MILAN, ITALY - JULY 02: Italian Minister of Economic Development Claudio Scajola attends the National Association of Property Developers Assembly on July 2, 2008 in Milan, Italy. Scajola said today that the Economic Development Ministry is about to authorise an agreement leading to the creation of a power futures trading market in Italy. Getty Images logo Getty Images 19 months ago

MILAN, ITALY - JULY 02: Italian Minister of Economic Development Claudio Scajola attends the National Association of Property Developers Assembly on July 2, 2008 in Milan, Italy. Scajola said today that the Economic Development Ministry is about to authorise an agreement leading to the creation of a power futures trading market in Italy.

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  10. Workers from the FIAT car factory protest in front of the town hall of Termini Imerese, a small town near Palermo on November 19, 2009. Italian economic development minister Claudio Scajola, said he would meet unions from Termini Imerese's FIAT plant this afternoon, who fear the plant's closure in 2011.
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  12. Workers at the FIAT car factory protest in front of the town hall of Termini Imerese, a small town near Palermo on November 19, 2009. Italian economic development minister Claudio Scajola, said he would meet unions from Termini Imerese's FIAT plant this afternoon, who fear the plant's closure in 2011.

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