The right and the left are uniting in the fight to defend Monte dei Paschi’s seniority

The merger of the two companies will create one of the world’s largest betting operators, with its headquarters in Italy and a secondary office in the province of Barcelona. The two countries are at loggerheads over migrants but are making peace when it comes to gambling

Marcelli Fabiani (Oxford Economics): “Weak global demand and US LNG should prevent extreme price spikes”. Tabarelli (Nomisma Energia): “The only consolation is that we have already been hardened by the 2022/23 crisis. €73/MWh for gas and just over 200 for the PUN are still a long way from the peaks seen back then.”

Fears of inflation trigger a sell-off of government bonds. Governments on alert

The company is renovating its historic factory in Mandello Lario: it is increasing production capacity and, in addition, opening a museum, a shop and a café. The impression is that Milan and Lombardy remain central to Italy’s development

Following the blanket subsidies for petrol and diesel, rising food prices are reigniting the temptation to introduce further subsidies. However, broad-based, untargeted measures divert resources away from structural reforms and risk turning the emergency into permanent expenditure.

The secretary of the PD is proposing to tax this elusive margin for producers, but she does so without explaining exactly what she is referring to. Is the problem scarcity or competition?