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...Timed together with Sodano's retirement comes the end of the Curia career for the governor of Vatican City, U.S. Cardinal Edmund Szoka, who will be replaced on Friday by Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo, currently the Holy See foreign minister. This will leave the job of top foreign affairs official vacant. Among the names circulating are two linked to France: Italian-born Archbishop Fortunato Baldelli, who is currently nuncio (ambassador) in France, and Archbishop Christophe Pierre, 60, currently the nuncio in Uganda. Some observers say that Benedict still needs to find his voice on world affairs, and a forceful player...
Those are the words of a young man on the move. It has been nine years since he was handpicked by his grandfather Giovanni (Gianni) Agnelli to be next in line to take the reins of the family's vast automotive and financial empire. And while Fiat's fortunes have roller-coastered, Elkann has been methodically groomed for the throne of one of Europe's legendary financial kingdoms. Guiding an entrenched business dynasty in a competitive global marketplace is a tall order for the tall executive--a lofty 6 ft. 2 in., though still baby-faced...
...better explain his choice. "You know why I really like this place?" he says, lowering his voice and widening his eyes. "Because it's fast." Those are the words of a young man on the move. It's been nine years since he was handpicked by his grandfather, Giovanni "Gianni" Agnelli, to be next in line to take the reins of the family's automotive and financial empire. And while Fiat's fortunes have rollercoastered, Elkann has been methodically groomed into what many hope will be one of Europe's top business leaders for decades to come. Guiding an entrenched...
...tested," Elkann recalled. "[Agnelli] saw that I was committed to the work. He believed you should do what you like doing in life. He believed in people developing the capabilities they're most suited for." In the Agnelli bloodline, that often means entrepreneurialism. Fiat was founded in 1899 by Giovanni Agnelli, a wealthy Turinese landowner, who imported Henry Ford's assembly line. He chose Gianni, his grandson, as his business heir after Gianni's father was killed in a 1935 plane accident, just as Gianni would later anoint Elkann. With his aquiline features and elegant but easygoing manner, Elkann certainly...
...Cuffaro's rival is Rita Borsellino, 60, the sister of Paolo Borsellino, a prominent magistrate who was killed by the Mafia in 1992 when his parked car was blown to pieces. The slaying of Borsellino and his five bodyguards came just three months after his friend and prosecutor colleague Giovanni Falcone met the same fate on a highway bridge near the Palermo airport (now named Falcone-Borsellino, like so many streets and piazzas across Sicily...