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By Susanne Walker and Cordell Eddings, Bloomberg |
February 25, 2013
Treasuries rose, pushing 10-year yields down the most since November, as polls indicated the euro area’s third-largest economy, Italy, may be left with a hung parliament, stoking refuge demand.
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By Rita Nazareth, Bloomberg |
February 25, 2013
U.S. stocks declined, erasing an early advance, after partial election results spurred concern about prospects for a stable government in Italy.
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By Neal Armstrong, Bloomberg |
December 11, 2012
Italian government bonds rose, reversing an earlier decline, as concern that Prime Minister Mario Monti’s resignation would derail the nation’s attempts to cut its debt load eased.
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By Andrew Frye, Bloomberg |
December 10, 2012
The imminent end of Prime Minister Mario Monti’s government fueled the largest increase in Italian borrowing costs in four months and threatened to open a new front in Europe’s crisis fight before a year-end summit.
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By Rita Nazareth and Adria Cimino, Bloomberg |
December 10, 2012
U.S. stock futures fluctuated, after the longest weekly rally in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index since August, on concern a leadership change in Italy will disrupt efforts to curb debt and amid American budget talks.
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By Elisa Martinuzzi and Tommaso Ebhardt |
December 1, 2012
Bank of America Corp. and UBS AG reached agreements with the Italian region of Lombardy to settle a dispute involving derivatives.
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By Allison Bennett and Lukanyo Mnyanda, Bloomberg |
August 13, 2012
The euro gained the most in a week versus the dollar as Italy sold the maximum amount of bills offered for sale, reducing concern nations in the currency block will not be able to access the debt markets.
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By Lucy Meakin and Keith Jenkins, Bloomberg |
August 9, 2012
Spanish and Italian two-year notes declined for a third day amid speculation the European Central Bank’s plan to purchase the nations’ securities won’t be sufficient to stem the regional debt crisis.
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By Alexis Xydias and Jim Brunsden, Bloomberg |
July 23, 2012
Spain and Italy reinstated a short- sale ban on stocks as bank shares plunged to record lows, bond yields rose and the euro traded below its lifetime average against the dollar on concern the debt crisis is growing.
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By David Goodman and Keith Jenkins, Bloomberg |
July 13, 2012
Italy’s 10-year bonds fell for a second day, pushing the yield above 6 percent, after Moody’s Investors Service cut the nation’s credit rating by two steps and reiterated its negative outlook.
