Italy factory sector expansion accelerates in August: Survey

ROME: Italian manufacturing activity expanded for the second month running in August and at a faster pace than the previous month as new orders and output increased, a survey showed on Monday.

IMF urges more reforms in Italy to create jobs

ROME (AP) -- The International Monetary Fund is praising Italy for having taken "bold steps" to heal its finances but says the government needs to do more to get "unacceptably high" unemployment down.

Italy to cut spending, sees risks of protests: Report

MILAN: Italy will resume public spending cuts to find resources for tax cuts to kick start growth, Economy Minister Fabrizio Saccomanni told daily Corriere della Sera on Saturday.

Italy's borrowing costs fall in bond sale

MILAN: Italy's borrowing costs fell on Tuesday in a bond auction that raised 3.5 billion euros ($4.5 billion), a day before the country is likely to exit the European Union's excessive deficit procedure.