NAPLES – American multinational corporation Whirlpool has withdrawn the procedure for the sale of its Naples plant, announced Industry Minister Stefano Patuanelli on Wednesday.

 TURIN – Fiat Chrysler Automobiles have merged with PSA, who own Peugeot, in a 50 billion euro deal, business sources report. 

ROME – Palazzo Chigi has denied the possibility of a conflict of interest after the Financial Times reported prime minister Giuseppe Conte’s involvement as a lawyer in a Vatican business d

 ROME – A technical commission of the Ministry of the Environment has rejected plans to expand Rome’s Fiumicino airport on the grounds that the expansion would take place in a nature reserve.

 BOLOGNA – Finance police carried out search operations in Emilia-Romagna, Lombardy and Lazio on Wednesday as part of an investigation into the top executives of company Bio-on.

 MILAN – Linate airport was set to reopen as the most technologically advanced airport in Italy after a closure lasting three months on Oct 27, said the airport authorities.

 OTTAWA – The Italian companies Salini Impregilo and Astaldi have won a contract to build a new railway line in Ontario, said business sources Wednesday.

 TARANTO – There is increased concern that Europe’s largest steelworks will close as ministers and managers fight over ArcelorMittal’s Ilva plant in Taranto, say business sources.

 VATICAN CITY – The Vatican Secretariat of State is suspected of having used money given to the Church as charity to buy property in London. The Secretariat has 6

 ROME – The Trump administration has put 25 per cent tariffs on some European products, and Italian products such as Parmesan cheese and prosciutto ham are on the list, business sources report.

 GENOA – Further revelations in the Morandi Bridge investigation suggest that attempts to save money on maintenance owing to a deal with German and Chinese companies may have played a role in bring

 MILAN – Claudio Descalzi, CEO of Eni, and his wife Maria Magdalena Ingoba have been placed under investigation by the Milan prosecutor’s office for not having declared a conflict of interest, judi

ROME - The ban on ‘skip-the-line’ promoters implemented by the Polizia Urbana di Roma Capitale since June has drastically harmed tour agencies’ businesses and increased the number of illegal promot

  ROME – Following the death of four farm workers by drowning in a sewage tank, wider concerns about a rash of accident

ROME - Technology company Leonardo announced the sale of five helicopters valued at nearly 30 million euros while at the Latin American Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (LABACE), held

ROME – Confindustria, the Italian employers’ federation and FEI, the federation of Egyptian industries Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding to “strengthen trade relations and promote econo

ROME – Unicredit, a major Italian bank which has its headquarters in Milan, will lay off 10,000 employees from December according to leaks reported by Bloomberg News.

NAPLES – French American chef Michael Roper has finished second behind Raffaele Barresi of Pasticceria Capparelli in Naples, in the 2nd San Gennà … un Dolce per San Gennaro pastry competit

ROME – New figures for May released by the Italian National Institute for Statistics (Istat) show that the employment rate in Italy reached 59 percent, marking its highest point since 1977, accordi

ROME - Tuscan reds are fast becoming the most loved wines across the world as recent export statistics boast of their strong performance in emerging American and Asian markets.

Rome – An Italian company has received one of the inaugural prizes handed out by Finland to groups or individuals deemed to be working towards equality in the world, a value esteemed by the Scandin

VENICE – The municipality of Venice and the American multinational financial services corporation Visa launched Thursday a joint programme to encourage electronic payments and raise funds for the p

SANGUINETTO - Unilever workers in Sanguinetto, in the Province of Verona, are striking against the collective dismissal of 76 employees, which follows the British-Dutch transnational’s decision to

ROME - Air Italy has become the first airline in Europe to provide a non-binary gender option for passengers booking flights, the airline announced Wednesday.

ROME - Tension between appliance manufacturer Whirlpool, trade unions and the Ministry of Economic Development continues as minister and Deputy PM Luigi Di Maio expects the corporation’s top manage