23-12-2016 16:02 via news.yahoo.com

How JPMorgan could not save Italy's problem bank

By Silvia Aloisi, Paola Arosio and Pamela Barbaglia MILAN/LONDON (Reuters) - On the morning of July 29, former Italian Industry Minister Corrado Passera was traveling in a high-speed train towards the medieval city of Siena, racing to meet the directors of the world's oldest bank to present them with a rescue plan. Monte dei Paschi di Siena, Italy's third-largest lender, was destined to be wound down within months unless it could raise billions of euros and pull itself out of a swamp of bad loan
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