Tuesday, April 17, 2007

UPDATE 2-Prodi wants Telecom Italian, Mexicans weigh options

(Reuters) - TOKYO/MILAN, April 17 - Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said he hoped Telecom Italia would stay Italian after his government scuppered American interest in Italy's largest telecoms company, which still lacks a chairman.

Prodi, speaking on a trip to Japan, said there could be other players, possibly from Europe, after U.S. phone giant AT&T pulled out of talks with Pirelli to buy a majority stake in Olimpia, which controls Telecom Italia.


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