Berlusconi Pushes for Austerity Vote as Strike Looms

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Sept. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi faces down a general strike tomorrow as he seeks parliamentary backing for a 45.5 billion-euro ($65 billion) austerity plan to show investors he's serious about taming the nation's finances. David Tweed reports from Cernobbio, Italy, on Bloomberg Television's "First Look." (Source: Bloomberg)

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