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Italy will reduce its planned order of Lockheed Martin Corp. F-35 fighter jets and trim the size of the military as part of defense-spending cuts, Defense Minister Giampaolo Di Paola said.

Italy has slid back into recession following a series of strict budget cuts as the eurozone's third largest economy braces for an even worse contraction this year, official data showed on Wednesday.

Italy's economy, the eurozone's third-largest, slid into recession in the fourth quarter of last year due to a drop in industrial activity and a stagnant services sector, the national statistics agency said Wednesday.

Direct Line Italy, the largest direct auto insurer in Italy, and Guidewire Software , a provider of core system software to general insurers, today

Italy sold 6 billion euros ($7.9 billion) of bonds, meeting its target, as borrowing costs on its benchmark debt fell to the lowest since March even after the nation was downgraded by Moody’s Investors Service.

Italy is cutting an order for combat jets by more than 30% as part of the country's austerity measures.

Prosecutors in Italy lodged an appeal Tuesday of the acquittal of American student Amanda Knox in the murder of British student Meredith Kercher.

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Italy will reduce its planned order for Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT) F-35 fighter jets by about 40 and trim the size of the military as part of a program to reduce defense spending, Defense Minister Giampaolo Di Paola said today.

ROME (Reuters) - Prime Minister Mario Monti on Tuesday scotched Rome's bid to host the 2020 Olympic Games, saying Italy's difficult economic situation would prevent the government offering the necessary financial guarantees. "We arrived at the unanimous conclusion that in Italy's current condition the government does not feel able to take on the commitment to offer the (financial) guarantee ...