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...nuova Dolce Vita in Portofino Over to the west, on the coast of Liguria, a grande dame of the Italian old world is lightening up and layering in new style, thanks to the ministrations of owners LVMH....
...V, E, S, P, A: five letters with the power to summon a tourist-brochure-perfect Italy....
...Blitzer was in charge of overseeing the composition of the S&P 500. More here....
...Collectively, the FTSE Italia All-Shares banks are trading on a price-to-book value of 0.65. In the US, the S&P 500 banks index trades at 1.34....
...Italy attracted widespread derision for accusing S&P Global Ratings of falling down on the job by failing to include the country’s art, architecture, food and culture when it ascribed credit risk to Italian...
...(FT) Markets at 05:41 BST Asian markets Nikkei 225 up +35.11 (+0.17%) at 20,587 Topix up +2.75 (+0.16%) at 1,676 Hang Seng up +83.39 (+0.30%) at 27,538 US markets S&P 500: -0.13% at 2,121 DJIA down -36.87...
...25% stake in Chinese push | Vita has agreed to sell 25 per cent of the business to Reignwood Group, the owner of Red Bull China, that values Vita at about $665m * Indonesia’s rupiah dips on election impasse...
...The US government has separately launched a $5bn civil lawsuit against S&P saying it fraudulently inflated ratings on collateralised debt obligations....
...Technologies Vita Liberata W What More UK Willmott Dixon Holdings...
...Milan’s FTSE MIB stock market index is up 15 per cent so far this year, against declines in the S&P 500 and the Stoxx Europe 600. Dealmaking is on the rise....
...-0.11% at 1,045 Europe FTSE up +0.27% at 6,706 RTS up +0.99% at 1,394 Warsaw Wig up +0.34% at 46,149 FTSE 300 Eurotop down -0.06% at 1,245 Americas DJIA down -0.28% at 15,233 S&P 500 down -0.50% at 1,650...
...S&P last week said it would review the bank’s credit rating, which is now two notches above junk, for a possible downgrade....
...S&P last month downgraded the sovereign credit ratings of Italy by two notches to triple B plus from single A and assigned a negative outlook....
...S.p.A., Banca Carige S.p.A., Equita SIM S.p.A., Intermonte, Investec Bank plc and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Ltd who will be acting as Co-Managers....
...The S&P/ASX 200 ended the session 1.1 per cent lower at 4,063.7. Hong Kong’s banks led the Hang Seng index down 0.9 per cent to 18,502.34....
...Behold — what could be the largest natural catastrophe bond ever: That’s S&P’s ratings doc for Everglades Re Ltd....
...At the CES, Sir Howard and Mr Hirai touted products such as Xperia smartphones, the Sony P foldable tablet and the handheld PlayStation Vita....
.... e Sofinspa S.p.a. i Reti Bancarie Holding S.p.a. (22.4.2005); Risposta del Servizio Vigilanza alla precedente istanza (29.4.2005). 2 Il riferimento è alla richiesta di chiarimenti inviata ad ABN AMRO,...
...The Xetra Dax in Frankfurt leapt 0.9 per cent, the S&P/Mib in Milan gained 0.8 per cent. The Ibex 35 in Madrid rose 1.3 per cent....
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