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		<title><![CDATA[EU 'vigilant' about possible protectionism on Telecom Italia]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200704/ai_n19023137]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[BRUSSELS AFP &#8212; EU Telecoms Commissioner Viviane Reding has urged her colleagues to be on the look out for "protectionist pressures" on Telecom Italia, according to a letter obtained by AFP Thursday.  "I am convinced that we need to remain vigilant," Reding wrote in the letter to Competition Commissioner...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[France Telecom studying offer for Telecom Italia stake]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MILAN AFP &#8212; France Telecom reportedly might make a counter bid for Olimpia, the holding company that owns 18 percent of Telecom Italia.  The possible bid comes as talks between the tyre group Pirelli, which owns Olimpia with the apparel maker Benetton, and American giant ATT and its Mexican...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ports head for privatisation: the long overdue reform of Nigeria's notoriously ill managed ports is expected to take the form of awarding contracts to private companies in the near future. But union opposition is intense. Who will win? Asks Neil Ford]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although little progress was made on Nigerian port reform during President Olusegun Obasanjo's first term of office, contracts to manage the nation's main ports are likely to be awarded to private companies within two years.  [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]  Attracting private sector involvement into most industries previously under state ownership...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2004 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Entel capital cut goes to fund roadways construction.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bolivia, Feb 5, 2004 (La Razon/SABI via COMTEX)    The Bolivian government ruled the reduction on the assets of the  telecoms Entel from US$710mil to US$490mil, and is to use 50% the  US$220mil cash withdrawn from it to reinforce the FCC fund, while other  50%...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2004 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Struggling industry looks to state aid - News Analysis]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Industry sectors are due to get more direct--and indirect--help from governments, but might this distort the telecoms market?  The European commission this month approved separate subsidies from the German and Italian governments to two semiconductor companies in those countries, raising the specter of state aid in the European high-technology...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2002 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Utilities deals boost Italy and Spain.]]></title>
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		<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[Telcos pressured to split up - European banks, governments pressuring telecommunications - operators to sell or share infrastructure assets]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governments and banks, anxious that a lack of competition is stifling business prospects, are pressuring Europe's leading national telecoms operators to sell or share network assets.  The Italian government is investigating the possible separation of Telecom Italia's fixed line network into an independent company (see p. 12). And bankers...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2001 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[As The Wheel Turns]]></title>
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		<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[Structured hedging in Asia]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the fourth in a series of articles by UBS in which we discuss specific risk management tools used by corporations investing in North America, Europe, Southeast Asia, Australia, and Japan. In this series we are providing up-to-date intelligence on the markets, outlining alternative strategies using derivative products, and...]]></description>
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