Veteran football coach, Roberto Mancini says he made a big mistake by quitting the Italy job for Saudi Arabia. His role as head coach of Italy ended on August 12, 2023, after he accepted a very lucrative offer from Saudi Arabia to manage the team for four years. But he was sacked by Saudi Arabia this month just …
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UniCredit makes surprise €10bn offer for Italian rival Banco BPM
The €10bn offer, which would merge two of Italy’s largest lenders, comes while UniCredit is building up its stake in Germany’s Commerzbank. ADVERTISEMENT Italian lender UniCredit has launched a €10.1bn surprise offer for its smaller rival Banco BPM. The larger lender announced on Monday that it would offer 0.175 of its own shares for each share in Banco BPM, valuing …
Read More »Italian minister slammed for falsely blaming femicides on migrants
Italy’s far-right education minister, Giuseppe Valditara, has been accused of racist propaganda after making controversial remarks linking violence against women to immigration, despite official statistics contradicting his claims. Valditara, a member of the far-right League party, told parliament on Monday, November 18, that “male domination no longer exists” and suggested that the rise in sexual violence was connected to “a …
Read More »Italian bank plans huge job cuts as it looks to AI and digitalisation
Intesa Sanpaolo is to cut thousands of jobs and focus on a more resilient business model including more use of artificial intelligence and digitalisation. ADVERTISEMENT Italy’s largest bank, Intesa Sanpaolo, is to cut thousands of jobs in an attempt to decrease costs and speed up the company’s digital transformation. The cuts account for nearly 10% of the bank’s current workforce. …
Read More »Italian car giant Stellantis sees sales in US crash by one fifth
Stellantis extended its quarterly delivery decline in the US, with car sales falling 20% year-on-year. The company is committed to reducing inventory levels, which it views as the primary challenge. ADVERTISEMENT Stellantis delivered 305,294 vehicles in the third quarter, a sharp 19.8% drop from the same period last year, marking its fifth consecutive quarterly sales decline in the US. The …
Read More »Former Italian footballer Andrea Capone, 43, found de@d in a hotel room
Former Italian footballer and Cagliari midfielder, Andrea Capone has been found de@d at the age of 43. He was found lifeless at the 5-star Palazzo Tirso Hotel in his native Italy on Sunday, September 29. According to local media, the former player had been out with friends and, after a fall, suffered a fatal blow to his head. Medical services were …
Read More »United Rugby Championship: Zebre 42-33 Munster – Italian side secure shock win
Zebre: Geronimo Prisciantelli, Jacopo Trulla, Giulio Bertaccini, Luca Morisi,Simone Gesi, Giovanni Montemauri, Alessandro Fusco, Danilo Fischetti (CAPT), Tommaso Di Bartolomeo, Matteo Nocera, Matteo Canali, Leonard Krumov, Davide Ruggeri, Samuele Locatelli, Giovanni Licata Replacements: Giampietro Ribaldi, Luca Rizzoli, Juan Pitinari, Andrea Zambonin, Giacomo Ferrari, Patricio Baronio, Scott Gregory, Giacomo Da Re Munster: Mike Haley; Calvin Nash, Shane Daly, Tom Farrell, Thaakir …
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