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...1980s, it was said that practically any deal in Italy needed the blessing of the bank's politically savvy chairman, Enrico Cuccia. A so-called Northern Galaxy - including Trieste-based insurance giant Assicurazioni Generali, BCI, and Florentine insurer La Fondiaria - revolved around Cuccia's office behind La Scala opera house. Fiat was long regarded as an ally. That extraordinary power has been chipped away over the past 10 years. After European monetary union and a round of bank consolidations, Italian finance got too big to fit on Cuccia's desk. The banks that were the key investors in and allies...
Held in San Francisco’s majestic War Memorial Opera House, the awards ceremony, dubbed the “Oscars” of the Internet, was hosted by Tony Award-winning actor Alan Cumming...
Once guests crossed the red carpet into the Opera House, they were greeted by garlands of sunflowers and elaborate displays from the various sponsors. On one end of the room, nominees could even kneel before a displayed Webby award and “pray” for victory...
After the ceremony, the Opera House was converted into a multi-level fun house as attendees were invited to indulge in an elaborate post-party. Each of the building’s four floors was filled with refreshments, as well as Webby “bytes,” food samples from a number of the aree’s best restaurants...
...taste in Philadelphia icons ran more to Grace Kelly. To many kids across the country, Kenny Rossi and Arlene Sullivan, Justine Carelli and Bob Clayton, Kathleen "Bunny" Gibson and Ed Kelly, Carmen MonteCarlo and Charlie Zamil were America's sweethearts, their lives followed as avidly as soap opera characters'. Another regular, Pat Molittieri, had advice columns in magazines like Seventeen. Frani Giordano was my wife's favorite when she was a lonely teen in upstate New York, weaving fantasies of adolescent romance into the dance patterns of people her age 300 miles away. Lou DeSera, Carmen Jimenez, Carole Scaldeferri, Rosemarie...