Usa pro Draghi at Quirinale, Tim Rossi cooks, who toasts in Air Italy, masked pharmacies, tampons
Draghi, Quirinale, Ffp2, Tim, Air Italy and more. Bits of press review in the tweets of Michele Arnese, director of Startmag
BUFFERED PADS
"With the Omicron variant destined to become predominant, rapid antigenic swabs risk becoming useless. The new version of the Sars-CoV-2 virus appears to be able to escape more frequently used diagnostic tests today". (Guido Rasi, ex dir Ema)
– Michele Arnese (@Michele_Arnese) January 5, 2022
THE VIRAL ADVICE OF LOPALCO
"We could begin not to say how many positive swabs we have every day. In the winter season, the flu kills between 6,000 and 8,000 but we do not hear on the news about daily flu cases". (Pierluigi Lopalco, epidemiologist)
– Michele Arnese (@Michele_Arnese) January 5, 2022
DRAGONS AND CHILDREN MASK THE PHARMACIES
Controlled price of Ffp2 in pharmacies. The savings for the citizens are all to be demonstrated, the benefits for the pharmacies, which will have an additional flow of customers, evident: the corporations holding position annuities (and votes) thank them. (Stefano Feltri, Tomorrow)
– Michele Arnese (@Michele_Arnese) January 5, 2022
USA FOR DRAGHI AL QUIRINALE
"For the overseas apparatuses Draghi would have to migrate to Colle. Used to reasoning on a strategic plan, the Americans would like him at the Quirinale to prevent him from being undermined by surreptitious maneuvers or by the humor of the parties". (Dario Fabbri of Limes)
– Michele Arnese (@Michele_Arnese) January 5, 2022
"The Americans know that the Presidency of the Republic is able to impose the general direction, often transcending the letter of the Constitution. Especially in the absence of statesmen among the leaders of the parties, as in the present period". (Dario Fabbri, Limes analyst, in La Stampa)
– Michele Arnese (@Michele_Arnese) January 5, 2022
FRENCH SUBBUGLES
"France, which in July had adopted a much more severe green pass than the Italian one, now finds itself behind: Rome already has that" super green pass "that many in Paris do not want". (Matteo Villa, senior research fellow Ispi)
– Michele Arnese (@Michele_Arnese) January 5, 2022
BRITISH DECISIONS
Boris Johnson's government has decided not to vaccinate children under the age of 12, who are not even required to self-isolate in case of positive family. (Republic)
– Michele Arnese (@Michele_Arnese) January 5, 2022
ENAC GREASES
ENAC, six central departments established and 400 employees will be hired in the coming months. (The messenger)
– Michele Arnese (@Michele_Arnese) January 5, 2022
CHEMISTRY IS MARAMEO TO THE PANDEMIC
Chemistry returns to pre-Covid levels driven by exports, construction and healthcare. The value of production at 54.5 billion, forecasts for 2022 at +3.5 percent. (Sole 24 Ore)
– Michele Arnese (@Michele_Arnese) January 5, 2022
THE SHOWS DO NOT SHOW
Fairs and fashion shows, calendar in tilt. Sos of companies to the Government. With the cancellation of the Armani events in Milan and Paris, Cucinelli renounces Pitti in Florence. Postponed to 2-5 March Fieragricola scheduled from 26 to 29 January. (Sun)
– Michele Arnese (@Michele_Arnese) January 5, 2022
HOW THE EMOLUMENTS OF AIR ITALY COMMISSIONERS FLY
With the liquidation of Air Italy, the compensation for the top management of the company increased. The costs are raised by the fees for the liquidators, Enrico Laghi and Franco Lagro, 669 thousand euros gross in 2020. (Sole 24 Ore)
– Michele Arnese (@Michele_Arnese) January 5, 2022
QUISQUILIE & PINZILLACCHERE
Poffarbacco. Source: The Truth pic.twitter.com/ErJRp5B2n4
– Michele Arnese (@Michele_Arnese) January 5, 2022
TIM: CDP AND VIVENDI SILURANO ROSSI?
Tim. President Rossi would have been not prompt in organizing the company's agenda and having endorsed past operations such as Dazn would have lost the trust of a good part of the board of directors. (Republic)
– Michele Arnese (@Michele_Arnese) January 5, 2022
EXTRACT FROM THE REPUBLIC ARTICLE ON TIM AND ROSSI:
the board of directors would be alarmed: Labriola assumed operational powers on November 26, the former head of the company Luigi Gubitosi left his position on the board vacant last December 17, but the president has not yet convened a council for the appointment of the future ad. According to financial sources, a handful of independent directors, along with Vivendi's two representatives, Arnaud de Puyfontaine and Franck Cadoret, are about to make a formal request to the president to convene as soon as possible – and probably as early as next week – a board of directors for the appointment of Labriola. The manager, who in these turbulent weeks has continued to work on several fronts, would have won the trust of both Cassa Depositi e Prestiti and Vivendi. The choice of an ad plenipotentiary is important because Tim could be the subject of one or more public offers in the coming weeks, and the CEO must be able to respond promptly and protect the company. For the same reason, once Labriola has been appointed, there would be numbers on the board to replace president Rossi, who in recent months would have been not prompt in organizing the company's agenda. Furthermore, Rossi, having endorsed and supported many operations proposed and desired by Gubitosi, including the sale of 37.5% of Fibercop to Kkr and the terms of Dazn's contract – which caused three useful alarms – would have lost the confidence of a good part of the board
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EXTRACT FROM THE COMMENT BY STEFANO FELTRI, DIRECTOR OF THE DAILY TOMORROW, ON THE PRICE OF THE DELE FFP2:
The controlled price is valid in pharmacies , not everywhere. Because? Evidently, until now pharmacists were selling masks at prices far above their marginal cost, with large profit margins. Not only that: the government, but also trade associations, seem to assume that in the face of an increase in demand, pharmacists would have been unable to increase supply (or tempted to raise prices).
Two clues that reveal the low efficiency of the current model of pharmacies and the high market power due to the fact that the sector is organized in local monopolies guaranteed by law.
Another revealing detail: the obligation of Ffp2, and the consequent increased demand, has been valid since December 24th . The agreement for the controlled price was announced on January 3, but is not yet in force, individual pharmacies can join , but not all will (it is not even clear if it is mandatory).
In practice, the trade associations and the government have organized a phenomenal communication campaign that so far has had the only result of making Italians think that the pharmacy is the place where it is possible to buy masks at the lowest price (not true) thanks to an intervention by law (currently ineffective). Misleading advertising.
The savings for citizens are all to be demonstrated, the benefits for pharmacies , which will have an additional flow of customers in the store, are evident.
The controlled price of the FFP2 does not certify the supremacy of politics over the logic of the economy, but its submission to those of the corporations holding position rents (and votes).
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/economia/usa-pro-draghi-al-quirinale-tim-cucina-rossi-chi-brinda-in-air-italy-farmacie-mascherate/ on Wed, 05 Jan 2022 07:58:12 +0000.