G7 Finance Ministers, Governors meet in Washington
Group of 7 Finance Ministers Peer Steinbrueck (Germany), US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, and Giulio Tremonti (Italy) (L to R) stand on the steps of the Treasury Department as they are photographed in Washington on October 10, 2008. The ministers are in town for the semi-annual World Bank and International Monetary Fund meeting occurring this weekend. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)
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ROME, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Italy's economy minister welcomed a takeover bid by France's BNP Paribas bank for Italy's Banca Nazionale del Lavoro.
ROME, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- The head of Italy's central bank, besieged for months by international pressure to resign, gave in Monday and stepped aside amid a gathering legal storm.
ROME, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has urged the head of Italy's central bank to resign in an effort to stave off a political crisis.
