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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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