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Italy's ENI to buy First Calgary Petroleums

Italy's ENI SpA has agreesd to buy the Canadian company, First Calgary Petroleums for 923 million Canadian dollars (US$868 million). First Calagary's main assetts are in Algeria. (Sept 9, 2008)
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Natuzzi Seeks Expansion in U.S. Retail Market

Natuzzi SpA, (NYSE NTZ), Italy's largest furniture manufacturee and a pearl of the Made in Italy, recently announced that it intends to expand in the U.S. retail market despite the economic downturn. Aldo Uva, named early this year as the company's CEO was quoted as saying that the U.S. market is "still lively." And should we add, so is the Natuzzi web site - check it out a: http://www.natuzzi.com/