Payroll taxes for pensions are already greater in Brazil, at 32% of gross salary, than in all G7 countries except Italy.

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And yet it spends 13% of GDP on pensions, more than any G7 member except Italy, where the share of old people is three times higher than in Brazil.

ECONOMIST: Brazil��s pension system

Kimberly-Clark is to stop making and selling Huggies nappies in Europe, except for Italy.

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He adds that for the moment nothing is clear, except that Italy's political paralysis continues.

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"Wherever we do business, and we work in over 80 countries, we do well, except for Italy and Europe, " he said.

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He looks to southern Italy for lemons, except for a few winter months, when the French versions will do, and to Spain for almonds.

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The largest gold ETF holds more bullion than all the world's central banks except those of America, France, Germany and Italy.

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In Italy, you see boar on menus all the time, except they call it cianghale, and it most frequently is found as a pate or in ragus served over pasta.

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