Recipe: Giorgio Locatelli’s risotto with prosecco and scallops

One of my favorite restaurants in London is Locanda Locatelli. Here below is some history about the owner Georgio Locatelli. Fr...

Private equity IPOs tempt investors with frequent bounce

Shares in private equity-backed companies listing this year have risen 18.6 per cent, a performance that will fuel institutional investor...

Recipe: Milanese Risotto

 ...with saffron thread gorgonzola cheese and artichokes!

Investor exuberance is still rational

Valuation levels mean this year is not a rerun of 1999... We came into 2013 saying it was going to be a year of rational exuberance, an...

Recipe: Potato cream soup

...with seafood delicacies and vegetables in sour sauce! Are you not... a desperate but a housewife, wanting always to impress your guest...

Euroleague top 16, brings and ...promisses big emotions...

.......So, hours ago two brand new groups have their new shape. 16 teams in 2 groups, set the battle field. Everything to be decided betw...

Italy looks back...and smiles (with bitterness ).

You must have noticed, that I'm an Italy's admirer. The fact comes from at least three decades ago, when my connections with our M...

ALITALIA falls short in effort to raise emergency cash...

The Italian airline Alitalia has announced that it received less than two-thirds of the 300 million euros, it was seeking in an emergency...

Standard Chartered warns on earnings...

Standard Chartered, the British bank that generates most of its earnings in Asia, warned that operating profit at its consumer banking un...

A draw where many can happen....

A couple of hours ago, the draw for the Champions League 2013-14, took place in Nyon,Switzerland. Sixteen teams are seeking their way to...

Pure Madness! A twenty months baby under contract

Baby boy Bryce Brites pronounces only some words and has been engaged though from a football club, the Racing Boxberg, 4th provincial cat...

Bitcoin: Experts clash over the crypto-currency

It is possible to buy special computer chips to help generate new bitcoins. You can use it to buy beer in Berlin, order pizza in A...

"Principles" are driving Olympiakos to the summit.....

In a recent post, I jumped into some conclusions about the progress of my strong candidates for Milan's EUROLEAGUE'S final 4 (16-...

A Bitcoin Puzzle: Heads, It’s Excitement. Tails, It’s Anxiety.

Bitcoin isn’t ready for popular consumption, and it may never be. It doesn’t fit into a neat product category. Often called a virtual cur...

German Museums Under Pressure to Put Collections Online

German museums are coming under growing international pressure to provide digital access to their full collections, in the wake of the di...

Monty Python to reunite for live one-off show in London

The surviving members of comedy group Monty Python have announced their reunion will be a live, one-off show in London next July. At a...

Icahn warns of 'big drop' in markets due to weak earnings

Activist investor Carl Icahn said on Monday he is "very cautious" on the stock market, saying he could see a "big drop...

Marrakech... a blend of three continents

Marrakech, has always been glamorous. But thanks to the liberal vision of its current monarch in the past decade, the city has been tran...

When in Florence...

Arriving in the capital of Tuscany, means you are here ready to experience the glories of Renaissance art and architecture. Allow tw...