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BusinessWeek October 20, 2003	Italy: Trying To Ease The Pension Squeeze Is Italy getting serious about pension reform? Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has made it the focal point of his 2004 budget, even taking the unusual move of going on national television to plead his case.
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BusinessWeek August 16, 2004	Italy Bites The Bullet The center-right government approved $20.4 billion in spending cuts and $8.4 billion in one-time, revenue-raising measures to control the ballooning budget deficit.
BusinessWeek February 16, 2004 David Fairlamb	Europe's Shoppers Take A Holiday Weak retail sales threaten the Continent's fragile recovery.
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BusinessWeek December 8, 2003 Cooper & Madigan	Spain: This Bull Is Outrunning The Euro Zone Since 1996, under the conservative People's Party and Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar, Spain's economy has blossomed, growing at an annual rate of 3.4%, well above the euro zone's 2%.
BusinessWeek February 16, 2011 Andrew Davis	How Silvio Berlusconi Has Managed to Hang On Battered by a sex scandal, the Italian Prime Minister is still in power, helped in part by his Finance Minister and weak opposition parties.
BusinessWeek July 21, 2003 David Fairlamb	Germany: Putting the Stability Pact in Peril Despite widespread expectations that Germany will breach the Stability & Growth Pact for a second straight year in 2003, German Finance Minister Hans Eichel says his tax cuts won't threaten efforts to keep the 2004 budget deficit below the 3% of gross domestic product limit.
The Motley Fool November 9, 2011 Matt Koppenheffer	Italy Is Driving the World Crazy Stocks around the world sank and Italian bond yields shot up after Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi offered to resign after failing to receive majority support in a parliamentary ballot.
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BusinessWeek December 4, 2006 Maria Bartiromo	Romano Prodi Opens Up Since he won election last April by a narrow margin over Silvio Berlusconi, Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi has made more waves than a powerboat in Venice.
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BusinessWeek January 31, 2005 James Mehring	Spain: Growing Risks For A Star Performer Spain's economy heads into 2005 looking pretty good with growth expected to be among the best in the euro zone. But the country faces growing risks that could upend its long run of stellar performances.
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BusinessWeek July 3, 2006 Gail Edmondson	Barbarian In The Palace "The Sack of Rome: How a Beautiful European Country with a Fabled History And a Storied Culture Was Taken Over by a Man Named Silvio Berlusconi" is an engrossing account of what happens when an Italian media mogul turns prime minister.
BusinessWeek October 20, 2003 David Fairlamb	Another Blow To Europe's Recovery As the euro soars against the dollar, Europe's profits and exports are hurting.
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BusinessWeek November 21, 2005 Howard Gleckman	How Tax Reform Adds Up The President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform has proposed two ways to clean up the code, and the impact on companies could vary widely.
BusinessWeek May 16, 2005	More Tax Reforms Ahead In Israel Israel's economy is forecast to grow 4% in 2005, and the government's budget deficit is expected to be a relatively small 3.4% of gross domestic product for the year. So the finance minister is preparing for another round of tax cuts.
The Motley Fool April 25, 2008 Todd Wenning	Indian Tigers Cower; the Euro Hits a High Note A look back at the week's stock market news from Asia, Europe, and Latin America.
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The Motley Fool November 18, 2011 Sean Williams	5 Startling Figures That Should Have You Worried About Italy Here's a list of 10 startling figures that demonstrate why Italy is in the mess that it's in and why these figures should make investors quake in their boots.
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