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Ecomondo 2025: Italy’s Green Expo Powers Global Circular Innovation
Green Prophet
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July 1, 2025
Visit EcoMondo to invest in cleantech Each November, a quiet city on Italy’s Adriatic coast becomes the epicenter of the world’s circular economy conversation. What began in 1997 as a local waste management trade show has grown into Ecomondo, a...
Startup Mantra: Giving nurses wings
Hindustan Times
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June 28, 2025
Pune: After spending 10 years with his earlier venture upGrad, Mayank Kumar left in October 2024 to start another company — BorderPlus — with his co-founder Ayush Mathur (who was earlier with OYO). The genesis of BorderPlus began when Mayank was...
Global Tablet POS Market To Reach $7.28 Billion By 2030, Driven By AI And Cloud Integration Focus Reports Store
MENAFN
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July 7, 2025
(MENAFN- GetNews) "Global Tablet POS Market Research Report By Arizton"Industry Analysis Report, Regional Outlook, Growth Potential, Price Trends, Competitive Market Share & Forecast 2025–2030.According to Focus report, the, global tablet POS...
Chancellor to look at tax 'very carefully' - as No 10 and Treasury refuse to rule out taxing Britain’s richest people
LBC
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8 July 2025, 00:01 | Updated: 8 July 2025, 08:36 Chancellor Rachel Reeves will look at a wealth tax "very carefully" ahead of the budget. Picture: Getty By Natasha Clark and Roxanna Wright Lord Kinnock's son has told LBC that the Chancellor will...
The Bank of Italy tower: A standout on San Jose’s skyline
The Mercury News - California
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June 30, 2025
The newspaper headline shouted “Landmarks Scraped to Make Way for Skyscraper,” and the story was an obituary of sorts for historic buildings that were being demolished in downtown San Jose in the name of progress. Longtime residents quoted in the...
Italian FinTech startup Sibill raises €12 million to bring all-in-one finance platform to Italian SMEs and accountants
EU Startups
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June 26, 2025
Milan-based Sibill, a FinTech startup specialising in solutions that simplify financial and administrative management for SMEs, announced the closing of a €12 million Series A funding round. The round was led by the European venture capital fund...
Spotted: Lauren Sanchez Rocking Indian Quiet Luxury Brand Ahikoza In Venice
News18
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June 30, 2025
Last Updated:June 30, 2025, 11:37 IST Lauren Sanchez, in Venice for her wedding with Jeff Bezos, turned heads with a chic black clutch by Indian label Ahikoza By Brham. Lauren paired it with a sequined dress and her engagement ring.American...
Gayle King's return to CBS sparks uproar after controversial attendance at Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez wedding
Daily Mail
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July 7, 2025
Gayle King returned to CBS Mornings on Monday after she controversially attended the multi-million dollar wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez last week. The host, 70, was back on the network show alongside colleagues Tony Dokoupil and Nate...
Venice feels tense, waiting for something to happen. Locals fear the anger around the Bezos wedding could tip into violence. A resident's view on this week's nuptials
Daily Mail
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June 25, 2025
When I first moved to Venice seven years ago, Amazon deliveries weren’t really a possibility. Like many aspects of life in this exquisite, maddening, addictive city, 21st-century conveniences like shopping via apps just didn’t function here. For...
Falcon Aviation eyes liftoff with low-cost, airworthy aircraft engines
KrASIA
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July 8, 2025
Engines are the de facto heart of an aircraft, directly determining its speed, range, maneuverability, and reliability. Their development spans multiple disciplines, including materials science, aerodynamics, control systems, and combustion...
Italy Expects Record Summer Tourism in 2025 Amid Overtourism Fears
FTN News
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June 25, 2025
Italy is preparing for an unprecedented summer surge in tourism, with forecasts estimating a record 27 million international visitors between June and September 2025. Airports across the country have already processed over 10.6 million arrivals by...
Italy’s TSO strengthens Microsoft partnership on process digitalisation
Smart Energy International
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June 25, 2025
Italian TSO Terna has announced an agreement with tech giant Microsoft to use its technologies to digitalise Terna’s business and industrial processes. Under an MoU, the agreement furthers a partnership between the companies initially signed in...
Small Business: Nodi Rugs journey from Milan to NZ success
The New Zealand Herald
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June 15, 2025
I grew up in Wellington and started design at Massey. I had always had a deep love and curiosity for textiles. After a year at Massey, I decided it wasn’t for me.I was 19 and I moved to Milan. That’s really the beginning of the story because that...
Al-Mashat Supports OECD SME Report in Egypt
Sada Elbalad
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June 28, 2025
As part of Egypt's ongoing collaboration with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Dr. Rania Al-Mashat, Minister of Planning, Economic Development and International Cooperation, hailed the launch of a new OECD report...
OECD report provides roadmap for Egypt’s SME and startup sector
Daily News Egypt
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June 28, 2025
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Egyptian government have launched a report on small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) policy, which Cairo will use to update its national strategy for the vital sector, the...
Italy and Germany block central green deal legislation
European Biotechnology
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June 24, 2025
The legislation in question, the Green Claims Directive, was proposed by the Commission in 2023 as part of the broader EU Ecodesign Directive. Its aim was to ensure that companies accurately disclose the environmental impact of their products and...
Italian publishing giant Zanichelli Editore launches €60 million ZNEXT tech venture in Milan to back startups and acquire growth-ready businesses
TDPel Media
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June 23, 2025
You probably wouldn’t expect a traditional book publisher to make a bold move into the tech world—but that’s exactly what Zanichelli Editore is doing. The historic Italian publishing house just launched ZNEXT, a €60 million initiative aimed at...
Italy withdraws support for EU anti-greenwashing law
EurActiv
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June 23, 2025
Italy has withdrawn its support for a draft EU law to combat greenwashing, dealing another blow to the beleaguered legislation. The European Commission has already threatened to withdraw the Green Claims directive unless negotiators in the Council...
Italian EdTech startup Wibo raises €500k for its upskilling and leadership programmes
EU Startups
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June 23, 2025
Turin-based Wibo, an EdTech startup helping companies grow by strengthening their internal capabilities through executive-led learning paths, has closed a €500k round to consolidate its presence in the Italian market, expand its training areas by...
Here’s What Locals Really Think About Jeff Bezos’s Venice Wedding
Robb Report
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June 27, 2025
“Sposa bagnata, sposa fortunata” (a wet bride is a lucky bride), as an Italian saying goes. Lauren Sánchez, however, may not see it that way. As the former journalist and her husband-to-be Jeff Bezos kicked off their wedding festivities in Venice...