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OUTLINE

Focus is on editing citations, and grammatical issues (later on), and adding information to the section on employment, and production & sectors. Also looking to add a section on the Lombardy family to the economic history.

- Adding the citation for http://expo-magazine.com/inside.asp?p=566 referencing "Milan, also, has one of Italy's highest GDP (per capita), about €35,137 (US$ 52,263), which is 161.6% of the EU average GDP per capita."

Improving the section on Economic History: - **Need to find articles on Lombarde family...having a hard time finding this in the book.

Wikilink: [|Lombards] were a germanic tribe that ruled most of Italy from 568 to 744. They had a lot of influence to what occurred economically and politically in Italy and specifically the [|Lombardy Region] which is where Milan is located.

Milan is home to many of Italy's major corporations, and 1 of the world's 100 largest companies, (Unicredit), is headquartered in the Lombard metropolis.[6] Other major Milan-based corporations and banks include Luxottica, Borsa Italiana, Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM), Banca Intesa, Banca Popolare di Milano, Vodafone Italy, Odeon TV, Fininvest, Lufthansa Italia, Esselunga, Fineco, Versace, Gucci, La Rinascente, Alfa Romeo, Prada, Etro, Pirelli, Compagnia Generale di Elettricità, 10 Corso Como, Eurofly, Valentino, Armani, Missoni, Moschino, Telelombardia, RCS MediaGroup, SEAT Pagine Gialle, Reply S.p.A. and BBPR. Also See: Companies based in Milan

I decided to add a section on Banks, Finance & Other Services as I found a lot of information on that throughout my readings:

BANKS FINANCE & OTHER SERVICES

Banks throughout Italy went through many changes in the late 1800's to early 1900's. One of the Milanese banks, the SBI, had many issues resolving its resources it did not have support from foreign banks nor enough savings domestically. Other banks during this time in Italy, specifically during the 1907 international crisis, the SB had high liquid assets and would have had to gone bankrupt without the help from Banca d'Italia. A group of industrialists and bankers from Milan transformed the banking institute Figli di Weil Schott e C. into the Società Bancaria Milanese <The Economic History of Italy 1860-1990

Most traditional industries have relocated to other locations other than cities or have even closed down since the late 1970's in Italy. However, Milan, became Italy's most successful postindustrial city. Milan’s service sector has benefited from the efficiency of the city’s banks and the stock market, the Borsa Italiana, located in Piazza degli Affari in the centre of the city. The majority of the services revolve around the Fashion industry, but the city is also a world centre of design at whole. There are specialties in the city in furniture design, graphic design, among other specialties. The design industry is centrally located to the Besana in the Brianza area north of the city. Communications is also a major service sector of the city. Milan is home to Mondadori, one of Italy’s largest publishing group. In addition, thenewspapers Corriere della Sera and La Gazzetta dello Sport along with the newsmagazine L’Espresso.

Milan’s service sector has benefited from the efficiency of the city’s banks and the stock market, the Borsa Italiana, located in Piazza degli Affari in the centre of the city.