Deepa Babington

Position: Correspondent, Italy
Based in Rome, I write about Italian business. I was previously based in New York, where I covered energy and finance.

Articles

Iraq could join WTO by end of 2011-US official November 22, 10:49am EST 

* Iraqi ministries eye WTO membership for higher tariffs * WTO entry seen as encouraging foreign investment, trade BAGHDAD, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Iraq could get membership in the World Trade Organization by end-2011 if it actively pursues accession, which ...  Full Article 

Blog Posts

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Quake tours, spartan rooms at no-frills G8 summit

    Hiking through rubble-strewn streets, taking in a quake exhibit or bedding down in a concrete police compound -- leaders at this week's G8 summit in the Italian town of L'Aquila  are in for a ...  Full Article | Comments [1] 

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A month after quake, gratitude turns to impatience

A month after an earthquake killed nearly 300 people in Italy, initial goodwill towards authorities for their swift response appears to be giving way to anger.  Full Article | Comments [2] 

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Italy's hard-left at the Hard Rock

Italy's far-left alliance of Communists and Greens may not conjure up images of glitz and New York steaks, but leader Fausto Bertinotti has nevertheless picked the Hard Rock Cafe on Rome's fashionable ...  Full Article