Prodi dials up trouble over Telecom Italia restructuring
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Italy's new leftist government under Romano Prodi was shaken in the first test of its industrial policy involving telecommunications giant Telecom Italia.
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Italy's president consulted with minor  parties on Saturday in an effort to resolve a political crisis,  with politicians divided between favoring snap elections or an  interim government to enact reforms.
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The Italian president consulted with political leaders Friday in talks on the formation of a new government following the resignation of Premier Romano Prodi's nine-month-old Cabinet.
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The Italian president began talks with political leaders Thursday to discuss forming a new government after the resignation of Premier Romano Prodi's nine-month-old administration.Comment
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Italian President Giorgio Napolitano went into crisis talks with political leaders Thursday after the shock resignation of Prime Minister Romano Prodi because of a foreign policy defeat in the Senate.
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Italy's president said Tuesday he needed more time to decide his next step after conservative leader Silvio Berlusconi demanded early elections following the premier's resignation last week.
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A defeat in parliament for Romano Prodi raised new worries Friday about the stability of Italy's center-left governing coalition and prompted opposition calls for the premier's resignation.Comment
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Telecom Italia announced the possible split last week Unions at Telecom Italia have called a strike over proposals to split the firm's fixed line and mobile businesses into two new companies.
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He was addressing a conference in Rome about a proposed reform of Italy's constitution, one of the main pieces of legislation the government of Silvio Berlusconi, prime minister, wants to pass before the ...
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Telecom Italia's decision to break up its local fixed network and mobile phone activity got a cool reception by analysts, while government officials voiced fears another industrial jewel could fall into foreign hands.
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi takes legal action over what he called damaging allegations made against him.
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Will there ever be a merger of national telecoms such as Telia-Sonera again? Politics makes it difficult.
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi faces a knife-edge vote of confidence in his leadership, a week after he was forced to resign over a humiliating foreign policy defeat in the Senate.Comment
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Italy&#39;s struggling state carrier Alitalia met with labor unions Tuesday, trying to persuade them to accept a sweeping restructuring plan after announcing a further worsening of the airline&#39;s financial situation.
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A defeat in parliament for Romano Prodi raised new worries Friday about the stability of Italy's center-left governing coalition and prompted opposition calls for the premier's resignation.
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Italy's president was holding crisis talks with political leaders yesterday to see if Romano Prodi, who resigned as prime minister after nine months in power, can still head a government or must be replaced.Comment
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Telecom Italia, in a reversal of a recent and expensive consolidation, announced plans to spin off its fixed-line and mobile phone businesses into two companies.