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REUTERS. Anti-greed protesters rallied globally on Saturday, denouncing bankers and politicians over the international economic crisis, with violence rocking Rome where cars were torched and bank windows smashed. (Read the article)
AFP. Italy — While his fellow businessmen moan about Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's constant sex scandals and the fallout for Italy's image abroad, Carlo Pagani has decided to cash in. (Read the article)
THE CHICAGO SUN TIMES. Riccardo Muti is a man of firm convictions. And $1 million-dollar prize is not about to change that. THe Chicago Symphony Orchestra music director said he would answer any questions, “except the one I know that all of you want to ask: What am I going to do with the money?” (Read the article by Andrew Patner)
THE LOS ANGELES TIMES. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi narrowly won a confidence vote in parliament Friday, but few are willing to predict that his government's political troubles are over. (Read the article)
THE TELEGRAPH. Forte dei Marmi, a leafy beachfront retreat for politicians, artists and writers on the Tuscan coast, has rebutted accusations that the prohibition is xenophobic and small-minded. (Read the article)
THE NEW YORK TIMES. On Oct. 13, 1943, one month after Italy surrendered to Allied forces, it declared war on Nazi Germany, its onetime Axis powers partner. (Read the article)
THE LOS ANGELES TIMES. Christmas in Italy likely doesn't get much cheaper than this: $419 per person for a six-night stay plus train travel from Rome to Florence and then on to Venice. (Read the article by Mary Forgione)
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. Italy's recent fiscal policy decisions are "not enough" to fix the public finances of the euro zone's third-largest economy, Bank of Italy Governor Mario Draghi said. The recent austerity package, which pledges EUR54 billion in tax rises and spending cuts to balance the budget in 2013, goes in the right direction to put Italy on a "more sustainable" path but is insufficient. (Read the article by Christopher Emsden)
VOICE OF AMERICA. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has warned parliament against bringing down his government in a confidence vote set for Friday, saying such an outcome would be catastrophic for the country. (Read the article)
ANSA. Famed Argentinian-Israeli conductor Daniel Barenboim was named musical director of Milan's iconic La Scala opera house, filling a post left vacant when Riccardo Muti stormed out in 2005 amid artistic differences. (Read the article)