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Jul 27

French dream

In these days, major Italian media published on the Web false information about the unbelievable Hollande’s economic measures and achievements (as heavy cuts to Church, benefits and wages in the public sector, several thousands new jobs created, etc.), taken from a fake on Facebook and Repubblica as detailed by Wired and  Excite , while they miss …

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Jul 25

“Stop socialism”… and “information theft”

There is a bit of humor in the paper presented by the SPD leader Sigmar Gabriel against dominant policies for banks bailout with public money, and States sinking with economic and social disasters. However, both that paper (presented in this interview to Tagesspiegel) in Germany and the plea to stop ‘information stealing’ on economic and …

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Jul 24

$21 trillion hidden from taxman by global elite

  A sum equal to the US and Japan GDPs flows out of wealthiest Countries to ‘tax havens’, being 81% of world financial wealth in the hands of 0,14% of world’s population A study by Tax Justice, a Network founded by the former McKinsey’s chief economist James Henry, reveals the huge dimensions of money leaks …

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Jul 23

Focus on Cluster Agreements in Italy

The Lazio Group of Enterprise Europe Network has released a focus on the “cluster contract”, a relatively new instrument available to companies aggregating in clusters and networks in Italy. Read the report in Italian.

Jul 23

H2: FP7 public consultation

The European Commission launched earlier this month a public consultation to collect the views of the public on the fuel cells and hydrogen sector and the possible continuation of the Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU), under Horizon 2020, the new framework for Research and Development (2014-2020). Have a look at the online …

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Jul 23

RTD calls -Italy

On MIUR’s website, an update to FAQs about the call for Technology National Clusters has been published. Alwas there you can find the new call for Smart Cities and Communities and Social Innovation, valid for the whole national territory. FAQs have not been released for this call yet.

Jul 22

The same old story

Periodically, obsolete technology come back with its obscure potential on environment and life, with a higher frequency in periods of crisis… so, can it be the case for the revamp of geoengineering? It is the “intentional, large-scale manipulation of the environment (…). Envirnmental change is the goal rather than a side effect. (…) In the …

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