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Loans to Italian firms shrink in March-banking body - Reuters

USA TODAY

Loans to Italian firms shrink in March-banking body
Reuters
MILAN May 16 (Reuters) - Lending to Italian companies contracted by 0.7 percent annually in March, banking association ABI said on Wednesday, adding to evidence of scant credit in the recession-hit Italian economy. Bank of Italy's data last week ...
Italian Default Protection Costs Rise After Bank DowngradesWall Street Journal
UniCredit, Intesa Among 26 Italian Lenders Cut by Moody'sSan Francisco Chronicle
Moody's cuts ratings for 26 Italian banksCNN
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Greece euro exit could hit Spain, Italy - Zoellick - Reuters

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Greece euro exit could hit Spain, Italy - Zoellick
Reuters
WASHINGTON May 16 (Reuters) - A decision by Greece to leave Europe's common currency zone would raise big questions about the impact on Spain, Italy and other euro zone countries with big debt loads that are undergoing structural reforms, ...
Greece euro exit could hit Spain, Italy: ZoellickChicago Tribune
World Bank Chief: Greece Euro Exit Could Hit Spain, ItalyMoneynews
Bonds: Spain on the brinkIFA Magazine

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Prosecutors Widen Probe to Founder of Italy's Northern League - Wall Street Journal

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Prosecutors Widen Probe to Founder of Italy's Northern League
Wall Street Journal
By STACY MEICHTRY ROMEâItalian prosecutors placed Umberto Bossi, founder of the Northern League political party and a key ally of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, under investigation for alleged fraud as part of an inquiry into whether Mr.
Founder of Italian party probed in funds scandalSan Francisco Chronicle
Italy's Umberto Bossi investigated for fraudBBC News
Former Leader Of Italy's Northern League Party Under InvestigationNTDTV
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Italy Tax Agents on Frontline of Anti-Austerity Backlash - BusinessWeek

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Italy Tax Agents on Frontline of Anti-Austerity Backlash
BusinessWeek
Now with Italy's tax-collectors on the frontline of an anti-austerity backlash, she no longer has the courage to ring their bells. Equitalia, the state tax-collection agency, has been targeted in a wave of attacks as Italians chafe under stepped-up ...
Anarchists threaten Italy's PM MontiReuters

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IMF: Italy has made remarkable progress - BusinessWeek

The West Australian

IMF: Italy has made remarkable progress
BusinessWeek
An IMF review of Italy found its reform measures have meant the country is financially more secure and the program of reform should be considered a model for Europe, Reza Moghadam, the director of the IMF's European department, told a news conference ...
IMF says Italy on right track, must not let up on reformReuters

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Italy's Monti under new pressure to push reforms as voters in Greece, France ... - Washington Post

Kansas City Star

Italy's Monti under new pressure to push reforms as voters in Greece, France ...
Washington Post
MILAN â For the Italian entrepreneur whose business and marriage were falling apart, a tax bill was the last straw. Armed with a shotgun and two revolvers, Luigi Martinelli took 15 hostages at a government tax office last week, demanding only that his ...
Monti faces renewed pressure to speed reformsSeattle Post Intelligencer
Monti faces tough challenges in changing ItalyThe Associated Press

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How an Italian fairytale became a tug-of-love nightmare - NEWS.com.au

Sydney Morning Herald

How an Italian fairytale became a tug-of-love nightmare
NEWS.com.au
SHE was 16 when she went to Italy and fell in love, the stuff of fairytales. The teenager had left behind the beaches of the Sunshine Coast to learn Italian and study the country's art and culture, planning to learn as she lived as the guest of a local ...
Court rules four children should return to ItalyABC Online
Judge orders children to ItalySydney Morning Herald
Mother of four girls on the run in Australia loses bid to stop their return to ...FOX 4 News
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Italian Captures 11th Stage of Giro - New York Times

Sydney Morning Herald

Italian Captures 11th Stage of Giro
New York Times
Roberto Ferrari of Italy sprinted to his first Grand Tour stage victory in the 11th and longest leg of the Giro d'Italia, while JoaquÃn RodrÃguez of Spain retained the overall lead by 17 seconds. There was a crash on the final corner for the second ...
Roberto Ferrari wins 11th stageESPN
Ferrari powers to Giro stage winAFP
Cavendish blames lead-out man after another crash-marred finish in Giro d'ItaliaSydney Morning Herald
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Italy court rules Concordia captain unfit for command - Chicago Tribune

Italy court rules Concordia captain unfit for command
Chicago Tribune
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's top appeals court ruled on Wednesday that Francesco Schettino, the captain of the Costa Concordia, was unfit to command the cruise liner which ran aground and capsized off the Tuscan island of Giglio in January, ...

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Budget Rigor Fails to Shield Italy in Falling Market - Bloomberg

AFP

Budget Rigor Fails to Shield Italy in Falling Market
Bloomberg
Italy, mired in a fourth recession since 2001, is struggling to shake the threat of debt-crisis contagion even as the nation's budget constraints are set to surpass almost all its euro-region peers in the next two years. Boosted by Prime Minister Mario ...
Italy recession deepens, steepest fall since 2009Reuters
Looking at Austerity in ItalyCato @ Liberty
Recession-hit Italy posts March trade surplusAFP
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