https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Fed up with their banks' reluctance to lend, an Italian dairy cooperative has raised €6 million by issuing bonds guaranteed by huge wheels of Parmesan cheese. https://www.thelocal.it/20160204/cheesed-off-by-banks-try-parmesan-bonds Thu, 04 Feb 2016 09:45:44 +0100 cheesed-off-by-banks-try-parmesan-bonds Argentina's new government said on Tuesday that it had reached its first settlement with "holdout" bondholders, a group of some 50,000 Italian investors whose bonds were defaulted on in 2001. https://www.thelocal.it/20160203/argentina-strikes-deal-with-italian-creditors-over-defaulted-debt Wed, 03 Feb 2016 09:52:55 +0100 argentina-strikes-deal-with-italian-creditors-over-defaulted-debt Interest on Italian and Spanish debt fell to record low on Monday, while Portugal's continued to drop, as investor concerns about the eurozone's former laggards eased. https://www.thelocal.it/20140729/fresh-investor-confidence-boosts-italian-economy Tue, 29 Jul 2014 11:39:00 +0200 fresh-investor-confidence-boosts-italian-economy Italy's borrowing costs fell on Friday in a bond auction that raised €6.75 billion in the latest sign of improved investor confidence as the economy gradually emerges from a painful recession. https://www.thelocal.it/20140328/italys-economy-showing-signs-of-re-awakening Fri, 28 Mar 2014 14:41:00 +0100 italys-economy-showing-signs-of-re-awakening