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        <title><![CDATA[Jerrold Colten - Former Senior Editor]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Italy Could Limit Branch Sales in UniCredit’s BPM Deal: Corriere]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerrold Colten]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2025 08:16:22 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A UniCredit SpA bank branch in Milan, Italy, on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. The sale of the Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA stake netted Italy about €1.1 billion ($1.2 billion) and marks the most recent step for Italy in a long-running restructuring process that started with a nationalization in 2017.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Caltagirone Concerned About Generali-Natixis Investment JV: Sole]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2025 07:23:10 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Italy Credit Body Sace Signs $6.6 Billion Deals in Saudi Arabia]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 26 Jan 2025 17:53:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mediobanca Readies Defenses After Unsolicited Bid by Paschi]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sonia Sirletti]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 26 Jan 2025 09:27:05 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A Mediobanca Premier bank branch, operated by Mediobanca SpA in Milan, Italy, on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA made a surprise offer to acquire larger rival Mediobanca SpA in a deal valued at €13.3 billion, adding a new twist in a series of takeover attempts that are shaking up Italy’s banking industry.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mediobanca Bid Reflects Monte Paschi’s Strength, Meloni Says]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerrold Colten]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 25 Jan 2025 17:45:56 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>An advertising billboard for Mediobanca Premier bank, operated by Mediobanca SpA in Milan, Italy, on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA made a surprise offer to acquire larger rival Mediobanca SpA in a deal valued at €13.3 billion, adding a new twist in a series of takeover attempts that are shaking up Italy’s banking industry.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Italy Says Paschi’s Mediobanca Bid Is in the Country’s Interest]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerrold Colten]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 25 Jan 2025 09:35:44 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>An advertising billboard for Mediobanca Premier bank, operated by Mediobanca SpA in Milan, Italy, on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA made a surprise offer to acquire larger rival Mediobanca SpA in a deal valued at €13.3 billion, adding a new twist in a series of takeover attempts that are shaking up Italy’s banking industry.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Musk Investments Not a Threat to Italy, Meloni Tells Corriere]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerrold Colten]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2025 08:02:43 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Banco BPM Buys 5% of Monte Paschi as Italy Cuts Stake]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerrold Colten]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2024 19:39:29 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Employees enter administrative offices of Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA in Siena, Italy.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[EssilorLuxottica Backs Del Vecchio Heir Amid Italy Hacking Probe]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-27/italy-says-private-investigators-hacked-national-security-data</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerrold Colten]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 27 Oct 2024 10:51:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Italy Not Isolated by EU Commission Vote, Meloni Tells Corriere]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerrold Colten]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 20 Jul 2024 06:21:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Inter Owner Nears New Loan to Retain Control of Team, Corriere Says]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerrold Colten]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2024 08:54:36 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Italy’s Frugal Pharma Billionaire Eyes Place Among Global Leaders in Drug Injection Devices]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-13/italy-frugal-pharma-billionaire-eyes-global-leader-spot-in-drug-injection</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Antonio Vanuzzo]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2024 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Campari Beats Estimates as Distiller Says It’s Upbeat on 2024]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerrold Colten]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2024 10:39:41 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[EssilorLuxottica Open to Italy Buying Stake, CEO Says]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-15/essilorluxottica-open-to-italy-buying-stake-ceo-tells-newspaper</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerrold Colten]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2024 08:01:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[EU Bowed to Italy Requests in Fiscal Pact, Finance Minister Says]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-31/eu-bowed-to-italy-requests-in-fiscal-pact-finance-minister-says</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerrold Colten]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 31 Dec 2023 10:15:17 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Pedestrians in Piazza Cordusio in Milan, Italy, on Wednesday Nov. 15, 2023. A possible downgrade of Italy to junk this week would be hugely symbolic, potentially consequential — and very controversial.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Volta Trucks Files for Bankruptcy After Supply Chain Fails]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerrold Colten]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2023 05:41:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Italy’s Agnelli Family Says It Has No Plan to Sell Juventus]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-11/italy-s-agnelli-family-says-it-has-no-plan-to-sell-juventus</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerrold Colten]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2023 06:34:41 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>TOPSHOT - Sevilla&apos;s French defender Loic Bade (L) heads the ball next to Juventus&apos; Italian defender Federico Gatti (2L) and Juventus&apos; Colombian defender Juan Cuadrado (C) during the UEFA Europa League semi-final second leg football match between Sevilla FC and Juventus at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan stadium in Seville on May 18, 2023. (Photo by JORGE GUERRERO / AFP) (Photo by JORGE GUERRERO/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Italy Court Halts Inheritance Case That Pits Ferrari Chair Elkann Against His Mother]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-06/italy-court-halts-billionaire-trial-in-elkann-win-against-mother</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniele Lepido]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jun 2023 13:31:09 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Italy Seeks to Put Its Stamp on the Global Economy: Milan Forum]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerrold Colten]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2023 12:15:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SpaceX Sells Starlink Terminals to Unipol for Italy Flood Relief]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerrold Colten]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 20 May 2023 13:53:03 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The Pavaglione historical landmark surrounded by floodwater in Lugo, in Ravenna province, northern Italy, on Thursday, May 18, 2023. Formula 1 has canceled the Grand Prix scheduled to take place in Imola, northern Italy, this weekend after the region was hit by torrential rains and flooding that led to several deaths.</media:description>
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