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Italian December Business Confidence Rises After Recession Eases

institute Istat said yesterday. Italy’s economy shrank 0.2 percent in the three months through September, ...

Daily Headline - abi_admin - 12/27/2012 - 13:35 - 0 comments

Berlusconi Says Italy May Be Forced To Leave The Euro Zone

Former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Tuesday Italy would be forced to leave the euro zone unless the European Central Bank gets more powers to ensure lower borrowing costs, Reuters reported. Berlusconi, who announced this month he will again l ...

Daily Headline - global.abi.org - 12/19/2012 - 23:17 - 0 comments

As a Premier Prepares to Depart, the Talk Is of Lost Opportunities

As Prime Minister Mario Monti prepares to exit the stage, he has burnished Italy’s image — and his own — abroad, but he is less beloved at home, the International Herald Tribune reported. Italians are irate about higher taxes, while critics say that ...

Daily Headline - global.abi.org - 12/13/2012 - 23:53 - 0 comments

ECB Support To Pull Italy, Spain Through Thursday Debt Auctions

The European Central Bank's pledge to stand by vulnerable euro zone members will be enough to ensure Italy and Spain find buyers for their bonds at parallel auctions on Thursday, Reuters reported. In Italy, the ECB's bond-buying scheme is seen ...

Daily Headline - global.abi.org - 12/13/2012 - 00:33 - 0 comments

Italian Companies Lead Rise in Debt Risk as Bond Issuance Slows

Italian companies led an increase in the cost of insuring European debt after the collapse of Prime Minister Mario Monti’s government, while sales of corporate bonds slowed. Credit-default swaps on Enel SpA jumped 31 basis points to 246, UniCredit SpA cl ...

Daily Headline - global.abi.org - 12/10/2012 - 23:37 - 0 comments

Italy's Steel Sector Decline Signals Bad Omen For Europe

Italy faces a deep crisis as its biggest steel plants struggle for survival, putting it in the forefront of a permanent decline in western Europe's steel sector and increasing cost pressures on many of the region's industries, Reuters reported. ...

Daily Headline - global.abi.org - 12/06/2012 - 23:19 - 0 comments

Monte Paschi to Request More State Aid

The board of Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA on Wednesday approved the bank's request for more government funds than planned, which will likely lead to the government taking a larger stake in the Italian bank, The Wall Street Journal reporte ...

Daily Headline - global.abi.org - 11/28/2012 - 22:35 - 0 comments

Sicilian Town's Woes Show European Waste

The 40,000-person town of Sciacca has become a mausoleum of decades-old unfinished public works. Rainwater and weeds fill the basins of two indoor Olympic-scale swimming pools that have never opened, The Wall Street Journal reported. The cement carca ...

Daily Headline - global.abi.org - 10/22/2012 - 22:41 - 0 comments

America Now!

America Now! - ABI's 2012 International Insolvency & Restructuring Symposium, Rome - Lucio Ghia, Donald S. Bernstein, James L. Bromley, Bryan P. Marsal, Hon. James M. Peck (Europe, Italy, North America, Rome) bankruptcy,insolvency, ...

Resource Article - abi_editor - 10/17/2012 - 16:33 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Super-Priority Financing in Europe: New Dawn or False Dawn?

Super-Priority Financing in Europe: New Dawn or False Dawn? - ABI's 2012 International Insolvency & Restructuring Symposium, Rome - Nancy A. Peterman, Lodovico Zocca, H. Phillip Esser, Fabrice Keller, David Wilton (Europe, Italy, Rome) ...

Resource Article - abi_editor - 10/17/2012 - 16:29 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

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