crisis. figures unveiled in ireland show the country's economy is in worse shape than feared. the central statistics office says the economy shrank by 1.9% in the third quarter, a much bigger drop than forecast. it is the worst quarterly results in the eurozone. ireland is midway through a seven-year deficit-fighting program that has continued to fight economic growth to meet its targets. economists say ireland is unlikely to meet the government's modest target of 1% gdp growth for the year. the italian prime minister, mario monti, has won about of confidence in parliament, clearing the way for the senate to approve his austerity budget next week. it should be rolled out in 2012 and got easy approval. if it had been defeated, mario monti and his technocrat government would have been forced to resign exactly one month after being sworn in. let's take a look at the friday market numbers, starting off in frankfurt. germany's dax ended down by