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Italian banks get free pass to evade windfall tax 

By Giada Zampano
Image via Bloomberg Mercury

The “watering down” of Italy’s windfall tax has been described by analysts as a strategic move to shore up bank balance sheets and boost the country’s embattled government bond market.

A revised version of the law, approved by parliament on October 5, will now introduce a levy based ...

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