Although there were some raised eyebrows, when Bulgari absorbed the Gerald Genta and Daniel Roth brands, watches like the Endurer Chronosprint All Blacks ($16,300) underscore how much energy the Italian jeweler has injected into the designs of the two former boutique watchmakers. Enthusiasts will quickly identify the signature case of ...
Read More »Tag Archives: italian
Feed SubscriptionRock wins Italian Open for 1st victory
Robert Rock completed a wire-to-wire victory in the Italian Open on Sunday to earn his first European Tour title, shooting a 5-under 67 fend off a charge by Thorbjorn Olesen.
Read More »How Ultrasound Changed the Human Sex Ratio
Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt from Mara Hvistendahl's book , Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys over Girls and the Consequences of a World Full of Men. The technology that ultimately became the dominant method of sex selection around the world began as a tool for navigation. The story of ultrasound dates to 1794, when an Italian biologist curious about how bats find their way in the dark discovered sonar, or the fact that distance can be determined by bouncing sound waves off a faraway object and measuring how long it takes for the waves to ricochet back
Read More »Rock and Wood share early lead in Italian Open
FIANO, Italy (AP) -Robert Rock birdied his last five holes for an 8-under 64 to join fellow Englishman Chris Wood with the clubhouse lead in the first round of the Italian Open on Thursday.
Read More »Successful Celebrity Entrepreneurs
They aren't exactly bootstrappers, but these stars ventured outside their celebrity comfort zones to start their businesses. The “Sex and the City” star opened The Cutting Room in 1999 with business partner Steve Walter
Read More »Quantum simulator prototype replicates structure of graphene
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers from Columbia Engineering, the Italian National Research Council, Princeton University, University of Missouri, and University of Nijmegen (Netherlands) has developed an artificial semiconductor structure that has superimposed a pattern created by advanced fabrication methods that are precise at the nanometer scale.
Read More »New data still have scientists in dark over dark matter
(PhysOrg.com) -- A dark-matter experiment deep in the Soudan mine of Minnesota now has detected a seasonal signal variation similar to one an Italian experiment has been reporting for more than a decade.
Read More »Pratesi’s New Look in Linens
Pratesi, the renowned Italian linen company established more than a century ago, reinvented its classic bedding with its new Pratesi 2.0 collection. It features 12 slightly more contemporary styles, including a wrinkle-free set called Infinito, made from 100 percent Italian linen ($1,200 for a queen-size set, $1,300 for a king-size ...
Read More »5 Innovative Language-Learning Tools
If you work with or are expanding to foreign markets, it's important for your employees to have access to language education. We've found five engagingand freethat can start your company down the path to fluency. Yes, there's an app for that.
Read More »NeighborGoods Aims To Be A Prettier, More Social, Community-Generating Craigslist
A social network for renting and borrowing aims to bring the concept of "sharing" back into the real world. NeighborGoods , the SXSW Accelerator winner for Best Bootstrapped Startup, wants to revitalize neighborly sharing by offering communities a brilliantly practical incentive to interact: everyone else's unused stuff.
Read More »Italian Seismologists on Trial for Manslaughter for Bad Quake Prediction
By Nicola Nosengo of Nature magazine Six Italian seismologists and one government official will be tried for the manslaughter of those who died in the earthquake that struck the city of L'Aquila on 6 April 2009. The seven were on a committee that had been tasked with assessing the risk associated with recent increases in seismic activity in the area. [More]
Read More »Man’s Best Co-Worker
Dog-friendly work environments are one new trend making companies friendlier, more collaborative, and ultimately more productive. Leib Lurie never intended for his company, message delivery service One Call Now, to be pet-friendly. But his dog, Ivy, had other ideas.
Read More »Olive Garden’s Ad Campaign Backfires
We all have our chain restaurant guilty pleasures.
Read More »How I Did It: Tumi’s Charlie Clifford
%excerpt% Read the original here: How I Did It: Tumi’s Charlie Clifford
Read More »Why You Should Consult Your Doctor, Not Facebook, On Medical Issues
A controversial (read: insane) alternative multiple sclerosis treatment has gained a popular following in Canada via social media, wrongly influencing research priorities.
Read More »