Varese

Mountaineer and scientist: the Italian Alpine Club and Insubria remember Bonatti

Wednesday, 29 February, is dedicated to remembering the explorer. The initiative is scheduled to be held in the Great Hall in Via Ravasi.

Rome

“Take the television licence fee off our computers”

An appeal has been made by the Italian Business Network to Prime Minister Mario Monti, against the special licence fee for the Italian television company RAI, for the equipment that companies own, such as computers.

Economics

Cobra sells its production to a fund; the details of the operation

The company presents the details of the sale of the Electronic Systems Division, in a press release.

Varese

Dario and Franca: “We have 169 years between us. When shall we start getting old?”

As expected, “Mistero Buffo” ’s return was, in the end, a success. The performance was sold out.

Mendrisio

Employment, tourism and the environment at the heart of the “Swiss fox”

In Fox Town, which pays increasing attention to tourist development, there are one thousand people employed, for whom a special, collective labour agreement is applied, that the companies must abide by.

Mendrisio

Fox Town, the “Swiss fox”, is expanding

2011 was a good year, with lots of new shops opening and several important projects for the next few years. “A temple of accessible luxury, that makes your visit a genuine shopping experience.”

Motorcycling

Husqvarna launches from Varese the challenge to two World Cups

The motorcycle manufacturer has submitted to Cassinetta the teams that will participate in the festivals of world championship motocross and endurance. Ten pilots and three motorbikes to dream the top of the world

Anniversary

Clean hands 20 years ago when the bribes were shameful

The investigations in Varese and Milan, recalled a conversation in writing with the Director Giovannelli, the chronicler of the Corriere della Sera Claudio Del Frate and Giuseppe Adamoli

Caronno Pertusella

IMS, employees go to Sanremo

The employees, who have been protesting permanently for months, are seeking the support of singers and record companies to get the production of CDs and DVDs going again.

Rome-Monza

Italian government rejects Ministries in the North

The announcement, made by Giovanni Floris during the Italian TV show Ballarò, had come from the Cabinet Office. The appeal by the Berlusconi government against the Labour Court has also been withdrawn.

BODIO LOMNAGO

VHT, the pocket-sized multinational company that is challenging the crisis and the banks

The company was founded on 6 June 2011. It has 40 partners, including small companies and private individuals (there is even a dentist and a meteorologist). The most important partner has a 5% share, and 20% is being reserved for the employees, a fact that lives up to the new engineering company’s slogan: “Everybody on the same side of the desk.” Banca Intesa funded the start-up phase with €2.5 million.

Malpensa

SEA: “Workgroup on pollution never took off”

The company that manages the airport recalls that a meeting to discuss pollution, was held on 5 April 2011, with the local health authority, the regional environmental protection agency, ARPA, and representatives of the towns around Malpensa Airport. “We were never contacted again”.