Vector International Pictures co-directors Cristiane Roget and Andrea Guardino announced that South Florida-based ADA Moving and Storage, Inc. continues a tradition of supporting the arts by sponsoring the II Quinto Centenario Celebration (QCC) following a successful debut at the Cannes Film Festival/Nikki Beach on May 22 of this year. QCC celebrates 500 years of Italian heritage in America. Under the direction of Claudio di Persia, the QCC association has partnered with the Italian Film Festivals in Miami on October 5-October 10 and in Providence, Rhode Island and New York, New York from April 11-17.

The ultra chic gathering will take place at Funkshion Lounge, adjacent to the Regal Cinema in South Beach. The Miami Italian Film Festival takes its audience on a journey through antiquity to post war Italy to the edgy present, through the eyes of the most talented directors of today.

The opening night film features "La Seconda Notte di Nozze" from award-winning director Pupi...

Milan, 29 August 2006 - Recordati announces the appointment of Dr. Andrea Breschi to the position of General Manager Pharmaceuticals Italy. Dr. Breschi, 48, was born in Perugia (Italy), has a degree in Medicine and twenty years of experience in the pharmaceuticals sector both in Italy as well as international. As from 2001 he has been General Manager of Malesci S.p.A., a Menarini group company.

Recordati, established in 1926, is a European pharmaceutical group, listed on the Italian Stock Exchange (Reuters RECI.MI, Bloomberg REC IM, ISIN IT 0003828271), dedicated to the research, development, manufacturing and marketing of pharmaceuticals, with headquarters in Milan, Italy, operations in the main European countries, and a total staff of over 2,000. A European field force of over 1,000 medical representatives promotes a wide range of innovative pharmaceuticals, both proprietary and under license, in a number of therapeutic areas. Recordati's current and growing coverage of the Europ...

Banca Marche and IBM announced they are working together to develop completely paperless branch designs for all the bank's branches in Italy. The five-year deal also calls for IBM to manage Banca Marche's complete IT infrastructure and to train employees on the new paperless systems.

The innovative project, dubbed "Intelligent Branch," will be able to integrate customer data from multiple sales channels -- internet, call center, etc. -- to allow tellers maximum ability to serve branch customers. The new technology will allow for quicker rollout of new products and services, as well as fully automating processes such as applications for loans and account openings. Once completed, this will allow Banca Marche employees to devote more time to managing customer relationships and more effectively cross-sell the bank's products.

"This agreement with a leading company like IBM," says Massimo Bianconi, Banca Marche General Manager, "will allow Banca Marche to offer more...