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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Argentine soccer star Paolo Dybala was given a hero's welcome to AS Roma on Tuesday.</li><li>Almost 10,000 fans flocked to the Square Colosseum to see the forward unveiled as the club's newest player. </li></ul>Argentine soccer star Paolo Dybala was given a hero's welcome to AS Roma by the club's fans as thousands flooded the city's streets for an all-action unveiling on Tuesday night.Dybala, who is widely regarded as one of the best forwards in world soccer, joined Roma last week as a free agent after leaving rival Juventus, signing a three-year contract.Almost 10,000 supporters flocked to the Square Colosseum to see the 28-year-old unveiled in the club's famous jersey, setting off flares and singing the club's anthem in celebration.Addressing the fans, Dybala said he "cannot wait" to start playing for the team and its manager, Jose Mourinho. He then sat on the steps outside the Colosseum, which had been illuminated in the club's colors, and soaked in the atmosphere.Dybala is already a veteran of Italian soccer despite being only 28 years old; he has made almost 400 appearances across eight seasons for Palermo and Juventus. Roma beat off competition from Napoli and Inter Milan to land the forward, and fans have been celebrating his arrival by buying his shirt in record numbers.<a href="https://www.jpost.com/j-spot/article-713082">According to The Jerusalem Post,</a> fans have purchased more than 535,000 shirts with Dybala's name on since he signed with the club.That figure surpasses the number of shirts Juventus sold after Cristiano Ronaldo joined the club in 2018.Dybala will wear the number 21 shirt at Roma after turning down the club's iconic number 10 jersey, which hasn't been worn since the retirement of club legend Francesco Totti in 2017."I spoke to the general manager, and he asked if I wanted to take number 10, which of course is so significant here because of everything Francesco Totti did," said Dybala in an interview with the club. "I think that shirt and that number should remain his because of what he means to the city and the fans."

Thousands of Italian soccer fans lined the streets of Rome to give their team's new signing a spine-tingling welcome to the club

Milan, Apr 6 (AFP) The head of the Italian footballers' association (AIC) urged football authorities in the country to strike a deal to safeguard lower league players, who risk losing their livelihoods due to the deadly coronavirus pandemic."In Lega Pro (which manages the third-tier Serie C), Serie D and women's football there are players who provide for their families with very low earnings," AIC president Damiano Tommasi told Rainews24 on Sunday ."We're looking to see if the resources we can get our hands on can help give them some security... 70 percent of players in the Lega Pro have gross earnings of less than 50,000 euros ($54,000) a year." "Even going beyond individual athletes, I believe we have a responsibility to protect the kit men, physical therapists, drivers and pitch-side workers." Tommasi spoke a day before a videoconference meeting between Serie A clubs in which player salaries -- as well as potential dates to restart the league -- will be on the agenda after failing to strike a deal with the AIC.The top-flight outfits had reportedly proposed a four-month suspension of salary payments in line with what Juventus players have already agreed with their club, an idea that was given short shrift by the AIC, who according to newspaper Gazzetta Dello Sport counter-proposed a one month stop.On Saturday, the president of the Lega Pro Francesco Ghirelli said sides in the division could disappear in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, which appeared on Sunday to be slowly abating in Italy but has still killed thousands."With every day that passes, there is a greater risk that entire clubs and companies could be forced out of business," Ghirelli said in a statement."The whole network of Serie C clubs is very close to collapse ... The very real risk is that owners could see their clubs go bankrupt. Players would then find themselves with no club and, consequently, no salary at all."This is why we need sacrifices from everyone to save football. We need to realise as soon as possible that this virus could see many Serie C clubs disappear." (AFP) APAAPA

Italian union urges pay deal for lower league players

Rome, Apr 16 (AFP) The head of Milan's economically vital Lombardy region began waging a lonely campaign Thursday to get Italy to end its virus lockdown and reopen for business."Many other European countries are already beginning to reopen. We need to immediately start thinking about our future." Attilo Fontana said on Facebook.His online messages created a political firestorm in a country still coming to terms with a virus that has killed 22,170 and brought the economy to its knees.Italy's official toll -- believed to be substantially underreported -- was the world's highest until the United States overtook it last weekend.The economic toll is growing fast as well.The International Monetary Fund expects Italy's total output to shrink by 9.1 percent this year -- the worst peacetime decline in nearly a century.Millions of Italians are either furloughed or suddenly unemployed.Lombardy boss Fontana sounded like he had had enough when he posted a message outlining his 10-million-strong region's "road to freedom".He said businesses should follow basic social distancing rules and reopen when the current nationwide lockdown expires on May 4."We are not courting controversy," Fontana insisted, in response to a chorus of political criticism.Most European governments are approaching their lockdown exits with extreme caution.Denmark has started reopening schools for younger children and Switzerland unveiled a plan Thursday to allow some shops and services to resume business on April 27.But bigger European nations are extending the closures for at least a few more weeks.The vibrant Lombardy region had been punching above its weight until the pandemic hit.It makes up over a fifth of the Mediterranean country's economy and is home to the Italian headquarters of numerous global firms.But it also recorded more than half of Italy's confirmed COVID-19 deaths.Italian officials still largely follow the advice of doctors who think it is best to keep the nation locked until new infections sharply drop off.Deputy Industry Minister Stefano Buffagni called Fontana's message "an error" and Milan mayor Beppe Sala called for "a little more restraint".But Fontana found support late Thursday from the head of Venice's Veneto region to Lombardy's east."Fontana's assessment is legitimate," Luca Zaia said."We either close everything and die wait for the virus to go away, or we reopen and live together." Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has been widely applauded for his handling of what is widely viewed as Italy's worst crisis since World War II.But Conte has acknowledged that his decision last Friday to extend Italy's month-long shutdown for another three weeks was not popular.Conte is still being backed by a team of leading doctors who will play a big role in deciding how and when Italy resumes something resembling normal life.The deputy head of the government's public health council called Fontana's push premature."To me, it seems highly unlikely that Lombardy can reopen," Paolo Vineis told La Stampa newspaper."Not unless we succeed in implementing a Marshall Plan for public health and exponentially increase testing." Fontana admitted that was not yet possible.But he added that he and Italy's Regional Affairs Minister Francesco Boccia had agreed to discuss Lombardy's push to reopen at a special meeting over the weekend."I will have to listen to what the government is doing," he told Italy's Sky TG24. (AFP) PMSPMS

Italy's leaders row over ending lockdown

<ul><li>The government has eliminated the hospital exam and asked young graduates to join the workforce. </li><li>Initially, <keyword id="21474" type="COUNTRY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Italy">Italy</keyword> reported only three cases of Covid-19 on February 21. However, the number rose to 283 leaving seven dead within four days. </li><li>Italy is also losing doctors to the infection, as 50 died of COVID-19. </li></ul>The Italian government called in thousands of fresh medical graduates to help fight the deadly <keyword id="1754604" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="coronavirus">coronavirus</keyword> outbreak after 10,000 people died of it. <table style="border-width: initial; border-style: none; width: 468pt; table-layout: fixed;"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Total Cases </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Recovered </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Deaths </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">97,689 </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;"><a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-italy-tally/italy-coronavirus-deaths-rise-by-756-lifting-total-death-toll-to-10779-idUSKBN21G0PT"> 13,030 </a> </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">10,779 </td></tr></tbody></table> As the number of cases reaching a 100,000, hospitals are running short of doctors. To tackle this, the government eliminated the hospital exam and asked young graduates to join the workforce. Italy is also losing doctors to the infection, as 50 died of COVID-19. As per existing rules, fresh medical graduates are supposed to go for a residency — training where doctors are specialising in some particular field. “The abrupt changes to the procedures for fresh graduates entering the workforce, marks a major shakeup of Italy's education system,” Dr Alessandro Grimaldi, Director of Infectious Disease at S.S. Salvatore Hospital of L'Aquila<a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/30/europe/italy-young-doctors-coronavirus-intl/index.html"> told CNN</a> Initially, Italy reported only three cases of Covid-19 on February 21. However, the number rose to 283 leaving seven dead within four days. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte locked down the entire country on March 9. While the lockdown -- which is officially due to end on April 3 -- is economically painful, officials appear determined to extend it until the coronavirus is finally stopped in its tracks. Regional affairs minister Francesco Boccia said the question facing the government was not whether it would be extended, but by how long. Italy looks to extend lockdown as cases near 100,000 Italian authorities said on March 30 they would extend a month-long lockdown to stem the pandemic, after its massive death toll. The civil protection service reported another 756 fatalities in the world's worst-hit nation on March 30, while the number of officially registered cases of COVID-19 increased by 5,217 to 97,689. Nevertheless, the daily rise in infections has slowed to 5.6% — the lowest rate since Italian officials started tracking cases following the first death on February 21. In the epicentre of the pandemic, the region around Milan where the number of cases previously increased daily, the number of Italians receiving intensive care remained almost unchanged. "We are witnessing a slowdown," University of Milan virologist Fabrizio Pregliasco told the Il Corriere della Sera daily. "It is not plateau yet, but it is a good sign." Italy closed all its schools at the start of the month and then began gradually imposing a lockdown, tightening it successively until almost all stores were shut on March 12. The measures — since adopted to varying degrees across most of Europe -- did not prevent Italy's death toll from overtaking that in China, where the disease was first reported, on March 19. In theory, the existing state of national health emergency allows Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte to extend the lockdown until July 31. Conte has said that he would like to lift the severest restrictions -- including those forcing the suspension of Italy's Serie A football season -- a few months prior to that. (With PTI) See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/fake-accounts-are-stealing-donations-to-the-pm-cares-fund-heres-to-how-to-keep-from-getting-scammed/articleshow/74885681.cms">Fake accounts are stealing donations to the PM CARES Fund — Here's to how to keep from getting scammed</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/startups/news/bhavish-aggarwal-offers-500-cabs-for-covid-19-work-while-ola-raises-21-crore-for-its-drivers/articleshow/74884545.cms">Bhavish Aggarwal gives 500 Ola cabs to transport doctors and medical workers during coronavirus</a>

Italian government calls thousands of fresh medical graduates to battle coronavirus after reporting 10,000 deaths

REUTERS/Yara Nardi Francesco Seminario, a cab driver, wears a protective mask while sanitizing his cab, as the business has faced losses in the country since the coronavirus outbreak, in Milan, Italy February 28, 2020. <ul class="summary-list"><li>Uber said it might suspend the accounts of passengers and drivers diagnosed with the novel coronavirus.</li><li>Uber said it would give "financial assistance" to suspended drivers for 14 days, but didn't give further detail.</li><li>The ride-hailing company is also handing out disinfectant to drivers to keep their vehicles clean, but said supplies are limited.</li><li>The coronavirus outbreak has thrown the precarity of gig economy workers into sharp relief, since they rarely have the right to sick pay.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>Uber notified riders and drivers that it may temporarily suspend the accounts of anyone who has tested positive for the coronavirus or have been exposed to it, the ride-hailing company said on Wednesday.The company said it would offer financial assistance for 14 days to suspended cab and delivery drivers. The company didn't go into detail, and it isn't clear that Uber's financial assistance would directly match lost earnings.Uber treats its drivers as contractors rather than employees, meaning they are not entitled to sick pay and other rights.The company, which has already taken action in some affected markets, said it had a team working around-the-clock to support public health authorities in their response to the epidemic.Uber laid out the company's detailed policy on the outbreak for all riders and drivers <a href="https://www.uber.com/us/en/coronavirus/">on its website</a>, outlining the steps the company has taken to manage the situation."We have a dedicated global team, guided by the advice of a consulting public health expert, working to respond in every market where we operate around the world," Uber said."We've already helped drivers in some affected areas, and we're working to quickly implement this worldwide."Uber last month suspended 240 accounts of users in Mexico who may recently have come in contact with someone possibly infected with the new coronavirus.The outbreak of the novel coronavirus has highlighted the precarity of gig economy workers, such as Uber drivers. In the UK, lawmakers called on Uber and rival ride-hailing firm Ola to offer sick pay and other worker rights, as well as additional allowance to any driver diagnosed with the disease.Wes Streeting, an MP for the UK's Labour party, said in a statement: "The coronavirus risk has thrown into sharp relief just how vulnerable workers in the gig economy are to bouts of illness and the resulting loss of pay."Many drivers will feel compelled to carry on working when they're unwell, potentially putting themselves and others at risk. Operators must act immediately to reassure drivers and the travelling public that they'll treat drivers with the fairness, compassion and respect they're owed."In the US, gig workers <a href="https://fortune.com/2020/03/10/gig-workers-petition-for-sick-leave-coronavirus/">have petitioned their companies for sick leave</a>.Axel Springer, Insider Inc.'s parent company, is an investor in Uber.<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/intelligence/30-big-tech-predictions-for-2020?IR=T&amp;itm_source=businessinsider&amp;itm_medium=ctgr_bii&amp;itm_term=ctgr_leadgen&amp;itm_content=uber&amp;itm_campaign=30-big-tech-predictions-for-2020"></a>

Uber may suspend drivers who have coronavirus and will offer financial help for 14 days

<ul class="summary-list"><li>US stock futures pointed to a 1% rally at the start of trade on Wall Street, while the <keyword id="35208" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="dollar">dollar</keyword> fell broadly, as investors pared back some of the positions established over the last week ahead of Tuesday's presidential <keyword id="6359191" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="election">election</keyword>.</li><li>In <keyword id="28249" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="europe">Europe</keyword>, basic resources stocks, oil and banks gained, despite another round of lockdown measures in Italy, where <keyword id="8763838" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="covid-19">COVID-19</keyword> infections are surging again.</li><li>Gold and silver edged higher, while the dollar fell against trade-sensitive <keyword id="97983" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="currencies">currencies</keyword>, including the Australian dollar and the Mexican peso.</li></ul>US blue-chip indices looked set to rise on Tuesday, as stock futures rallied and the dollar eased, while American voters began to head to the polls to elect a president, following one of the most divisive campaigns in recent memory for the race for the White House.US futures on the <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/futures/dow-futures">Dow Jones</a>, <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/futures/s&amp;p-500-futuresures">S&amp;P 500</a> and the <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/futures/nasdaq-100-futures">Nasdaq 100</a> rose between 0.9% and 1.3%, suggesting an extension of the gains posted on Monday, when the <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/index/dow_jones">Dow Jones</a> index rallied by around 400 points, its largest one-day gain in a month.Almost 100 million people have already voted. Polls show former Vice President Joe Biden is maintaining a comfortable lead over President Donald Trump overall, although that gap is narrower in some of the key battleground states."The Dow jumping 400 points yesterday shows the exact same nervy trading that sent it lower hundred of points last week. We don't read this as a 'confident in stocks' 400 points but more an 'too uncertain to keep selling' 400 points," London Capital Group strategist Jasper Lawler said "A 10-point Biden lead according to a poll from the NBC/Wall Street journal may have offered investors some more strength in their convictions."Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/2020-election-results?r=US&amp;IR=TIR=T">2020 Election: See Insider's comprehensive guide to the presidential and top congressional races</a>European share indices rallied, despite yet another wave of mobility restrictions coming into force in Italy, where travel to and from the worst-affected areas and a series of nighttime curfews came into effect, and a <a href="https://www.insider.com/vienna-terror-attack-injuries-deaths-details-2020-11">terror attack</a> in the Austrian capital of Vienna that left two dead and at least a dozen injured.The <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/index/stoxx_europe_600">Stoxx 600</a> rose 1.2%, thanks to gains across more "cyclical sectors", such as basic resources, oil and gas and banking stocks, which tend to come under fire when investor risk aversion picks up.Milan's <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/index/ftse_mib">FTSE MIB</a> index shrugged off the tougher lockdown restrictions across the country, rising 1.7%, while the <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/index/ftse_100">FTSE 100</a> rose 1.6% and Frankfurt's <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/index/dax">DAX</a> rose 1.4%. In Asia overnight, the <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/index/shanghai_composite">Shanghai Composite</a> and the <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/index/nikkei_225">Nikkei</a> both closed 1.4% higher on the day."The focus will undoubtedly be the US election which takes place today. The first results are due to start coming in this evening, with volatility expected in anticipation of this historic event," analysts at broker IG said in a note.Yields on the 10-year US Treasury note were mostly unchanged, holding around 0.862%, while the dollar fell against most currencies, both developed-economy and emerging, reflecting the broader push into riskier assets on Tuesday.The <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/index/us-dollar-index">dollar index</a> fell 0.4%, under pressure from losses against the <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/eur-usd">euro</a>, the <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/gbp-usd">pound</a> and the <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/usd-chf">Swiss franc</a>. It is still close to its highest in a month, however. The dollar suffered its largest daily loss against the <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/aud-usd">Australian dollar,</a> which often serves as a proxy for Chinese trade. The Aussie dollar was up 0.6% on the day. Against the <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/usd-cnh">offshore Chinese yuan</a>, the dollar was roughly unchanged, while against the <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/usd-mxn">Mexican peso</a>, it lost 1.1%."Looking at the FX implications, we expect any early signs that the election is leaning in favour of Biden to put pressure on the dollar and see AUD and NOK as the potential biggest beneficiaries," ING strategist Francesco Pesole said.<a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/commodities/gold-price">Gold</a> edged higher, lifted in part by the broad weakness in the dollar. The price was last up 0.1% around $1,894.20 an ounce, while <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/commodities/silver-price">silver</a> rose 0.7% to $24.20 an ounce. The oil price rose by nearly 2%, lifted in part by the weakness in the dollar, but also by investors paring back some of the bearish positions established in the past few days that have sent the value of a barrel of crude to its lowest since May. Oil has lost almost a fifth of its value since late August alone, as repeated outbreaks of COVID-19, most recently in Europe, have seen ever-tighter lockdown restrictions put into place. On Thursday, a national lockdown takes effect across England, home to around 55 million people, and international travel will be banned. <a href="https://www.aramco.com/-/media/publications/corporate-reports/saudi-aramco-q3-2020-interim-report-english.pdf">Saudi Aramco</a>, the Saudi state oil company and the world's largest producer, posted a 45% drop in profits in the third quarter of the year, although the company did maintain its dividend payments to shareholders. <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/commodities/oil-price">Brent crude futures </a>were last up 2.2% at $39.87 a barrel, while <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/commodities/oil-price?type=wti">US crude futures</a> rose 2.7% to $37.80 a barrel.Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/election-investing-advice-assets-not-pricing-democratic-sweep-andrew-sheets-2020-11?r=US&amp;IR=TIR=T">Morgan Stanley's top cross-asset strategist says 3 assets are not pricing in a Democratic sweep — setting them up for big gains if that scenario unfolds</a>

US stock futures gain and the dollar slips, as millions of Americans head to vote in the presidential election

Italian stocks went wild on Tuesday as investors in the country continued to digest the rejection of constitutional reforms in Sunday's referendum, and the subsequent resignation of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.The country's benchmark FTSE MIB index in Milan climbed more than 4% in trade on the day, with the financial sector performing particularly strongly <a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/monte-dei-paschi-italy-bank-bailout-crisis-2016-12">as talk of a bailout for stricken lender Monte dei Paschi di Siena intensified. </a>Here's the chart:<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">Investing.com</div></div></div>Government officials reportedly told executives at Monte dei Paschi to prepare for a possible €5 billion state bailout as soon as this weekend, <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/d5db1afa-bae1-11e6-8b45-b8b81dd5d080">according to the Financial Times</a>, while the bank's CEO Marco Morelli and Chief Financial Officer Francesco Mele are said in Frankfurt to hold talks with the officials at the eurozone's Single Supervisory Mechanism. <a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/italys-banca-monte-dei-paschi-to-meet-eurozone-banking-regulator-1481018763">The Wall Street Journal reports</a> that Morelli and Mele are there to discuss the implementation of the bank's €5 billion capital increase.Developments in the future of Monte dei Paschi have pushed stocks in the wider Italian banking sector massively higher, with Italy's largest lender, and the country's only globally systemically important bank, Unicredit, up more than 12% on the day. Here's how that looked:<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">Investing.com</div></div></div>Tuesday's massive rally <a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/european-markets-after-italian-referendum-result-december-5-2016-12">followed on from a </a>rollercoaster<a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/european-markets-after-italian-referendum-result-december-5-2016-12"> day on Monday when e</a><a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/european-markets-after-italian-referendum-result-december-5-2016-12">quities in the country briefly crashed</a> before fighting back strongly almost immediately after the start of trade, and then dropping again as the day progressed, before climbing back to the close.Sentiment in Italy spilled over into the broader European markets, where every major index was substantially higher. The standout performer was Spain's IBEX, which gained more than 2.5%, while French and German indexes both saw big rises. Here's the scoreboard:<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">Investing.com</div></div></div>In the broader global equity markets, sentiment in the USA is subdued, with all three major indexes - the Dow, the Nasdaq, and the S&amp;P 500 - moved less than 0.1% from their opening price in late morning trade. <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/how-much-us-currency-dollar-bills-coins-money-cost-2016-11">Here's how much it costs to produce money in the U.S.</a></h3> <div> <div> <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="B3OXJ4NzE6KOUoBs9SfTfgdx_VxHddro" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div> </div> </div> </div>

Italian stocks had a totally wild day - gaining more than 4%

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHkZZNlxLzo">Capsula Mundi/YouTube</a></div></div></div>Modern burial practices are an <a href="http://www.techinsider.io/burying-dead-bodies-environment-funeral-conservation-2015-10">environmental nightmare</a>.Toxic chemicals from the embalming process leach into the air and soil. Caskets and burial vaults use a ton of materials. And memorial parks clear acres of land while soaking up significant amounts of water and pesticides to keep lawns green.And cremation isn't any better. It, too, releases noxious chemicals into the atmosphere in the process.What, then, is the most environmentally friendly way to die?"The best way is to allow your body to feed the earth or ocean in a way that is sustainable for future generations," Susan Dobscha, a professor of marketing at Bentley University and editor of an upcoming book about the green burial industry called, "Death and a Consumer Culture," told Tech Insider via email.And a team of two Italian designers have devised a concept on how to do that. Their project, called <a href="http://www.capsulamundi.it/progetto_eng.html">Capsula Mundi</a>, aims to create eco-friendly egg-shaped burial pods that will house a body in the place of a casket. The corpse will be placed in the fetal position within the pod and draped in a cloth of natural fibers. The team is also designing smaller versions of these pods which can inter ashes instead of a body.The biodegradable package, which will be made from potato and corn starches, would then be plunged into the ground and a tree of the deceased's chosing would be planted on top. Over time, the mixture of microbes and nutrients from the decaying corpse would feed the tree, effectively sprouting a new organism - the perfect circle of life.<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">Francesco D'Angelo and Adriano Del Ferro/Capsula MundiDesigners Anna Citelli and Raoul Bretzel sit amongst prototypes of their Capsula Mundi eco burial pods.</div></div></div>This eco-pod is the brainchild of Italian designers Anna Citelli and Raoul Bretzel, who met at a furniture fair in Milan in 2001. It is not just meant to be a work of art, but is supposed to give back to the earth in a real way that many static pieces of art do not. It's also meant to challenge some of the most deeply ingrained rituals and customs concerning the dead."Our main goal ... has been to sensitize people about the unbearable way the modern culture currently deals with death," Citelli and Bretzel told Tech Insider via email.Though Citelli and Bretzel aren't sure how much the capsules will eventually cost, they'll likely be much cheaper than a traditional burial, which typically sets a family back an <a href="http://www.techinsider.io/burying-dead-bodies-environment-funeral-conservation-2015-10">average of $10,000</a>. This includes undertaker and cemetery fees, and costs associated with the burial vault, flowers, clothing, and transportation.This doesn't mean that it will be easy to revise how we honor the dead, however. These eco pods won't be interred willy nilly, but would be memorialized in a "natural burial site" that would eventually become a forest. There are a smattering of natural burial sites across the US and other countries around the world. For example, the UK was one of the first to establish a natural burial ground, called The Woodland Burial, in 1993. But these "natural" burials - including the eco pods - are currently illegal in Italy. According to Citelli and Bretzel, Italian law states that coffins can only be made out of wood and tin, and must be buried in a protected, controlled, and closed area. They're currently trying to change this law.<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">Takahiro Bessho</div></div></div>While the definition of a "natural" or "green" burial varies, the general idea is to allow the body to recycle back into the earth naturally. They usually forego chemical preservatives, such as the use of formaldehyde in the embalming process, or unnecessary materials, such as metal caskets and concrete burial vaults. There are also some logistical and scientific challenges. A vertically-lying body, like that in an eco-pod, is less likely to supply as many nutrients to the soil as a horizontally-lying one, Tony Hale, co-director of a green burial documentary "A Will for the Woods," <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/artists-open-controversial-eco-burial-pods-article-1.2142577">told NY Daily News</a>. But vertical or horizontal, science suggests that humans are <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/14/science/a-project-to-turn-corpses-into-compost.html?_r=0">ripe sources of compost material</a>, as many new <a href="http://www.urbandeathproject.org/#aboutus">burgeoning projects</a> suggest.Citelli and Bretzel are beginning to produce small egg-shaped capsules for burying ashes, they said, which will be ready by early 2016. The handling of ashes is generally more forgiving when it comes to the law, but different regions have their own regulations. Some countries and <a href="http://www.ehow.com/info_7922907_legal-scatter-ashes-cremation.html">states within the US</a> forbid scattering ashes on some public lands or in the ocean within three miles of a shore. Italy has not allowed scattering of ashes at all <a href="http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/catholics-in-italy-told-ashes-of-dead-cannot-be-scattered/">since 2001</a>, and only permits them to be buried at a cemetery or kept in an urn in the home. Citelli and Bretzel currently do not have a date for the body-sized eggs, though their plan is to go ahead with production despite the challenges."This is amazing and really pushes us foreword in this project," Citelli and Bretzel said. "This precious legacy is the gift that the person [gives] to the community and to the future."

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