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Is EU billions-euro help enough to salvage Italy's troubled bank?

TheEuropeanUnion(EU)andtheItaliangovernmentthismonthsealedadealthatprobablyrepresentsthelastbestchanceforItaly'sbeleagueredBancaMontedeiPaschidiSienabanktosurvi

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ECB stress test "slap in the face" for Italian banks, but fearful response may be overblown

​News from the weekend that nine Italian banks failed the European Central Bank (ECB)'s so-called "stress test" sent ripples through the Italian economy Monday, but some experts say the reaction may be overblown.