A few weeks ago, I wrote about how big banks refused to renegotiate deceptive, Greek-style interest rate swaps with local governments throughout the US. Such...
There is no mistaking the contemporary energy and confidence of Italian style. We are all familiar with the low, clean lines of furnishings conceived by today's brilliant Italian designers. They juxtapose modern materials — plastics and steel — with traditional woods in a manner that brings the past and present together. I find it very exciting.