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☆ Walmart is taking dollar stores’ customers
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-04 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Dollar Tree also owns the long-struggling Family Dollar chain. While dollar stores once expanded to reach a growing number of financially strapped Americans, they underestimated just how financially strapped many Americans would become. “They missed the fact in tough times the consumer would be looking for consumables.”Meanwhile, Dollar Tree has been weighed down by its purchase of Family Dollar. Earlier this year, Dollar Tree announced that Family Dollar will close more than 900 stores, and it subsequently said it will explore a sale or spinoff of Family Dollar. In previous times of financial stress, Dollar General has seen middle-income and slightly more affluent households trade down into Dollar General to save money.

Persons: Michael Lasser, —, Todd Vasos, Vasos, Mike Creedon, aren’t, “ They’re, ” David D’Arezzo, “, ” Neil Saunders, ” Organizations: New, New York CNN, Walmart, UBS, Dollar General, Dollar, CNN, Target Locations: New York

☆ My husband ended up in the hospital during our family vacation in Italy. We had to change our plans, but still made the best of it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-20 | by ( Caroline Chirichella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

My family recently returned from a vacation with my mom, and to say things didn't quite go as planned would be an understatement. After three nights at Gardaland, we would head back to Arezzo for another two nights before heading back home. The kids (our 5-year-old daughter and 7-month-old son) were behaving beautifully and my mom, husband, and I were enjoying the historical sights. We managed to have fun on our less-than-traditional vacation, even with the unplanned hospital stay and worrying about my husband. My mom was a big help emotionally since we were all concerned about my husband and keeping the kids happy.

Persons: Arezzo, that's, Caroline Chirichella's, Caroline Chirichella, Daddy Organizations: Service Locations: Arezzo, Tuscany, Gardaland

☆ The Mona Lisa was set in this surprising Italian town, geologist claims
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa — one of the most famous paintings in the world — is shrouded in mystery; from questions around the figures identity, to her puzzling, enigmatic expression. Now, at least one of the artwork’s secrets has been revealed, according to a geologist based in Italy. Ann Pizzorusso, who is both a geologist and an art historian specializing in Leonardo and the Renaissance era, believes she has deduced the location of the Mona Lisa using her geological expertise. “Because when the glacier moved it scoured out certain pieces of land.”Pizzorusso believes Lake Como, the glacial lake dating back around 10,000 years, is in the background of the Mona Lisa. “We don’t know who (Mona Lisa) is, some believe she was a rich Tuscan merchant’s wife,” she said, referring to a popular historical theory that proposes the figure was based on Italian noblewoman Lisa Gherardini.

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☆ Dollar stores are shutting down across America. They did this to themselves
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Dollar Tree believed acquiring Family Dollar would help it compete against larger rivals. “When Dollar Tree bought Family Dollar, they didn’t really know what they were doing,” D’Arezzo said. Many Family Dollar stores were located too close to each other and cannibalized each other’s own sales, too, D’Arezzo said. Family Dollar “needs more work than the company originally thought.”A year later, an activist investor pushed for a sale of the “underperforming” Family Dollar business, and Family Dollar announced it would close 390 stores. Dollar Tree and Family Dollar executives say Family Dollar can still succeed, however.

Persons: Dollar, Ron Holman, ” Neil Saunders, GlobalData, “, ”, David D’Arezzo, Rick Dreiling, Kelly Bania, Carl Icahn, Nelson Peltz —, ” D’Arezzo, D’Arezzo, Dreiling Organizations: New, New York CNN, Visalia Times, USA, Dollar, BMO Capital Markets, “, Street, Justice Department, Bloomberg, Walmart, Costco Locations: New York, West Coast and Texas, West Memphis, ”, California , Nevada , Arizona, Texas, California

CNN —After more than three years of going missing from world soccer, North Korean striker Han Kwang Song has reappeared, playing for his country in two recent World Cup qualifiers and scoring in the 6-1 win over Myanmar on Tuesday. Attempting to qualify for the World Cup for a third time, North Korea lost 1-0. The North Korea football federation, the Asian Football Confederation and world soccer governing body FIFA didn’t respond to CNN’s request for comment on Han’s return to international football. The return of the North Korean wunderkind has surprised soccer pundits and fans, who worried about his safety and promising career being cut short. The Covid-19 pandemic led to North Korea fully sealing its borders, making it impossible for Han and fellow repatriated North Korean nationals to return home.

Persons: Han Kwang, Han, Duhail, –, Korean wunderkind, Max Canzi, ” Canzi, Han’s, Nicholas Pennington, Kwang, Choe, Pölten, Alberto Mier, Qatar’s, ”, Kim Jong, Kim, Tullio M Organizations: CNN, North, Myanmar, North Korean, Qatar, Al, Asian Football Confederation, FIFA, Korean, Serie, CNN Sport, Syria, Cagliari, Austria’s SKN, Italy’s, UN, Juventus, United Nations Security Council, Qatar Stars, Qatar Stars League, UNSC, Qatar Airways, Perugia, Getty, Tokyo, Beijing Winter Games, International Olympic Committee Locations: North Korean, Syria, Saudi Arabian, Jeddah, North Korea, Yangon, Rome, Qatar, Korean, Pyongyang, Myanmar, Austria’s SKN St, Arezzo, Qatari, Korea, Ahli, Doha, Puglia, Beijing, Asia

☆ Stolen 16th century Vasari letter returned to its Italian home
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] A handwritten letter by Renaissance artist and historian Giorgio Vasari is returned to its owners during a ceremony at the Uffizi Galleries in Florence, Italy, June 29, 2023. Carabinieri/Handout via REUTERSROME, June 29 (Reuters) - A handwritten letter by Renaissance artist and historian Giorgio Vasari has been returned to its owners in Tuscany more than 20 years after it was stolen, Italian police said on Thursday. The letter was dated March 18, 1566 and is believed to be worth around 20,000 euros ($21,760). Vasari, who is regarded as the first art historian, was born in the central region of Tuscany, where he served the Italian banking family and political dynasty the Medici, in Florence. In the letter, Vasari disclosed the painter's fees as well as commenting on the progress of his works.

Persons: Giorgio Vasari, Vasari, Medici, Jan van der, Giovanni Stradano, Federica, Keith Weir Organizations: Uffizi, REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Florence, Italy, REUTERS ROME, Tuscany, Arezzo, London, Brussels, Belgian

☆ Village garbage man helped unearth ancient bronze statues in Tuscany
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( Alvise Armellini | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

About two dozen bronze statues from the third century BC to the first century AD, extracted from the ruins of an ancient spa, will go on display in Rome's Quirinale Palace from June 22, after months of restoration. When the discovery was announced in November, experts called it the biggest collection of ancient bronze statues ever found in Italy and hailed it as a breakthrough that would "rewrite history". The statues were found in 2021 and 2022 in the hilltop village of San Casciano dei Bagni, still home to popular thermal baths, where archaeologists had long suspected ancient ruins could be discovered. Digging started in 2019 on a small plot of land next to the village's Renaissance-era public baths, but weeks of excavations revealed "only traces of some walls", San Casciano Mayor Agnese Carletti said. Then former bin man and amateur local historian Stefano Petrini had "a flash" of intuition, remembering that years earlier he had seen bits of ancient Roman columns on a wall on the other side of the public baths.

Persons: dei, Casciano Mayor Agnese Carletti, Stefano Petrini, San, Petrini, Emanuele Mariotti, Maria Giuseppina Valeri, Laura Rivaroli, Roman, San Casciano dei, Ada Salvi, Salvi, Mariotti, Marcius Grabillo, Janet Lawrence Organizations: Casciano Mayor, Culture Ministry, Grosseto, Arezzo, Thomson Locations: Rome, Italy, Tuscany, Quirinale, San, Casciano, San Casciano's, San Casciano, Tuscan, Siena

☆ Dollar Tree will stop selling eggs because they're too expensive
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-18 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —Eggs have gotten too expensive for Dollar Tree. Reuters first reported that Dollar Tree would stop selling eggs. Family Dollar, owned by Dollar Tree, will continue selling eggs. Dollar Tree, Family Dollar and Dollar General, the largest of the three chains, have spread in recent years and added more food basics, although fresh and healthy options are limited. In 2021, Dollar Tree announced it would raise prices to $1.25 because selling everything for $1 was squeezing business.

☆ Italy outlaws facial recognition tech, except to fight crime
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MILAN, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Italy prohibited the use of facial recognition and 'smart glasses' on Monday as its Data Protection Agency issued a rebuke to two municipalities experimenting with the technologies. Facial recognition systems using biometric data will not be allowed until a specific law is adopted or at least until the end of next year, the privacy watchdog said. "The moratorium arises from the need to regulate eligibility requirements, conditions and guarantees relating to facial recognition, in compliance with the principle of proportionality," the agency said in a statement. The agency was reacting to measures taken in the southern Italian city of Lecce, where authorities said they would begin using a technology based on facial recognition. The privacy watchdog also targeted the Tuscan city of Arezzo, where local police were due to be equipped with infrared super glasses that can recognise car number plates.

☆ O femeie din Italia s-a trezit după ce a fost 10 luni în comă
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-10 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

O femeie din Italia s-a trezit la 10 luni după ce a intrat în comă, în urma unui atac de cord, scrie presa locală, citată de BBC. Cu toate aceastea, Cristina a rămas în comă, iar medicii suspectau că a suferit leziuni cerebrale. Femeia s-a trezit recent și a spus primul ei cuvânt, "mama", a declarat soțul ei. "Nu ne așteptam la asta, a fost o bucurie uriașă după o suferință atât de mare", a spus Gabriele Succi pentru ziarul La Nazione. În luna aprilie, Cristina Rosi a fost transferată în Austria, pentru a primi îngrijiri speciale în procesul de recuperare.

Persons: Cristina Rosi, Caterina, Cristina, Gabriele Succi Organizations: BBC Locations: Italia, Austria, Arezzo

☆ O gravidă din Italia s-a trezit după 10 luni de comă
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-10 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: ProfimediaO gravidă din Italia s-a trezit după 10 luni de comăO femeie din Italia s-a trezit la 10 luni după ce a intrat în comă, în urma unui atac de cord. Cristina Rosi, în vârstă de 37 de ani, era însărcinată în șapte luni, când a suferit un atac de cord, în iulie 2020. Cu toate aceastea, Cristina a rămas în comă, iar medicii suspectau că a suferit leziuni cerebrale. „Nu ne așteptam la asta, a fost o bucurie uriașă după o suferință atât de mare", a spus Gabriele Succi, informează Digi24. În luna aprilie, Cristina Rosi a fost transferată în Austria, pentru a primi îngrijiri speciale în procesul de recuperare.

Persons: Cristina Rosi, Caterina, Cristina, Gabriele Succi Locations: Italia, Austria, Arezzo

Educat la mănăstirea benedictină de la Pomposa, Guido a folosit în mod evident tratatul muzical al lui Odo din Saint-Maur-des-Fossés. A părăsit Pomposa în anul 1025, a fost numit de Theobald, episcopul Arezzo, ca profesor la școala catedralei și a fost însărcinat să scrie Micrologus de disciplina artis musicae. Guido a dezvoltat tehnica de solmizare, descrisă în Epistola de ignoto cantu. Înainte de Guido, o notație alfabetică folosind literele de la a la p a fost utilizată în Franța încă din anul 996. Pe lângă inovațiile sale, Guido a descris și o varietate de organum (adăugând la o melodie simplistă o a doua voce cântând diferite tonuri), care s-a deplasat în mare parte în sferturi paralele.

Persons: Guido, Odo, Theobald, Ioan al XIX, Guido d’Arezzo, Sfântul Ioan Botezătorul, Saint John, Ioan, Dumnezeu Organizations: artis Locations: Saint - Maur, Pomposa, Arezzo, resound, Saint, Franța

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