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Titolo: Dal "Financial Times"

Alla nova:
Umberto Agnelli e' malato.
Ma il presidente della Fiat dovrebbe partecipare martedi all'assemblea
degli azionisti.
colgo:
malattia probabilmenente non disgiunta dalle vicissitudine in corso in
casa  Fiat, che dovrebbe far seriamente riflettere l'intero
organigramma Fiat, sindacalisti compresi.  Se salto l'ultimo anello di
congiunzione col passato, prima che la situazione si sia normalizzata
addio rilancio Fiat, avremo una Parmalat ed Un?Aitalia al quadrato.
- Origin: Se non lo fare per amore fatelo per interesse.
 
Ciao
Luigino Ferrari
luf...@tin.it

Alla nova:
Umberto Agnelli e' malato.
Ma il presidente della Fiat dovrebbe partecipare martedi all'assemblea
degli azionisti.
colgo:
malattia probabilmenente non disgiunta dalle vicissitudine in corso in
casa  Agnelli, che dovrebbe far seriamente riflettere l'intero
organigramma Fiat sindacalisti compresi.  
Se salta l'ultimo anello di congiunzione col passato, prima che la
situazione si normalizzi addio rilancio Fiat, avremo una Parmalat o
un'Aitalia al quadrato, anziche' la prima azienda privata rilancita.
Su questo fatto o evento  - non ho difficolta' a scriverlo - si
giocano le residue chance o speranze di  rilancio del Lingotto,
oltreche' il grado di sensibilita', solidarieta',  partecipazione -
aldila' delle  parole di circostanza -  di questo Paese nel riguardi
del proprio futuro destino.    
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Alla nova:
Umberto Agnelli e' malato.
Ma il presidente della Fiat dovrebbe partecipare martedi all'assemblea
degli azionisti.
colgo:
malattia probabilmenente non disgiunta dalle vicissitudine in corso in
casa  Fiat, che dovrebbe far seriamente riflettere l'intero
organigramma Fiat, sindacalisti e maestranze compresi.  Se salta
l'ultimo anello di congiunzione col passato, prima che la situazione
si sia normalizzata addio rilancio Fiat, avremo una Parmalat ed
un'Aitalia al quadrato.
- Origin: Se non lo fate per amore fatelo per interesse.
Ciao
Luigino Ferrari
luf...@tin.it

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Many investigations, some convictions, no sentences
Fred Kapner follows the convoluted trail of Berlusconi and the law
Published: April 26 2001 17:55GMT | Last Updated: April 26 2001 18:02GMT
Silvio Berlusconi has faced numerous trials for  corruption and fraud in
Italy in recent years.
The worst moment for the media baron came in November 1994 towards the end
of his first stint as premier. As he was chairing a United Nations
conference on organised crime, he discovered he was under investigation for
bribing tax officials.
Even now, prosecutors are pursuing allegations regarding the centre-right
leader and his Fininvest group.
Berlusconi has been convicted three times - on the charges of bribing tax
inspectors while at Fininvest; for making illegal payments to the Socialist
party led by former premier Bettino Craxi; and for falsifying accounts
relating to the acquisition of a film company.
On all three occasions he managed to avoid punishment by invoking Italy's
complex limitations law in the appeal court.
Berlusconi also benefited from a general amnesty in 1990 after having been
found guilty of making false statements regarding his membership of P2, the
illegal masonic lodge which had created a secret network of
influence-peddling during the 1970s.
Today, Berlusconi, his brother Paolo, his businesses and close business
partners remain the targets of several investigations:
Berlusconi is on trial in Milan with his longtime lawyer, Cesare Previti,
accused of bribing judges in Rome to win a favourable ruling on a large
business transaction. Berlusconi nominated Previti in 1994 to be his justice
minister, but public uproar forced Previti to settle for the defence post.
A public prosecutor in Milan is investigating the accounts of Fininvest,
Berlusconi's holding company, and the role of a group of 64 offshore
companies, code-named "Fininvest B".
In 1996 the prosecutor, Francesco Greco, asked international accounting
company KPMG to look into the operations of "Fininvest B". KPMG's 800-page
report states that the offshore companies were owned and managed by
"administrators and personnel of the Fininvest group". KPMG said that,
through the operations of those companies, Fininvest could control two TV
companies - Spain's Telecinco and Italy's Telepiu - "that would not
otherwise have been permitted under Italian or foreign law".
KPMG said the Group B companies also owned stakes in quoted companies
"without complying with obligations to inform regulatory authorities". KPMG
states that the companies allowed Fininvest to alter its consolidated
balance sheet.
Through Group B companies such as All-Iberian and numerous others, Fininvest
channelled funds to allies who took stakes in companies on Fininvest's
behalf, KPMG claims.
Fininvest gave a lengthy public response to the KPMG study, published in La
Repubblica on April 8. It said, among other things, that the Group B
companies were not owned by Fininvest and that they performed only
"occasional, single transactions for (Fininvest)".
Baltasar Garzón, the Spanish judge who has launched celebrated cases against
Basque terrorists and former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, is
investigating attempts by Berlusconi and Fininvest to control Telecinco via
third-party investments. Berlusconi says the Garzón investigation is
politically motivated.
Milan magistrates are appealing against the dismissal of a request to
prosecute Berlusconi on the allegation that he bribed a judge who ruled in
his favour during a battle to take over Mondadori, the publishing group.
A Milan court is trying Berlusconi and associates for an alleged illegal
payment to the Turin football club in order to get star forward Gianluigi
Lentini transferred to AC Milan, the club owned by Fininvest.
Berlusconi and several associates are being investigated by magistrates in
Florence, Palermo and Caltanissetta for possible links with the Mafia. Such
probes - like many others into alleged Mafia ties among Italian
politicians - are often based on hearsay and weak evidence, which lead to
their dismissal by a judge.
Over the years, the Italian public has become increasingly cynical about the
allegations concerning Berlusconi and his counter-claims that he is a victim
of politically motivated investigations.
Developments in these cases are unlikely to swing many voters. On the other
hand, the outcome of the general election is unlikely to deter prosecutors
from continuing their investigations either.
Berlusconi's media campaign against the public prosecutors has greatly
undermined their standing in the public eye since the days of their
extensive investigations into thousands of politicians and businessmen in
the early 1990s.
It has not undermined the resolve of many within the relatively independent
judiciary.