Fiom trade union holds march for jobs in Rome on Saturday
(AGI) Rome - The Fiom-Cgil engineering union planned a jobs march in Rome on Saturday, but with no centre-left PD presence . . [...]
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Public administration cuts terms of payment, says CGIA
(AGI) Rome - The public administration will cut its terms of payment by ten days in 2013, said economic studies office CGIA di Mestre . [...]
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Moody's values Italy over Spain
(AGI) London, May 18 - Moody's affirmed Italy's ratings ahead of Spain's, quoting Italy's "stronger" budgetary conditions. Thus Italian bonds remained 'Baa2', a step [...]
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Dow Jones and S&P 500 break new records at Wall Street
(AGI) New York - Wall Street ended another positive session. The Down Jones and the Standard & Poor's 500 were buoyed by encouraging macrodata [...]
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DJ and S&P 500 hit new records on Wall Street
(AGI) New York, May 17 - The Dow Jones and the S&P 500 hit yet another historical record pulled forward by promising macro-economic data, which [...]
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Oil prices close higher at over 96 dollars in New York
(AGI) New York, May 17 - Oil prices closed higher in New York, thanks to encouraging U.S. macroeconomic data. Consumer confidence and the Conference Board [...]
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U. S. will not hit debt ceiling until September, Lew says
(AGI) - Washington, May 17 - U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said the United States would not reach its debt ceiling until September. Technically the [...]
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Gucci agreement with Richard Ginori saves 230 workers
(AGI) Milan - Gucci has reached an agreement with Richard Ginori, saving 230 workers . . [...]
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Fitch downgrades Slovenia to BBB+
(AGI) Rome, May 17 - Fitch has downgraded Slovenia's long term rating from A- to BBB+ with a negative outlook while the country's short term [...]
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CGIL union has mixed reaction to government's decree
(AGI) Rome - The CGIL trades union said there are good and bad aspects to the decree approved on Friday by the cabinet . . [...]
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Positive Wall Street numbers boost European stock markets
(AGI) - Rome, May 17 - Europe's markets posted gains following Wall Street's positive performance, U.S. consumer confidence and good Conference Board numbers. Frankfurt was [...]
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Milan stock market makes modest gains
(AGI) - Milan, May 17 - The Milan stock market posted gains in line with other European markets. The FTSE MIB was up 0.35 percent [...]
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Weak euro closes at USD 1. 2829
(AGI) Rome, May 17 - The euro has fallen to USD 12829 after a six week low below USD 1.28 following the ECB's debate on [...]
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U. S. Conference Board super-index grows 0. 6pct in April
(AGI) - New York, May 17 - The U.S. Conference Board leading economic index grew 0.6 percent to a 5-year high of 95 points in [...]









