Italy Business News

A new book has been released in Italy documenting the growth of one of the country's biggest exports - organised crime. How 'Ndrangheta, Cosa Nostra and the Camorra colonised the World' is written by Francesco Forgione, a former MP and...

Italy's unemployment rate rose to 8 percent in October, the highest rate recorded in five years...The minister for economic development, Claudio Scajola, said that Italy's jobless rate was far better than the EU average and many other countries. "The economic...

Carnival Cruise Lines, in a bullish move for the recession-battered cruise industry, ordered a 130,000-ton cruise ship -- marking the first new cruise ship order in more than 20 months. Miami-based Carnival agreed to pay Italian cruise shipbuilder Fincantieri in...

Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne and Industry Minister Claudio Scajola met on Tuesday and agreed to work together to 'tweak' a plan to restructure the Italian automaker's production capacity in Italy. The meeting came after the two men recently sparred at...

Among today's content is an interview with local pop diva Beverly Knight , and the profile of Birmingham's oldest businessman, Ken Smith , who is 91. Editor Marc Reeves said: "We've been signing up subscribers to the new service in...

Agriculture Minister Suswono said that Indonesia would import cows that weighed not more than 350 kg each so that they could be raised in the country first before being slaughtered. "So far, Indonesia has been importing cows weighing more than...

Geithner supports the Obama Administration's goal of creating a new federal agency designated to protect consumers while Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke says those responsibilities should stay with the central bank. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Europeans and Japanese must increase domestic demand,...

Mastro fundraising from "Friends & Family" investors violated state law, state Department of Financial Institutions said today...Mastro misled so-called "Friends & Family" investors from whom he raised money to buy and develop property, the state Department of Financial Institutions said...