They understand technical jargon better than those of other courts in countries like Portugal or Spain.
Prices for retail-banking services are 20-30% higher in Italy than in the Netherlands or Spain.
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Unemployment has risen most where workers are easiest to offload, as in Ireland or Spain.
Countries in which financial markets have lost confidence, such as Ireland or Spain, have no choice.
The finances of Germany and America look better than those of Greece or Spain.
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What remains uncertain is what would happen if Italy or Spain, or both countries, needed a rescue.
Match-winner Torres, who had never won a trophy with Atletico Madrid, Liverpool or Spain before Sunday, said.
To be sure, betting on the U.S. market wouldn't be as risky as investing in Italy or Spain.
So, U.S. banks do have something to lose if Ireland, Greece, Portugal or Spain ever have to default.
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Though he is under contract until 2017, several reports have linked him with moves to Italy or Spain.
The IMF forecasts that GDP will shrink more this year in Germany than in France, Italy or Spain.
The biggest threat is that some event sparks a run on the banks - in either Greece or Spain.
And the rump might still break apart, as Italy or Spain would not want anything to do with Greece.
If debtor countries like Greece or Spain default, that just means they are richer and creditors like Germany are poorer.
But let's see if that line crumbles when a really big European country, like Italy or Spain, gets into trouble.
As for investing, wait for the other shoe to drop before investing in bonds issued by Greece, Italy, Portugal, or Spain.
More worrying still is the potential for deposit runs to spread to other vulnerable euro-zone countries such as Portugal or Spain.
Germans may have to bail out Greece or Spain without any power to choose a Greek or Spanish government committed to reform.
Hiddink's men will face either Italy or Spain in the last four after confounding the form book to put out the Dutch.
"I've played abroad in Greece and Switzerland, but I would also like to have played in Germany, Italy or Spain, " said Hassan.
In parts of France or Spain, they are probably being triumphantly re-elected.
In the past, most immigrants were temporary workers who entered countries such as France or Spain to do low-paid seasonal work in agriculture.
It will be impossible to make similar threats of holding back if Portugal or Spain or anyone else should come to the lending window.
And if Cyprus does leave and does recover without too much paid then what reason for Greece, or Spain, Portugal, to stay in?
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It would be difficult to understand what monitoring role Lagarde and company would be playing when the issue of Italy or Spain resurfaces.
Three-quarters of revenue come from rich economies in continental Europe (although Mr Prot reckons these banking markets may grow faster than over-indebted America, Britain or Spain).
The French 32nd seed came from behind to win 2-6 6-3 6-2 and earn a clash with either Italian Roberta Vinci or Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro.
The Roland Garros semi-finalist, and Monte Carlo finalist, now faces either 16th seed Ivan Ljubicic or Spain's David Ferrer who upset Argentina's Mariano Zabaleta 7-6 (7-3) 6-4.
It would be absurd to maintain that a prudent Germany is responsible for Greece's profligacy or Spain's property bubble (though a few heroic economists have argued this).
The leading American professional soccer league can't compete with the English Premier League or Spain's La Liga when it comes to star names, gigantic salaries or world-wide audience.
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