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        <title><![CDATA[Dan Liefgreen - Former Milan Bureau Chief]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Qatar Airways, Aga Khan Decide to Liquidate Troubled Air Italy]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-11/qatar-airways-aga-khan-decide-to-liquidate-troubled-air-italy</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Liefgreen]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2020 14:31:08 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A new Air Italy Boeing 737 MAX 8 is pictured as Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Qatar Airways and Air Italy celebrate the delivery of their first 737 MAX in Everett, Washington on May 11, 2018. (Photo by Jason Redmond / AFP) (Photo credit should read JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Italy’s Drive on Corporate Back Taxes Reaps $2.6 Billion ]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 13:33:47 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Tourists Ruined Venice. Now Floods Are Making It Uninhabitable]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Buffeted by climate change and thrifty day trippers, the mood in the lagoon city is bleak.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Liefgreen]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 08:37:34 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Italy’s Industrial Engine Sputters on German Economic Malaise]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-16/italy-s-industrial-engine-sputters-on-german-economic-malaise</link>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 16 Nov 2019 09:48:35 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>An operator prepares a cylinder on a label printing machine inside an Amcor Ltd. packaging plant in Lugo di Vicenza, Italy, on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018. Australia&apos;s Amcor agreed to acquire U.S. competitor Bemis Co. in an all-stock deal to expand sales of plastic packaging in the Americas.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Italy Borrows From Mississippi With a Program to Help the Poor Find Work]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The $7.7 billion project includes workers called navigators, who help with everything from résumé preparation to liaising with potential employers.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-18/italy-looks-to-mississippi-with-program-to-help-poor-find-work</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Liefgreen]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 18 Oct 2019 04:01:28 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Rome, June 19th, 2019 – Fiera di Roma (the location). Anpal open examination to become a “navigator”. The navigator is a new profession contemplated in the “Reddito di Cittadinanza 2019” Decree Law that helps unemployed citizens finding a job.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[If You Like Italian Political Drama, Next Week Offers a Feast]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-15/if-you-like-italian-political-drama-next-week-offers-a-feast</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Liefgreen]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Aug 2019 03:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Members of the media take photographs of the Italian national flag standing inside the Quirinale Palace in Rome, Italy, on Tuesday, May 29, 2018. Italy may be headed toward snap elections as early as July after the latest attempt to form a government saw premier-designate Carlo Cottarelli leave a meeting with the president without an agreement on a cabinet team. Photographer: Alessia Pierdomenico/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Designer Donatella Versace Buys Villa Mondadori for $5 Million]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-07/designer-donatella-versace-buys-villa-mondadori-for-5-million</link>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2019 11:02:36 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Italy’s Tria Says Leaked Letter to EU Hurts Negotiations]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-02/italy-s-tria-says-leaked-draft-letter-to-eu-hurts-negotiations</link>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 02 Jun 2019 07:49:57 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Tria Tells EU Italy to Review Spending as Populists Squabble]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-31/tria-tells-eu-italy-will-review-spending-tax-system-to-cut-debt</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2019 21:11:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Italy’s Salvini Adopts Patriotic Pose on UniCredit-Commerzbank]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-17/italy-s-salvini-adopts-patriotic-pose-on-unicredit-commerzbank</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[John Follain]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2019 12:48:14 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Matteo Salvini, Italy&apos;s deputy prime minister, speaks during a news conference in Budapest, Hungary, on Thursday, May 2, 2019. Two of Europe&apos;s most high-profile nationalist leaders will meet in Budapest to explore a potential alliance in the European Union following crucial legislative elections at the end of the month.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Italian Premier Conte Vows Squabbling Coalition Will Survive]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-24/italian-premier-conte-vows-squabbling-coalition-will-survive</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Liefgreen]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2019 10:25:51 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Marella Agnelli, Widow of Fiat's Giovanni Agnelli, Dies at 91]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-23/marella-agnelli-widow-of-fiat-s-giovanni-agnelli-dies-at-91</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Liefgreen]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2019 13:26:54 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>I16 - 20001115 - TURIN, ITALY: (FILES) An undated file picture of Edoardo Agnelli (L) with his father, Gianni Agnelli (R), and mother, Neapolitan Princess Marella Agnelli. Edoardo Agnelli, 46, was found dead Wedneday 15 November 2000 near a highway in northern Italy, police said. Initial reports said his body was found below a highway overpass while his car was parked near a viaduct. The younger Agnelli never held a post in Fiat, the biggest Italian industrial group founded by the Agnelli family 100 years ago. EPA PHOTO ANSA FILES/LAPRESSE/STR</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Fitch Keeps Negative Outlook on Italy Citing High Debt Level]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-22/fitch-maintains-negative-outlook-on-italy-citing-high-debt-level</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lorenzo Totaro]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2019 21:29:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Diamond Scam Probe Reopens Scandal Italian Banks Want to Forget]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-22/diamond-scam-probe-reopens-scandal-italy-banks-hoped-to-forget</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sonia Sirletti]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2019 13:05:27 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ailing Italian Bank Puts Crown Jewel Properties Up for Sale]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-30/paschi-said-to-put-italy-property-jewels-on-sale-in-capital-push</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sonia Sirletti]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2019 11:46:24 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA branch in Milan. Photographer Giuseppe Aresu/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[This Italian Bank Lost 83% Market Value in 2018]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-27/italian-lender-carige-plunges-after-investor-blocks-capital-plan</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Liefgreen]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2018 11:03:20 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Italian Coalition Seeks Budget Accord in Bid to Reach EU Deal]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-16/italy-eu-closer-to-reaching-a-budget-accord-corriere-reports</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Liefgreen]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2018 08:33:58 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The Italian national flag, right, and the European Union (EU) flag fly outside the Banca d&apos;Italia, Italy&apos;s central bank, in Rome, Italy, on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018. Italian government bonds, stocks and debt from Europe&apos;s other peripheral nations may rally on Monday after a ratings decision by Moody’s Investors Service removed the immediate threat of a downgrade to junk.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mahindra Chairman: Pininfarina Turnaround ‘Unfinished Story’]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-06/mahindra-chairman-says-pininfarina-turnaround-unfinished-story</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Liefgreen]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2018 10:43:51 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[‘Lo Spread’ Returns as Italian Yield Gap Dominates Front Pages]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[“Lo spread” entered Italian vernacular in 2011, when the country was struggling to survive the European debt crisis. Seven years later, financial tensions are rising again and the gap between Italy’s 10-year bond yields and Germany’s is back in the spotlight.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Liefgreen]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2018 10:12:34 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Italy Offers to Cut Deficit From 2020 in Peace Offering to EU]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lorenzo Totaro]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2018 17:29:12 GMT</pubDate>
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