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BUSINESSWEEK. Italy’s anthrax outbreak widened as the deadly animal disease spread to six more farms in the country’s south, bringing the total affected livestock holdings to 19 since the first confirmed cases almost four weeks ago. (Read the article by Ruth Ruitenberg)

BUSINESS INSIDER. Two top Italian banking execs recently spoke about how contagion resulting from a Greek default would devastate their industry. First, federico Ghizzoni, the CEO of UniCredit, Italy's biggest bank, warned that it is important for the 17-nation currency bloc's leaders to reach a swift decision to resolve the crisis. (Read the article by Courtney Comstock)

THE NEW YORK TIMES. Over the last several years, the Roman Catholic Church in Italy has largely looked the other way as reports emerged of sex and corruption scandals among the country’s political elite, many of them centered on Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. But a recent published account of a party at Mr. Berlusconi’s home, where one female guest was said to have performed a striptease dressed as a nun, might have been more than the church could stand. (Read the article by Elisabetta Povoledo)

THE HUFFINGTON POST. The Italian actress who romanced George Clooney has done her last dance on "Dancing With the Stars." Elisabetta Canalis was dismissed from the show Tuesday, despite her third-place finish on Monday's episode. (Read the article)