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A photograph of clocks being made for installation in Milan, Italy's 1,000 new electric trolleys in 1932 is presented.

This section offers news briefs related to world business as of September 1931. The conditions of businesses in Paris, France are slowly developing a more pessimistic trend as its metallurgical industry has been affected by the depression. The French government estimated that the imports of wheat in France will be 56 million bushels in 1932. The rayon and aluminum industry of Milan, Italy is recovering due to the improvements in the cotton mills and hatteries in the city.

The article reveals that an amateur Italian art-restorer named Armando Preziosi has discovered a full-face portrait of famed lover Giovanni Giacomo Casanova in Milan, Italy. Preziosi discovered the painting by accident while browsing about a Milan antique shop in the fall of 1952. Preziosi was struck by the portrait of an 18th century gentleman that had a slip of paper with the label "Jean Jacques Casanova, 1767."

The article discusses the trade fair program of the U.S. Department of Commerce under the Administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1955. The program allegedly began as a propaganda tool of the U.S. government against the Russians but have served U.S. businessmen instead by providing a meeting place to meet foreign customers. It offers information on trade fairs, such as the Fieria Campionaria which opened in Milan, Italy in April.

The article features American water skier Vicki Van Hook and cites the success of her sports career in 1960. Van Hook was only 15 years old when she earned her first world title in a water skiing championship that was held in Milan, Italy in September 1959. She was only 11 years old when she earned her first national title.

The article reports on the death of Giovanni Pauletta, head of all microbiological research at chemical-pharmaceutical company Carlo Erba in Milan, Italy, after being injected with Glutaril cas 20 percent. Pauletta's assistant Angelo Cresseri said that Pauletta asked him to give him an intramuscular injection of Glutaril ca 20 percent in the thigh. Ten minutes after the injection, Pauletta lost consciousness and died despite medical attention. His colleagues at Carlo Erba are helping the police in investigating what Glutaril cas 20 percent was.

The inhabitants of Florence and Rome usually speak of Milan, Italy and the Milanese with undisguised contempt, as the older, impoverished members of a distinguished family might speak of a cadet branch that had nude money in trade. If one defends Milan to any of the Roman or Florentine friends, they reply, "Of course one likes Milan-it's just like America." Actually, it's like the America that Italians invent for an Italian film, all plate glass and stainless steel, snappy advertising, smart shops, bustling activity.

In this article, the author discusses the shift in the political power in Italy. In Milan, Italy professor Virgilio Ferrari, candidate of the Social Democrats, the Saragat party, has been elected mayor with the backing of the Nenni Socialists and Communists. It might break the centrist coalition and even bring down the government. In Italy's electorate, now numbering 31 million, women voters are a majority. Christian Democrats are still the strongest party in Italy, they won around 10 million votes. Communists, in spite of losses, garnered 6 million.

The article discusses the highlights of the conference sponsored by the National Retail Merchants Association (NRMA) that was held at the Hotel Principe e Savoia in Milan, Italy, in May 1966. It says that 55 European businessmen comprised of 15 representatives from computer firms and 40 top retail executives listened with interest to a group of U.S. retail merchants. According to the author, the speakers tried to demonstrate to the Europeans how the computer can help the top executive set up systems within the retail industry.

The article focuses on the social conditions in Milan, Italy during 1923. In central Milan There is the rumble of a thousand men talking at once. A detachment of tired boys passes on the street, grotesque in misfitting uniforms and bulging knapsacks, their feet clattering heavily on the stones. The Fascisti get to work. Tablets commemorating Greek heroes in Genoa are torn down and Italian ones substituted. The situation provides an excellent stage setting for the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. Fighting is the safest thing for the immediate future of Fascism because Fascism lives by fighting.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues which include "Who makes ends meet in Milan?" in the April 19, 1969 issue, "The games oil people play" in the April 19, 1969 issue, and "GOP is thrown a price-job curve" in the March 22, 1969 issue.

The article presents information on Anna Bonomi-Bolchini, a leading woman industrialist in Milan, Italy, who runs a real estate and construction company known as Beni Immobili Italia. In 1968, Bonomi-Bolchini initiated a move by major shareholders of La Centrale, a leading holding company, to take power away from its president Luigi Bruno. In 1970, she bought up shares of SACIE's parent company SAFFA, and gained control over it.