Carlo's formula: Olivetti
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Olivetti's Carlo de Benedetti resents the German Bundesbank policy of keeping high interest rates, claiming they want foreign investors to finance German reunification. With the price of personal computers plummeting, he is cutting costs at Olivetti by promoting customer services and reducing manufacturing.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1992
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Olivetti self-destructs
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Italy's Olivetti e Compagnia SpA, once one of the country's best-run industrial firms, is undergoing a period of high-level instability that is harming the company's stock price. CEO Francesco Caio and Chmn Carlo De Benedetti have left their posts, due in part to actions by shareholders.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1996
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Carlo goes to confession: Olivetti and bribes
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De Benedetti confessed that he participated in bribes that were meant to win Olivetti more contracts, such as the deal with Italy's Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications. De Benedetti claims that he was driven by the scarcity of contracts.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1993
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