Italy coalition reaches key deal on tax cuts
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Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi had told his coalition partners he would seek new elections if they did not accept the tax-cutting agenda which was the main plank of his victorious election campaign in 2001.
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ROME : Alitalia bosses and union and government officials forged a deal to save the troubled Italian flag carrier after thrashing out the details of redundancy payments for 3,700 workers who will lose their jobs in a restructuring plan.
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Congress is now poised to hand  President Bush an election-year tax cut victory after Senate  and House of Representatives negotiators on Wednesday night  agreed to extend popular tax breaks for children and couples  for five years.
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A House-Senate conference committee Thursday agreed to legislation that will extend key components of the Bush tax cuts for up to six years.
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The Italian carrier reaches agreement on cutting cabin crews, the final part of a rescue plan vital for survival.
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Alitalia management and unions representing cabin crews agreed to parts of a deal that, if finalised, could allow approval of an overall rescue plan, union sources said.
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Italy's prime minister Romano Prodi, who resigned earlier this week, has won the backing from parties in his ruling coalition to continue in office, his spokesman said on Friday.
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Italian airline Alitalia has reached an agreement with its cabin crews, completing negotiations aimed at avoiding the threat of collapse.
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Congress is now poised to hand President Bush an election-year tax cut victory after Senate and House of Representatives negotiators on Wednesday night agreed to extend popular tax breaks for children and couples for five years.
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The agreement was struck at a meeting in Rome between Mr Prodi and the oft-bickering leaders of four parties - the Democrats of the Left (DS) and the Margherita, which are the main opposition parties, and the ...
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Crisis-hit Italian airline Alitalia agrees a deal with its ground staff, paving the way for 2,500 job cuts and a reduction in staff benefits.
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ROME: After winning union backing for job cuts, Alitalia has given formal approval to a four-year business plan aimed at saving the near-bankrupt Italian carrier from collapse.
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Struggling Italian flagship carrier Alitalia signed an agreement overnight with the government and labor unions on helping employees whose jobs will be slashed under a plan to save the airline, news reports said Wednesday.
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ALITALIA bosses and unions along with the government today announced their agreement on a deal to salvage the troubled Italian flag-carrier.
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Italy's center-left leaders have agreed to back Romano Prodi's bid to stay on as prime minister, boosting his chances of ending a crisis that risks plunging the country into political paralysis.Comment
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A political row over the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics has been solved with a power-sharing agreement between Italy&#39;s right-wing government and the left-wing head of the local committee, organizers said Thursday.
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Dutch unions, employers' organisations and the government reached an agreement on the government's hotly contested austerity and reform plans.