International Business News - Italy http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif A high-altitude rescue helicopter safely plucked two stranded Italian climbers from one of the world's highest mountains on Thursday, officials said. Mountaineers Walter Nones and Simon Kehrer were in good condition after being stranded some 21,600 feet up on Nanga Parbat Mountain, said Rashid Ahmad, a representative of a local tour company that supported the Italians' expedition. The men were being transported to the region's main town of Gilgit. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/helicopter-rescues-2-italian-climbers-in-pakistan.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:30:21 EDT Organizers of a Himalayan climb say bad weather has delayed a helicopter rescue for two Italians descending a mountain in Pakistan following the death of a fellow climber. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/storm-delays-rescue-of-himalayan-climbers.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:18:39 EDT Italian automaker Fiat on Wednesday said net profit rose by less than 2 percent in the second quarter, as the maker of Fiat, Lancia and the Alfa Romeo brands confirmed its 2008 targets despite pressure on the auto industry from rising oil prices. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/fiat-net-profit-less-than-2-percent.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:41:35 EDT Italian automaker Fiat on Wednesday said net profit rose by less than 2 percent in the second quarter, as the maker of Fiat, Lancia and the Alfa Romeo brands confirmed its 2008 targets despite pressure on the auto industry from rising oil prices. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/fiat-net-profit-less-than-2-percent.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:37:55 EDT Italian officials carrying out a survey of the country's Gypsy population will only fingerprint those who don't have a valid ID, the Interior Ministry said Tuesday, apparently dropping plans to fingerprint all Gypsies after critics called it discriminatory. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/italy-scales-back-gypsy-fingerprinting-campaign.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:28:46 EDT Italy's Parliament gave final approval Tuesday to a contentious law that grants immunity from prosecution to Premier Silvio Berlusconi and other top Italian officials. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/immunity-law-passed-in-italy.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:10:26 EDT Eni SpA has made "a new, significant" natural gas discovery off the coast of Sicily, the Italian gas and oil company said Tuesday. The find was made in the Cassiopea 1 field in the Sicilian Strait 22 kilometers (14 miles) off Agrigento. The field is 60-percent owned by Eni and 40-percent by Edison. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/eni-discovers-gas-off-sicily.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:41:15 EDT A man beat his 4-year-old daughter's head against the stone base of a Rome monument in front of tourists and a police officer, leaving the child in a coma, police said Sunday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080720/man-beats-childs-head-on-rome-monument.htm Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:02:08 EDT Pakistani rescuers in a helicopter spotted two Italian mountaineers on one of the world's deadliest peaks, where a third Italian climber is believed to have died this week, a tour operator said Saturday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080719/pakistani-rescuers-spot-italian-mountain-climbers.htm Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:33:55 EDT Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi claimed Friday that the garbage crisis plaguing Naples has been resolved, even though tons of trash remain uncollected. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080718/berlusconi-naples-garbage-cleaned-up.htm Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:02:13 EDT City officials and Italian Red Cross workers began a census of Rome's Gypsy population but said Friday that they will not participate in a national push to fingerprint all Gypsies unless they encounter someone suspected of a crime. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/93659-italy-fingerprinting-gypsies.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080718/rome-begins-gypsy-census-without-fingerprints.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080718/rome-begins-gypsy-census-without-fingerprints.htm Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:27:56 EDT An Italian parliamentary panel gave initial approval Wednesday to a plan fingerprint everyone in the country, a move that could defuse criticism over a mandatory program to fingerprint Gypsies. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/italy-fingerprint-plan-gets-initial-ok.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:07:05 EDT Don't chow, bella! At least not on the steps of Roman monuments. City Hall is banning all those enjoying a Roman holiday this summer from snacking near the sights in Rome's historical center with fines up to $80. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/92397-italy-monument-ban.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/roman-holidays-go-snack-free-at-monuments.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/roman-holidays-go-snack-free-at-monuments.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:41:09 EDT European Union regulators asked Italy on Wednesday to stop work on a new coal-fired power plant in Sardinia that may be getting unfair state subsidies. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/eu-to-italy-stop-coal-power-plant-work.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:55:46 EDT Babelgum, the Internet TV platform launched by the founder of Italy's Fastweb telecommunications company, is expanding its U.S. presence in an attempt to get more advertisers and content. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/internet-tv-babelgum-seeks-us-expansion.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:53:22 EDT Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi's conservative government won a confidence vote in parliament Tuesday over a security package that includes measures to fight crime and a contested proposal to suspend some trials. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080715/berlusconi-govt-wins-confidence-vote-in-italy.htm Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:13:19 EDT A group of Italian entrepreneurs on Tuesday announced plans for the country's first private train service, which is set to begin in 2011 and inject competition in a sector dominated by state monopoly. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080715/private-rail-service-to-start-in-italy-in-2011.htm Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:33:19 EDT A judge in Venice indicted an Iraqi on Tuesday who is suspected of plotting a terrorist attack on U.S. bases in Iraq using ultra-light aircraft. Saber Fadhil Hussien was ordered to face a fast-track trial starting Nov. 18 on international terrorism charges, said his lawyer, Giorgio Pietramala. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080715/italy-indicts-iraqi-suspected-of-plotting-attacks.htm Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:07:22 EDT A U.S. official began a European tour on Tuesday aimed at lobbying American allies against doing business with Iran, which Washington accuses of bankrolling terrorism. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080715/us-official-in-italy-on-anti-iran-swing.htm Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:07:46 EDT A court on Monday convicted 15 Italian officials of abusing protesters held in at police garrison following violent demonstrations during a Group of Eight summit in Genoa seven years ago, lawyers said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080715/italian-officials-convicted-of-abuse-at-g-8-summit.htm Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:31:14 EDT