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Eye on Small Business: Italian Oven, Yonkers
Fairfield County Business Journal - Connecticut
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September 12, 2025
Mural at Italian Oven, Yonkers. (Left to Right): Amanda Oppedisano, Angelina Oppedisano, Nicoletta Sakellaridis, Cristina Sakellaridis. Courtesy The Forking Group Agency. If it takes a village to raise a child, then in the city of Yonkers it has...
Startup Akvotransiro trials Wind2Water catamaran built from discarded wind turbine blades
CompositesWorld
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Source | Akvotransiro Tech Under the Wind2Water project, India’s green vessel startup Akvotransiro Tech Pvt. Ltd. (Guwahati) has trialed a patent-pending catamaran built from discarded wind turbine blades as a solution for the circular economy....
Startup achieves unprecedented milestone pulling valuable material from wastewater: 'We are shaping a strategy'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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September 12, 2025
Photo Credit: Circular Materials Italian company Circular Materials says it recovered two valuable metals from industrial wastewater in what it describes as a major step for cleaner industry in Europe, Waste360 reported. The company extracted its...
AI meets Italian tradition: can robots truly capture the soul of Italian cuisine?
150sec
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September 12, 2025
Featured When microwaves first appeared, people didn’t trust them. Some feared they were unsafe, and others dismissed the food they heated as artificial. Today, however, microwaves are a kitchen staple, and no one thinks twice. The same holds true...
Small businesses exempt from EU’s tax at the border
Euronews
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September 11, 2025
Published on 11/09/2025 - 14:51 GMT+2 •Updated 18:12 MEPs voted this week to exempt more than 90% of small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) from the EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) — a tax imposed on imports — amid European Parliament...
Venice Pier Association Hosts Block Party This Saturday
Palisades News - California
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September 12, 2025
The event, held at the Venice Pier, promises live music, art displays, vendors, cold drinks, food, and a festive atmosphere The Venice Pier Association will host its monthly Second Saturday community event, the Venice Pier Block Party, on...
From seed to success: 35+ accelerator programmes transforming Europe’s startups
EU Startups
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September 12, 2025
Startup accelerators can play a crucial role in helping early-stage startups succeed. They are structured, time-limited programmes that typically last a few weeks or months. Accelerator programmes provide startups with mentorship, initial funding,...
Startup develops incredible product that could keep groceries fresher longer: 'A major step forward'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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September 11, 2025
"Addresses … challenges head-on." by Kristen LawrenceSeptember 11, 2025 According to ThePackHub, Italy-based biotech startup Alkelux has developed a sustainable antimicrobial additive derived from licorice waste, which can be incorporated into...
Construction begins on Italy’s Campolattaro Dam project
World Construction Network
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September 12, 2025
Civil engineering company Ghella has announced the commencement of works on the Campolattaro Dam project in Italy’s Benevento province. The company, via a joint venture (JV), was awarded two lots for the design and execution of the Campolattaro...
Tariffs and boycotts and supply shortages, oh my!
Glen Arbor Sun - Michigan
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September 13, 2025
Photo of Grocer’s Daughter Chocolate co-owners Jody and DC Hayden from 2018. Photo by Taro Yamasaki By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor “Never in my 23 years as a small business owner have I felt obstructed by our national government in my ability to...
Milan-based Bending Spoons scoops up Vimeo in €1.1 billion cash deal – will cuts follow?
EU Startups
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September 10, 2025
Vimeo, the long-standing video platform born from the early days of internet creativity, is officially set to join the portfolio of Milan-based Tech conglomerate Bending Spoons in a deal valued at approximately €1.1 billion. The acquisition,...
EU’s Open Horizons project attracts 256 women-led startups
Euro Weekly News
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September 11, 2025
Open Horizons project. Credit: Instagram @openhorizonsprojecteu The EU-funded Open Horizons project, aimed at boosting women-led digital and deep tech startups, has seen an “overwhelming” response to its first open call, closing with 256...
“European startups are asked to run a marathon with their shoelaces tied”
Tech.eu
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September 11, 2025
For many European startups, the US is seen as the ultimate market to scale into. Since we often frame competitiveness in terms of Europe versus the US, I wanted to hear the perspective on the 28th Regime from a founder now operating in the US....
Inside nuclear startup Terra Innovatum's plan to cash in on the SPAC comeback
Business Insider
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September 11, 2025
Blank-check mergers are back on the cards — at least for nuclear startups. Terra Innovatum, a company developing micro-modular nuclear reactors, is one of the contenders. It's pursuing a SPAC by merging with GSR III Acquisition Corp, with the aim...
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Catching up with: Brian Jon Garvey, founder of Vata7 startup
Spokane Journal of Business - Washington State
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September 11, 2025
Entrepreneur Brian Jon Garvey has always had a mind full of inventions. When the Journal last caught up with Garvey, the 59-year-old former Navy frogman had founded Vata7 Inc., a Spokane-based startup that creates motorcycle gear and clothing...
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Tribute to Builders and Guardians
Zehabesha
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September 13, 2025
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is more than concrete and turbines; it is a people’s promise kept. This editorial honors the builders and guardians who turned a national dream into power, pride, and purpose for energy and development....
Italy's Domyn taps ex-BlackRock executive to lead new financial AI arm
Yahoo Finance
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MILAN (Reuters) -Italian AI startup Domyn has appointed former BlackRock managing director Stefano Pasquali to head its newly launched financial services division, the company said on Tuesday. Valued at more that $1 billion, Domyn, formerly known...
UAE startup charters planes for pets and their owners
Semafor
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Dubai’s latest jet-setters aren’t hedge funders or influencers, they’re poodles and pomeranians. A UAE-based startup called Fly JetPets now charters planes for animals and their owners, and it says demand is strong: Hundreds of monthly requests...
Little Italy Goes Big for Ferragosto Festival
The Fordham Ram - New York
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September 10, 2025
If Italian delicacies such as fresh pasta, seasonal refreshments and traditional pastries pique your interest, you need not travel to the Amalfi coast. On Sept. 7, Fordham University students didn’t have to look any further than their own...
Saudi E-Commerce Council To Provide 650 Free Online Stores For Small Businesses
Gulf Insider
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September 7, 2025
Saudi Arabia’s E-Commerce Council, in collaboration with Italian software company Incomedia, has launched a new initiative to provide 650 free online stores to micro and small businesses in the Kingdom. The programme aims to encourage smaller...