Word: mantua
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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...died, and D'Alema was forced to resign as Prime Minister, only to be eventually succeeded by Berlusconi this spring. Then the market turned against Colaninno in March, punishing the share prices of Olivetti and Telecom Italia, and causing some concern among Colaninno's investors, largely 175 businessmen from Mantua who had backed him in the hopes of a quick return on their money. No new investors were on the horizon, and a plan to raise $8 billion in cash through a conversion of savings shares to ordinary stock failed to materialize since Telecom's price on the Milan bourse...