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• Italian Notes Fall Most in Six Weeks After Debt Sale; German Notes Gain

  Updated 12 minutes ago

  Italian bonds slumped, pushing two- year yields up the most in six weeks, as an increase in borrowing costs at a debt sale spurred concern European Union leaders haven’t done enough to stem the debt crisis.

• ECB Says 4 Billion Euros of Bond Purchases Settled This Week

  Updated 1 hour, 46 minutes ago

  The European Central Bank bought fewer government bonds this week.

• European Central Bank Said to Purchase Italian, Spanish Bonds

  Updated 2 hours, 46 minutes ago

  The European Central Bank bought Italian and Spanish government bonds, according to two people familiar with the transactions, who declined to be identified because the trades are confidential.

• UniCredit Has to Raise the Most Capital Among Italy’s Banks

  Updated 1 hour, 26 minutes ago

  UniCredit SpA and Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA, Italy’s biggest and third-largest banks, are among the country’s lenders that must raise the most capital as part of Europe’s plan to end the sovereign debt crisis.

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  Euro Heads for Third Weekly Gain Versus Dollar

  The euro fell against the dollar, paring its third weekly advance, as Italy sold less than its maximum target at an auction today, reviving concern the region’s debt crisis has further to run.

• Fitch Says Europe Leaders’ Crisis Agreement Is ‘Positive Step’

  Fitch Ratings said the European leaders’ deal agreed this week to try and resolve the region’s sovereign debt turmoil is “a positive step” and addresses the core reasons of the recent escalation in the crisis.

• Italy Falls Short of Bond-Sale Target as Borrowing Costs Rise at Auction

  Italy’s borrowing costs rose to a euro-era record at a sale of three-year bonds, driving yields higher on concern that efforts to contain the sovereign crisis won’t be enough to safeguard the region’s third-largest economy.

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  EU Euphoria May Fade Under Post-Summit Scrutiny

  Updated 16 minutes ago

  European leaders may struggle to maintain the euphoria that drove the euro to its biggest one-day gain in more than a year as scrutiny deepens on their latest attempt to stem the region’s turmoil.

• Irish Consumer Lenders’ ECB Reliance Rises to 71.1 Billion Euros

  Irish consumer lenders’ reliance on European Central Bank funding increased 650 million euros to 71.1 billion euros during September, according to the country’s central bank.

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  Focus Swings to Italy Debt as Greece Wins Reprieve

  Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi held the first test of investor enthusiasm for Europe’s debt since its leaders agreed on a plan to end the sovereign crisis, as Italy sold bonds at euro-era record borrowing costs.

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