
BUSINESS
Giorgia Meloni hits Italian bankers with windfall profit tax
The move on Italian banks is a reminder of Meloni’s aptitude and appetite for populist politics, a skill admired even by her detractors that led her to become prime minister less than a decade after founding her Brothers of Italy party

TRENDS
Plutocrats want to turn your sweet tooth into cash
Agnelli scion hopes to strike gold in chocolate (and jellied fruits)

BUSINESS
Berlusconi wrote the playbook for the modern strongman
Italy’s longest-serving postwar premier turned media power into enduring influence

BUSINESS
The golden visa doors are closing. But windows are open
Southern Europe needs capital from oligarchs and digital nomads even if it widens inequality

BUSINESS
Artificial Intelligence is cool but can it tailor a $50,000 suit?
The death of celebrated Neapolitan clothier Cesare Attolini reminds us that fine craftsmanship never goes out of style