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Premier inspects quake-hit Italian factories
The government approved some temporary tax relief to owners of property damaged in the quake-struck north Tuesday, as the premier promised swift help ...
Italy frees up to $38BN to pay overdue bills
The Italian government is to free up to €30 billion ($38.25 billion) to make overdue payments to businesses that have supplied goods or services to ...
Summit doubleheader short on surprises
A long weekend of economic and security summits was heavy on stagecraft and light on surprises. The Group of Eight gathering in Camp David, Md., and ...
Monti embraces dad of girl slain by school bomb
Italian Premier Mario Monti on Monday embraced the grieving father of a 16-year-old girl who was killed by a bomb blast outside her school in southern ...
Strong quake kills 4 in Italy cheese region
A magnitude-6.0 earthquake shook several small towns in northeast Italy, killing four people, knocking down a clock tower and other centuries-old ...
Bomb kills 1 student, wounds 7 in Italy
A bomb exploded outside an Italian high school named after the wife of an assassinated anti-Mafia prosecutor, killing one student and wounding at ...
Student dies, 7 hurt in blast near Italian school
A bomb exploded Saturday outside an Italian high school named after a slain anti-Mafia prosecutor, killing a student and wounding several others, ...
Student killed, 7 hurt in blast near Italy school
A bomb exploded outside a high school in southern Italy named after a slain anti-Mafia prosecutor as students arrived for class Saturday, killing a ...
UK's Cameron urges action to resolve euro crisis
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday urged Europe to sort out its currency crisis, calling on the 17-country eurozone "to make-up or it ...
IMF: Italy has made remarkable progress
An International Monetary Fund official on Wednesday said the eurozone's third-largest economy is "on the right track" and has made notable progress ...
Monti faces renewed pressure to speed reforms
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, ...
IMF: Italy has made 'notable progress'
An International Monetary Fund official says Italy has made "notable progress" toward improving its financial outlook in the last six months but added ...
Monti faces tough challenges in changing Italy
LABOR REFORMS: Premier Mario Monti is pushing big changes to labor law, including a much-contested measure making it easier to fire workers.
A European primer: What does austerity look like?
Austerity has been the main prescription across Europe for dealing with the continent's nearly 3-year-old debt crisis, brought on by too much ...
Austerity now dirty word in Europe, but what next?
The day after Francois Hollande rode to power in France on a slogan of "change now," the conversation in Europe was already different Monday: ...
Candidates against austerity lead in Italian vote
Several candidates opposed to austerity measures were making a strong showing Monday in Italy's local elections, partial results indicated, in the ...
What's at stake as 6 European nations vote
Six European countries held elections Sunday. Here is a quick look at what was at stake: —FRANCE: Socialist challenger Francois Hollande defeats ...
Sarkozy joins fallen leaders amid Europe crisis
Nicolas Sarkozy, defeated Sunday in France's presidential runoff by Socialist challenger Francois Hollande, joins a series of European leaders booted ...
Italy votes in local election, first since Monti
Italians voted Sunday in the first elections since Mario Monti was tapped to save Italy from its debt crisis — balloting seen as a gauge of public ...
Leaders fall in Europe crisis: Sarkozy next?
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is widely expected to be kicked out of office in elections Sunday. If he goes, he'll be in good company: Almost every ...
Monti pledges $5.5 billion in spending cuts
Italian Premier Mario Monti pledged on Monday to make €4.2 billion ($5.5 billion) in cuts in state spending over the next six months in a bid to avoid ...
Italy pays higher yields in pair of bond auctions
Italy was forced to pay higher interest rates Friday to entice investors to buy a little under €5 billion ($6.6 billion) worth of its 5- and 10-year ...
Stocks up but eurozone crisis stalks bond auctions
European stocks rebounded Tuesday after sharp losses the day before on fears about Europe's debt crisis. But rising borrowing costs at bond auctions ...
Stocks up, eurozone crisis stalks bond auctions
Stocks in Europe rebounded modestly Tuesday after sharp losses the day before on fears about the continent's debt crisis, helped by a late rebound on ...