash from lawmakers

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