▁starting ▁from ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁W SI ▁experienced ▁a ▁substantial ▁increase ▁in ▁web ▁traffic . ▁ ▁Editor ial ▁Op in ion ▁W SI ▁main ▁focus ▁became ▁in ▁fact ▁reporting ▁all ▁news ▁related ▁to ▁the ▁f ero cious ▁spec ulative ▁attack , ▁within ▁the ▁financial ▁market , ▁against ▁Europe ' s ▁peri pher al ▁countries ▁( the ▁so - called ▁P II GS : ▁Portugal , ▁Italy , ▁Ireland , ▁Greece , ▁Spain ). ▁During ▁the ▁summer ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁the ▁website ▁published ▁extensive ▁coverage ▁about ▁Italy ▁and ▁its ▁government ▁so ver eign ▁b onds ▁( B TP s ) ▁under ▁attack . ▁ ▁Furthermore , ▁Wall ▁Street ▁Italia ▁strongly ▁critic ized ▁the ▁mal functions ▁of ▁Europe ▁and ▁its ▁currency , ▁the ▁Euro ; ▁the ▁re cess ion ary ▁consequences ▁of ▁a uster ity ▁measures ▁and ▁high ▁tax ation ▁applied ▁to ▁c ash - stra pped ▁countries ▁with ▁huge ▁public ▁deb t ▁like ▁Greece , ▁Spain ▁and ▁Italy ; ▁the ▁unf air ness ▁and ▁doub ts ▁about ▁Br uss els ▁internal ▁mechan isms ▁and ▁strateg ies , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁E SM ▁( Europe an ▁St ability ▁Mechan ism ) ▁and ▁the ▁F is cal ▁Comp act . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁▁▁ ▁Category : Fin an cial ▁services ▁companies ▁established ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁Category : New sp apers ▁published ▁in ▁Italy ▁Category : Bus iness ▁newsp apers ▁Category : Fin an cial ▁data ▁vend ors ▁Category : Europe an ▁news ▁websites ▁Category : Public