url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15649409
Australian Stock Market Report - Midday 11/09/2011 :: The Australian sharemarket is improving for the second straight day thanks to news that Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has agreed to step down later this month. This resulted in strong gains from the American markets late in trade this morning, which has translated in an impressive performance from shares locally. The All Ordinaries index (XAO) is up 1.4 pct or 60.5 pts to 4417.2.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/245799/20111108/australian-stock-market-report-midday-11-09.htm
Berlusconi pledges to step down :: The euro strengthens against dollar after day of drama that saw the Italian prime minister lose his majority in parliament and pressure mount on Italian bonds
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ea9fcdfa-09ed-11e1-8d46-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss
Global Markets Overview - 11/09/2011 :: From Morrison Securities Pty. Ltd
U.S. stocks jumped in afternoon trading after reports that Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi plans to resign, seen as a breakthrough in the country's political impasse. Berlusconi was planning to resign after the country's 2012 budget vote is approved, according to several media reports.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/245677/20111108/global-markets-overview-11-09-2011-australia.htm
Who Will Succeed Berlusconi? :: Silvio Berlusconi is expected to quit within a week, if not days.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/245647/20111108/berlusconi-italy-successor-bossi-alfano.htm
Italy borrowing rate hits record :: Italy's cost of borrowing rises to a new record after Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi wins a budget vote.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15635037
Could Berlusconi gambit buy him more time? :: Coalition under notice from European partners and debt markets to honour commitments quickly, before bond yields spiral out of control
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0fa57758-0a43-11e1-92b5-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss
Silvio Berlusconi to Resign :: Berlusconi has been under extreme pressure from both allies and opponents to quit
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/245586/20111108/silvio-berlusconi-italy-parliament-eu-debt.htm
Berlusconi Running Out of Options :: Meanwhile, the yield on 10-year Italian sovereign bonds reached another euro-era record high of 6.76 percent, thereby placing even more pressure on Berlusconi to quit
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/245564/20111108/italy-berlusconi-vote-rome-parliament-budget-resign.htm
Berlusconi Wins Budget Vote… Or Did He? :: BBC reported that an astounding 321 MPs abstained from voting
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/245461/20111108/italy-berlusconi-budget-vote-parliament.htm
Key Coalition Partner Asks Berlusconi to Step Down :: "We asked the prime minister to stand aside," Bossi told reporters outside parliament.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/245407/20111108/italy-berlusconi-umberto-bossi-parliament-vote-northern.htm
Berlusconi Ready 'to Die in Parliament' as Italy's Bonds Hit New High :: Silvio Berlusconi will face on Tuesday a crucial vote on Italy's public accounts while the interest rate on Italian ten-year bond hits another high of 6.733 per cent.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/245188/20111108/silvio-berlusconi-ready-die-parliament-bonds-hit.htm