italian empire-builder. do we know anybody else like this?

mar 13th, 2009

 

http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=13610819&fsrc=nwlgafree

 

and this one is likely to be a business-school case study in future: vaulting, misguided ambition, and a touching belief in synergy :-)

 

i do believe the resident italian-vatican empress's realm in india is also likely to come crashing down. yup, vaulting ambition. remember "thoo seventhy thoo", anyone?