Italy’s inflation rate fell to its lowest level in 11 months according to the ISTAT initial estimate out today, as energy costs fall and the economic recession makes it harder for producers and retailers to raise prices. Consumer prices calculated o…
Italian retail sales fell at the fastest pace since records began (at least four years) in November as the economy slipped deeper into a recession, and consumer confidence and spending consequently deteriorated. The seasonally adjusted retail purcahsi…
During a recent business golf event held at Sevillano Links in Northern California, I learned from the Course Superintendent that his staff spends ten minutes on every green fixing ball marks. If they don’t fix them first, they’ll shave the grass off with the mower and cause a scar on the green. That’s three hours spent on doing something that each of us as courteous golfers should be fixing ourselves.
The course maintenance crew is probably the most overlooked, but the most important to our golfing experience. So in the spirit of Thanksgiving, next time you see the staff on the course, at least say hi, if not thanks for their efforts.
Italian consumer confidence fell back to its lowest in three months in November, with the Isae Institute’s consumer confidence index dropping to 100.4 from 102.2 in October.“Recession news may have dented household morale more than the market turmo…
Well it must come as something of a relief for any Italian readers I have to learn that UniCredit SpA, Italy’s biggest bank by assets, has definitely NOT incurred losses on the Russian interbank market. Although perhaps I should rephrase that by addin…
We all have our favorite club, our “Go-To-Club.” There is a new product on the market that men can actually use as their “need-to-go” club. Rather than sauntering into the woods, or to be less obvious, hitting into the woods, to relieve themselves. Men can use the UroClub right in the middle of the fairway.
It’s a faux 7-iron, with a wider opening to hold up to half a liter of liquid, and most importantly, a tight-fitting seal. For privacy, a towel attaches to his belt and he can have hands-free relief.
The obvious advantages for men are he saves strokes if he used to hit intentionally into the woods and he can drink more while playing.
Honestly…I think I’d rather have him just go into the woods.
Italy, which is still the eurozone’s third biggest economy, slipped into a recession in the third quarter. The Italian economy fell into what is now its fourth recession in less than a decade as gross domestic product shrank 0.5 percent from its level …
Italy probably entered a recession in the second half of 2008, International Monetary Fund and European Central Bank board member Mario Draghi indicated last month. After GDP contracted 0.3 percent in the second quarter, “the most recent indicators co…
Italy’s services sector contracted for the 11th consecutive month in October and new business levels and corporate morale hit record lows, according to the latest PMI survey published yesterday (Wednesday). The latest Markit/ADACI purchasing managers’ …
According to press reports today the Italian government is preparing to provide a capital injection of up to €30bn ($39bn) for Italy’s troubled banking sector. Details of the plan are expected over the next few days, but the main objective seems to b…
