Italian police arrested 49 alleged mobsters suspected of homicide, extortion, theft, drug smuggling, and illegal possession of weapons in the Naples area, the Italian Interior Ministry said Friday.
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi announced Wednesday that he has appointed a new "garbage czar" to combat a crisis that has left the streets of Naples awash with trash.
Berlusconi holds his first cabinet meeting in the troubled city, where the problems range from uncollected trash to organized crime
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi appears to be making good on his promise to deal with crime and immigration, launching a nationwide police sweep just weeks after taking office.
Italy faces legal action over the waste crisis that has left piles of garbage rotting on the streets around the southern city of Naples.
Douglas Hawkins and his wife reserve a Budget rental car in Naples, Italy, but when they arrive at the car rental counter, the company downgrades his car and almost doubles its rate. Six months later, Budget hasn't refunded the money Hawkins says it owes him. What now?
Viewpoint: Italy cannot fix its broken political system until it summons the anger and determination needed to fight the scourge of organized crime
Luxury homebuilder Toll Brothers swung to a first-quarter loss after taking hefty writedowns amid the housing slump.
Dear FSB: I opened a fashion store in a high-income snowbird area last February. The store has high overhead and a high lease. With all the bad signs for the economy, stock market and real estate market, our market was hurting even before we settled here. With a limited budget, what would be the best marketing strategy to attract more customers?
Italian police arrested 49 alleged mobsters suspected of homicide, extortion, theft, drug smuggling, and illegal possession of weapons in the Naples area, the Italian Interior Ministry said Friday.
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi announced Wednesday that he has appointed a new "garbage czar" to combat a crisis that has left the streets of Naples awash with trash.
Berlusconi holds his first cabinet meeting in the troubled city, where the problems range from uncollected trash to organized crime
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi appears to be making good on his promise to deal with crime and immigration, launching a nationwide police sweep just weeks after taking office.
Italy faces legal action over the waste crisis that has left piles of garbage rotting on the streets around the southern city of Naples.
Douglas Hawkins and his wife reserve a Budget rental car in Naples, Italy, but when they arrive at the car rental counter, the company downgrades his car and almost doubles its rate. Six months later, Budget hasn't refunded the money Hawkins says it owes him. What now?
Viewpoint: Italy cannot fix its broken political system until it summons the anger and determination needed to fight the scourge of organized crime
Luxury homebuilder Toll Brothers swung to a first-quarter loss after taking hefty writedowns amid the housing slump.
Dear FSB: I opened a fashion store in a high-income snowbird area last February. The store has high overhead and a high lease. With all the bad signs for the economy, stock market and real estate market, our market was hurting even before we settled here. With a limited budget, what would be the best marketing strategy to attract more customers?
These island vacations make falling in love even more fun.
The police and military will joins forces in Naples to deal with a garbage crisis that has led to mountains of trash piling up across the city, the Italian prime minister said Tuesday.
The garbage crisis in Naples encompasses the worst Italian clichés, and in particular those of the southern part of this lovely peninsula: mismanagement, political interference, mafia profiteering and the ability of those responsible to deflect the attention and the blame elsewhere.
Italy's prime minister held emergency meetings on Monday to discuss the growing garbage problem in Naples, where more than two weeks of closed dumps and uncollected garbage has led to mountains of trash across the city.
The United States is deep in its worst housing slump since the Great Depression, and according to a new report, it's not going to get better any time soon.
A second member of the Spanish Civil Guard who had been in a coma since being shot in the head Saturday -- allegedly by members of the Basque separatist group ETA -- died Wednesday, a Spanish Interior Ministry spokeswoman has told CNN
Benedict XVI has been wary of inter-faith dialogue. But now he's making a show of ecumenical unity
It doesn't look to me as if there will be a recession - at least not a major recession - from the subprime problems or the credit crunch or any of that panic on Wall Street. But there are effects rippling all over the place right here and now, and some of them are not what you might expect (though some are).
Finding customers on the Web nowadays sounds so easy: Sign up for Google AdWords, tap out a punchy two-line pitch, and let the power of search take over. Millions of people spot your ad and -- poof -- the money starts pouring in.
And it was written: As long as there are rain delays, there will be baguettes:
It may sound dangerous, but pyrotechnics is a part of everyday family life for Zambelli Fireworks Internationale, which is one of the oldest, family-run fireworks companies in the U.S. - and also one of the largest.
FAST-FLIPPING INVESTORS aren't the only ones who love condos. For many empty nesters, nothing beats selling the big old house in the suburbs and hightailing it to a luxury development where sun and golf are plentiful and maintenance is minimal. And what better time to go shopping than during a real estate slowdown? It was condos, after all, that rose the fastest—and fell the hardest. There should be deals aplenty, right? As it turns out, it's not that simple. Some markets have already recovered, while others have yet to hit rock bottom—and not every place was as overbuilt as, say, Miami. To get the real picture, we zeroed in on five once-scorching cities and talked to brokers, analysts, buyers, and sellers. Read on for our results, a guide to finding the best retirement real estate bargains today. And get ready to sell the lawn mower.
Thinking of retiring to a formerly hot market? The real estate slowdown has made parts of the Sunbelt a lot more affordable. Fortune presents a guide to finding the best deals in five markets.
NAPLES, Fla. (AP) -- Madison Pressel, the 15-year-old sister of LPGA Nabisco champion Morgan Pressel, advanced to sectional qualifying for the U.S. Women's Open with a par on the first hole of a 10-way playoff for five spots Tuesday.
NAPLES, Fla. (AP) -- Dakoda Dowd failed to advance to the second round of qualifying for the U.S. Women's Open, shooting a 78 on Monday while her cancer-stricken mother rested in a hotel room near the Imperial Country Club.
Check out The Scene's recommendations for France's second city and send us your suggestions.
Now that we've pointed out which markets are poised for a bull run in the next cycle, we'd be remiss if we didn't also offer some guidance on which locales look the most vulnerable right now.
Despite a cool-off in home prices, more markets are overpriced than ever, according to a new survey.
SUMMMER'S WINDING DOWN, AND YOU'VE STILL got vacation on the brain: the quiet of the country, the crisp mountain air, the lull of the ocean. In the hope of holding on to those images a bit longer, ...
Summmer's winding down, and you've still got vacation on the brain: the quiet of the country, the crisp mountain air, the lull of the ocean.
After years of local home markets getting more and more overvalued, the trend has reversed, according to an analyis published this week.
In a series of morning raids, Italian military police arrested five Algerians for their alleged affiliation with a terrorist group, authorities said Friday.
The rich have gotten richer, at least when it comes to home prices, according to a study released Monday.
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Few topics we've addressed here recently have inspired as much reader comment as the column a couple of weeks ago, in answer to a newly minted English major who wondered if her degree would turn out to be useless in the job market.
Mortgage rates have hit their highest level in nearly four years, and that has a direct impact on home affordability...and home prices.
Republican Party chairmen, by custom and practice, don't pick favorites in presidential primaries.
Do certain winter weather events have you bewildered?
The Scene spent the day in Madrid with flamenco superstar Joaquin Cortes. Do you have a favorite hangout in the Spanish capital? What's so special about Madrid's nightlife? Send us your suggestions and ideas and read your comments below.
If you think of the hierarchy of tailoring in terms of Mount Everest, down at the bottom -- somewhere around base camp -- you have your average run-of-the mill, mass-produced, off-the-peg suit.
Sixty-five of the nation's 299 biggest real estate markets are severely overpriced and subject to possible price corrections.
Wednesday, October 26; Posted 5:45 p.m. ET From Lisa Goddard, Chokoloskee, Florida A badly hit area on the west coast of Florida and in many ways the only place that looks like it was hit by the full force of a Category 3 storm is a tiny 162-acre island called Chokoloskee.
Utility crews worked Wednesday to restore electricity to 2.5 million customers, and hundreds of residents waited in long lines for supplies two days after Hurricane Wilma battered the southern third of Florida.
Hurricane Wilma battered Florida with heavy rain, widespread flooding and damaging winds for about six hours Monday before heading out to the Atlantic and regaining strength.
A full two days before the deadly eye of Wilma was expected to reach Florida's gulf coast, parts of the state were flooded hip-deep by heavy rain from Wilma's outer bands and residents were streaming out of the Keys under a mandatory evacuation.
ESCAPISTS DAYDREAM ABOUT them; James Bond's enemies use them for evildoing; most of us spend a week or two on one of them every chance we get. No wonder: Islands are both a natural fortress--especi...
NAPLES, Italy (Reuters) - Christmas has never tasted this good. Thirty-two pastry chefs in the southern Italian city of Naples unveiled on Saturday what they say is the biggest ever nativity scene made entirely of chocolate.
BEND, Ore. (CNN/Money) - Consumer confidence has sagged for five consecutive months. Yet the wealthiest Americans are spending with gusto.
The fight to fill an open seat in New York's 27th District remained undecided on Wednesday.
Police in Florida are investigating the discovery of three packets of radioactive material in the chair cushion of a Naples medical clinic administrator.
For the past decade, real estate has been a virtually foolproof moneymaker. The mantra: Buy the biggest house you can afford. Then, as prices soar, trade up. Repeat the process until rich. And that...
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The low-carb products are selling like crazy," says Ali Shabbir, owner of a General Nutrition Centers health food store in Manhattan. "And new ones are coming out every day." He's not kidding. Acco...
Sure, Florida is the retirement capital of the nation. But for some younger, boomer-age retirees, this is not necessarily a good thing.
Wall Street hasn't exactly been pampering Wayne Huizenga lately. The shares of his car-retailing empire, AutoNation, and his garbage hauler, Republic Services, are both chewing gravel. But while hi...
Ten years ago, while on a cruise off Italy's southern coast, I saw my first volcano. The announcement that we were passing it came during the boozy roar of the second dinner seating. I was the only...
ASIA Unlimited air travel. Cathay Pacific has rolled out the welcome mat again this year with its All Asia Pass. Round-trip air fare from New York City, San Francisco or L.A. to Hong Kong, plus 30 ...
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"This used to be an easy job. But now it's tough out there," said the harried-looking guy next to me on the Boston-New York shuttle two weeks ago, between swigs from a travel-sized bottle of Maalox...
Ben Franklin may have been right about most things. But ironically, death taxes--those steep federal levies that erode your wealth as it passes from one generation to the next--can be avoided or at...
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Last year, 4,150 investors took their brokers to arbitration for mismanaging their accounts. That's why MONEY developed this financial disclosure form -- with help from Thomas Benson of Opus/Portfo...
Voters in the April 5 parliamentary elections will have a host of celebrities to choose from. Among them: Luciano Benetton, co-founder and managing director of the Treviso clothier that bears his n...
No matter where you shop, you won't find America's new No. 1 export anywhere overseas. It's tourism. Foreigners spent a record $43 billion last year on U.S. vacations and business trips, about $450...
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