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		<title><![CDATA[Telecom Italia Q2 2007 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator  [Operator Instructions] The first question from Mr. Damien Maltarp from Cazenove. Mr. Maltarp, you may proceed with the question. Thank you.  Damien Maltarp - Cazenove  Thanks very much. Just a couple of questions; at the outset, you mentioned a fiscal accrual that has been...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:29:38 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pirelli chairman sees several options for selling Olimpia stake]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200704/ai_n19023706]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[MILAN, Italy AFP &#8212; Pirelli chairman Marco Tronchetti Provera said on Monday that there was more than one option for the sale of its stake in Olimpia, the holding company that controls 18 percent of Telecom Italia.  "With the negotiations with ATT failed, negotiations are ongoing with the Mexicans...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BNET Daily Dispatch: Take-Two, AT&T, Barnes & Noble, and Retail Theft]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The SEC opened an investigation yesterday into Take-Two Interactive Software, maker of the "Grand Theft Auto" video game series, over its past stock-option grants practices. In February, Take-Two&#39;s CEO pled guilty to criminal charges over backdating options, and became the first ex-CEO to do so. Take-Two said reviews of its...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2007 11:32:11 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Telefonica Q4 2006 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator  Thank you. Operator Instructions. Our first question comes from the line of Luis Prota, please go ahead with your question, announcing your company name and location.  Luis Prota - Morgan Stanley  Yes, hello. It's Luis Prota from Morgan Stanley in Madrid. I have two...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 15:05:12 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Operators resist roaming charge changes]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As expected, European mobile operators are seeking to preempt new rules on roaming charges, threatened by the European Commission, with changes of their own. Following promises of charge cuts from individual players, a group of cellcos have now banded together to halve the price of average wholesale roaming tariffs. T-Mobile,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jul 2006 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Telecom Italia reports 10.3 percent jump in first quarter profit]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MILAN AFP &#8212; Telecom Italia reported a 10.3 percent jump in first quarter net earnings to 656 million euros (841 million dollars) from a year earlier, near the upper end of market projections.  Analysts polled by AFP's financial news unit AFX forecast quarterly profit in a range of 560-665...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2005 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[News Corp purchases Telecom Italia's equity.(Italy)(Brief Article)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6534/is_200411/ai_n26360702]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[News Corporation of Rupert Murdoch has purchased 19.9 percent  equity of Telecom Italia's in Ski Italia. News Corp. now completely  controls the Italian company, which is a pay-television provider.    The company spent nearly $164.7 million to buy the stake, which  Telecom Italia sold to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2004 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[TELECOM ITALIA: MERRILL LYNCH RAISES RECOMMENDATION FROM "NEUTRAL" TO "BUY".(Brief Article)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6463/is_200409/ai_n26326256]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[American bank Merrill Lynch raised its recommendation on Telecom  Italia from "neutralo to "buy" on September 13, say  market sources. According to a Merrill Lynch analysis of the European  telecoms sector, Telecom Italia shares are among those in the sector  that present the least operational risk....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2004 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Evening Standard, London, Business Briefs Column.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5553/is_200306/ai_n22189477]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Evening Standard, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News    Jun. 11--BIDDERS CLOSE ANGLO-ITALIAN DIRECTORIES DEAL:  Europe's largest  venture capital buyout was completed today as  three British bidders allied to  an Italian partner shelled out euro5.65  billion (UKpound 3.99 billion) for  Telecom Italia's majority...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2003 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Good News in Italy.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4692/is_200304/ai_n17580941]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Apr 03, 2003 (The Mercury - ABIX via COMTEX)    News Corporation's $A1.6bn acquisition of Italian pay  television operator Telepiu has been approved. Shares in the global  media group increased $A0.36 to $A11.39 on the Australian sharemarket on  3 April 2003, with its preferred scrip...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2003 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lehman runs its first European equity-linked bond of 2002.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5555/is_200207/ai_n21943737]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Shanny Basar    Lehman Brothers was a bookrunner on a European equity-linked issue  for the first time this year as the US bank sold a [euro]350m ($343m)  exchangeable bond for Olivetti, the holding company that controls  Telecom Italia.Lehman has close links with the Italian...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jul 2002 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pirelli shuffles property hand ahead of real estate IPO.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5555/is_200205/ai_n21942167]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Ben Hoyle    Pirelli & C Real Estate, the property arm of the  tyres-to-telecoms conglomerate, has paved the way to a late summer  flotation with a merger that centralises property assets from across the  Pirelli group. A portion of the property portfolio held by...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2002 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[VIVENDI SET TO GAIN 100% CONTROL OF STREAM.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6463/is_200202/ai_n25684548]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Vivendi Universal is set to gain 100% control of the Italian  pay-television platform, Stream, which is owned by Rupert Murdoch's  News Corporation, it was announced on February 13. News Corporation is  due to buy the 50% stake owned by Telecom Italia, its partner in the  joint...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2002 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Utilities deals boost Italy and Spain.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5555/is_200201/ai_n21939249]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[On the surface, Spanish and Italian advisers enjoyed contrasting  fortunes in 2001. In the absence of any significant telecoms or banking  deals, Spain suffered along with the rest of Europe from the M&A  downturn.    Meanwhile, Italy boasted two of the Continent's most  significant...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2002 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[News pay-TV deal gets Messier.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4692/is_200112/ai_n17780678]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Dec 19, 2001 The Australian Financial Review    ABIX via COMTEX -- Media giants, News Corporation and Vivendi, are  negotiating an Italian pay-television takeover deal. It is not clear,  however, which group will shoulder the burden of a $US2 billion loss  incurred by the joint...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2001 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[And the winner is...(acquisition and mergers)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5946/is_199912/ai_n24028868]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Deal of the year has to go to Olivetti's $34bn takeover of  Telecom Italia but there were some interesting runners-up. Peter  Shearlock reviews the M&A deals of 1999    New records for the volume of international M&A activity tell  only part of the story of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 1999 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The daring bids of May.(European corporate bids)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5946/is_199905/ai_n24028531]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The year 1999 is promising to be a year of mergers and acquisitions for Europe's business sector. Easily topping the list is Italian conglomerate Olivetti's $65 billion bid for Telecom Italia while $35 billion is involved in the possible merger between French corporations BNP, Societe Generale and Paribas. The hostile...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 1999 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[DEUTSCHE TELEKOM: Deutsche Telekom and Telecom Italia -- a merger of equals?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5243/is_199904/ai_n20228320]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[M2 PRESSWIRE-26 April 1999-DEUTSCHE TELEKOM: Deutsche Telekom and  Telecom Italia -- a merger of equals? C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD    RDATE:220499    On 22nd April, 1999, Telecom Italia and Deutsche Telekom announced  an intention to merge their companies, forming the largest  telecommunications company...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 1999 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[As The Wheel Turns]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BMD/is_80_5/ai_n27549372]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In the continuing saga of Telecom Italia [TI], the European Commission EC Friday raised no objections to Olivetti's proposed acquisition of Italy's incumbent telco and gave DeTeMobil, a wholly owned subsidiary of Germany's Deutsche Telekom [DT], the go-ahead to proceed with its planned acquisition of Austrian cellular operator max.mobil. ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 1999 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[RCS Editori Enters Stream Consortium]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BMD/is_1999_Jan_15/ai_n27546962]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Ltd. [NWS] reportedly is trying to persuade RCS Editori SpA to take a 15 percent-to-20 percent stake in the Italian satellite and cable TV consortium Stream.  Reports from Italy suggest News Corp. unit News Corp. Europe is on the verge of acquiring an 80 percent...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 1999 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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