Italy Wonât Block Spanish Bid for a Stake in Telecom Italia
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Italyâs infrastructure minister indicated Monday that he would not block Spanish acquisition of a large stake in Telecom Italia.
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German energy giant E.ON has said it still wanted to acquire Spanish electricity provider Endesa despite a surprise move by Acciona, a public works company, to acquire 10 percent of Endesa's capital.
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Media conglomerate News Corp. Inc. on  Tuesday said it still has no plans to buy a stake in Telecom  Italia SpA, which plans to split its fixed network business  from its mobile wireless division to focus on broadband and  media.
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Deutsche Boerse chief executive Reto Francioni has said he would keep trying to convince Euronext shareholders to merge with his group, but ruled out a hostile bid for the pan-European stock market operator.
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Telecom Italia took a detour from the road to convergence that most mobile and fixed-line operators have been treading, and wandered into a controversy that has spread from the market to the parliament.Comment
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European banking giant UniCredit   on Friday denied a report in Italy's leading business  daily that it might be interested in buying the $47 billion  U.S. investment bank Merrill Lynch .
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European Union regulators suggested Monday they are not bound by a U.S. decision to allow Oracle Corp. to pursue its &#36;7.7 billion bid for rival business software maker PeopleSoft Inc. and are continuing to collect data on the deal.
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LONDON, December 6  - Telecom Italiaâs (ticker: TQI ) shares were suspended from trading for two days today, ahead of an expected buyout by the company of its mobile subsidiary, Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM).
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The European Commission is not expected to make any decision on Santander Central Hispano&#39;s bid for Abbey National until the end of next week.
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Five companies were picked by the government as finalists in the bidding for its stake in Alitalia, the ailing state-controlled carrier. The bidders include the Texas Pacific Group, the private equity firm; UniCredit, the bank; as well as financier Carlo De Benedettiâs Management and Capitali, MatlinPatterson Global Advisers; and Carlo Toto, owner of Italyâs No. 2 carrier, Air One, the finance ministry said. They have until mid-April to submit preliminary offers. Italy decided in December to sell its stake in the countryâs largest airline after the government abandoned turnaround efforts. Alitalia last reported a profit in 2002 and has forecast a loss in 2006.
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The European Commission was wrong to  bar the takeover bid by U.S. telecoms firm WorldCom for rival  Sprint, a European Union court said on Tuesday, annulling the  action taken four years ago.
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No immediate counter offer is expected in the bidding battle for the London Stock Exchange. The pan-European stock exchange Euronext is, however, weighing up the prospects of such a move, according to sources close to it.
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European banking giant UniCredit  on Friday denied a report in Italy's leading business daily that it might be interested in buying the $47 billion U.S. investment bank Merrill Lynch .
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Prime ministers of Spain and Italy vowed Tuesday to defend their subsidies offered by the European Union despite the enlargement of the bloc.
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Spanish bank Santander SAN.MC would not necessarily drop its 8 billion pound plus bid for Abbey National if another bank entered the fray and sparked a competition probe, it says.
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Rome - The Italian oil group Eni said on Sunday that it would continue operations in Nigeria, despite reported threats by a militant group, and denied that its helicopters had been used for military purposes.
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L&#39;Antitrust sanziona Telecom per una cifra di 152 milioni di euro &#39;&#39;per aver abusato della propria posizione dominante sui mercati dei servizi di telecomunicazioni su rete fissa all&#39;utenza affari&#39;&#39;. E&#39; quanto