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13/07/2011

We look at Italy within the Eurozone, shares in News Corp. and a forecast on economic growth figures.

Italy and Spain have come under severe pressure this week, as concern mounts over the health of the Eurozone. We speak to Megan Greene, a specialist on western Europe for the Economist Intelligence Unit.

The phone-hacking scandal has sent shares in News Corporation down by a whopping 18% over the last week. What will it take for the shares to recover? Eric Savitz, the San Francisco Bureau Chief for the US business magazine Forbes tells us.

The HR professional body, the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development, has downgraded its economic growth figures for the next two years. However it says it doesn't believe unemployment will be as bad as it had previously thought. Dr. John Philpott, chief economic advisor to the CIPD joins us.

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