My associate Alison Wistner of Mercato Partners describes her feelings this way.

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After a successful public offering in March on Milan's Nuovo Mercato, a stock market for growth stocks with high potential, e.

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Equity listings here are only for Brazilian companies and its Novo Mercato has become the capital funnel for new companies going public.

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You can buy everything from amber to reindeer skins at the Christmas market (Mercato di natale) in the Piazza Santa Croce from the beginning of December.

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