As well as strong growth in the UK and Spain, Germany's sales rose by 3.8%.
But the future of the eurozone will be determined by what happens in Italy and Spain.
S. countries of Greece and Spain, because Cyprus was actually in a bankruptcy situation.
Second, they are losing confidence in the single currency and Spain's place within it.
Perhaps the biggest progress has been in wind energy where Germany and Spain lead the world.
Markets in Italy and Spain also shook off early losses to end sharply higher.
Making matters worse is that Italy has a larger economy than Greece and Spain.
Perhaps not surprisingly, France, Italy and Spain (the world's top-producing winemakers by volume) oppose the proposal.
And worries centered on Greece and Spain are reverberating around the world, sapping trading volumes.
If this is the case, contagion will rage through Italy and Spain, then into France.
The ratios are near all-time highs in America, Australia, Britain, Ireland, the Netherlands and Spain.
Unemployment peaked at 18.7% for February, behind only Greece and Spain, according to Eurostat.
In Italy and Spain just seven different clubs have recorded top-three finishes in the past decade.
Formed venture with ITT Sheraton to manage and develop hotels in Germany, Switzerland and Spain.
The figures for Italy and Spain were 13% and 11% (Greece was not in the sample).
This helps explain why Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain keep missing their deficit and debt targets.
Italy's Serie A and Spain's Liga go on hiatus for nearly three weeks until Jan. 7.
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Pressure is mounting to expand the bail-out fund to ease financing conditions for Italy and Spain.
King Juan Carlos and Spain's conservative prime minister, Jose Maria Aznar, both sent congratulatory telegrams.
Railteam currently does not include operators in Italy and Spain where high-speed networks are less developed.
He is instead keen on a grouping of the big five, adding Britain, Italy and Spain.
Who cares about the fiscal debauchery of the PIIGS (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain)?
Can enfeebled Italy and Spain afford to pledge tens of billions of euros more?
Huaconada synthesizes distinctive elements from the Andes and Spain while incorporating new, modern elements.
France, Germany and Spain are all shareholders in EADS and hold significant sway in it.
Italy and Spain have both had their credit ratings downgraded by various agencies in recent weeks.
The defendants include 19 Algerians, 5 Moroccans and others from Mauritania, Afghanistan, Palestine, Lebanon and Spain.
Government bond yields in Italy and Spain quickly spiked and pressure mounted against Spanish banks.
Also, debt auctions in France and Spain went smoothly and did nothing to cause alarm.
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The credit ratings of many countries are under scrutiny, and Italy and Spain are also threatened.
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