Press Highlights

Articles from newspapers, sector's publications and specialized journals relating to the integration project

and to the launch of BIIS are available in this section.

As regards all press releases related to Banca Intesa Infrastrutture e Sviluppo and Banca OPI,
please refer to the Archives of the two banks by clicking on the links shown below.

The Media Relations team is available to answer your requests and to provide you with detailed information.

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24 December 2008 - Il Denaro

Biis concludes securization

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24 December 2008 - Il Secolo XIX

Biis, EUR 1.33 billion securization

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24 December 2008 - Il Giornale

Biis concludes EUR 1.3 billion securization

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24 December 2008 - Finanza e Mercati

Biis securizes EUR 1.3 billion of bonds to be used as collateral with ECB

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24 December 2008 - Il Sole 24 Ore

Intesa, Biis launches maxi-securization

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24 December 2008 - Corriere della Sera

BIIS, EUR 1.3 billion securization

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16 December 2008 - Finanza e Mercati

Sat obtain EUR 40 million financing

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16 December 2008 - Il Tirreno

Maxi loan to Sat to expand Galileo

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16 December 2008 - MF

EUR 40 million to be invested in Pisa airport

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27 November 2008 - Finanza e Mercati

Ma la R&S is the real infrastructure

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26 November 2008 - Il Tempo

Ciaccia (Biis): ok to a single research entity

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18 November 2008 - Borsa & Finanza

Infrastructures, Intesa Sanpaolo is ready for new initiatives totalling EUR 10 billion

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18 November 2008 - Roma

Biis (Intesa Sanpaolo), double-digit growth of operating earnings

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18 November 2008 - MF

Growing profits for Biis (Intesa Sp)

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18 November 2008 - Libero Mercato

Ciaccia (BIIS), here's the plan to create 140,000 jobs

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18 November 2008 - Italia Oggi

Banca infrastrutture innovazione e sviluppo (Biis)

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18 November 2008 - Il Tempo

Biis, nine positive months

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18 November 2008 - Il Sole 24 Ore

Biis, operating earnings on the rise

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18 November 2008 - Il Giornale

Intesa Group. Biis increases earnings by 11%

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18 November 2008 - Il Gazzettino

Biis profits up by 16.5%

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18 November 2008 - Finanza e Mercati

Biis, operating earnings at EUR 158 million

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18 November 2008 - Corriere della Sera

BIIS, results higher

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16 November 2008 - Il Messaggero

Infrastructures, Intesa Sanpaolo ready for new projects totalling EUR 10 billion

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29 October 2008 - Italia Oggi

Commissioner for infrastructures

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27 October 2008 - Staffetta Quotidiana

A look at the entire infrastructure system and networks within a federalist framework

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27 October 2008 - La Repubblica

Funds for infrastructures; the billions thrown away

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22 October 2008 - Provincia Quotidiano Nazionale

A network of initiatives on the liquidity front

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22 October 2008 - MF

Passera, we will not curtail credit

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22 October 2008 - MF

Ciaccia, Italy needs a EUR 250 billion infrastructure plan

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22 October 2008 - La Repubblica

Passera: the country needs a positive jolt

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22 October 2008 - La Padania

Passere: we've fallen into a recession and how long it lasts will depend on us

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22 October 2008 - Italia Oggi

Federalism shifts resources to the South

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22 October 2008 - Il Tempo

Passera (Intesa S.Paolo): major public works to give a shot of adrenaline to economy

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22 October 2008 - Il Sole 24 Ore

Rapid approval process for Federalism

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22 October 2008 - Il Messaggero

Intesa, infrastructures to get out of the crisis; Italy is behind with regard to roads and railways

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22 October 2008 - Il Giornale

Passera "Infrastructures straight away"

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22 October 2008 - Il Denaro

Federalism, Salza: uncertain areas

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22 October 2008 - Finanza e Mercati

Ciaccia (Biis): "EUR 250 billion is needed for infrastructures"

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22 October 2008 - Brescia Oggi

EUR 250 billion is needed for infrastructures

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22 October 2008 - E Polis

An increasing divide between the poor and the rich. In OECD's opinion, Italy is second to the US

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22 October 2008 - Corriere della Sera

Emphasis on the big infracstructures to ward off the crisis

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22 October 2008 - Conquiste del Lavoro

Federalissm, the North raises its voice

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22 October 2008 - Arena-Giornale di Vicenza

EUR 250 billion is needed for infrastructures

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01 October 2008 - Il Sole 24 Ore

BIIS ready to invest in infrastructures

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23 September 2008 - Corriere del Mezzogiorno

It's always wrong to penalize the South

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05 September 2008 - Finanza e Mercati

Biis

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04 September 2008 - Il Sole 24 Ore

Biis (Intesa) grows in the first half of the year

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04 September 2008 - Il Messaggero

Biis, positive interim statement: interest income rises by 12.6%

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04 September 2008 - Il Gazzettino

Banca Infrastrutture grows in the Northeast

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04 September 2008 - Il Denaro

Biis, positive interim

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03 September 2008 - MF

Foreign business and net commissions propel Biis half-year results

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28 August 2008 - Il Sole 24 Ore

Asset to the nation, with GDP growing as a result

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22 July 2008 - Finanza & Mercati

Tem, Ponzellini also in the business association

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22 July 2008 - Libero Mercato

Milan's Tem consortium is ready

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19 July 2008 - Il Mestre

Venetians resist building crisis

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19 July 2008 - La Nuova Venezia

Banks befriend Venice with loans and sponsorship

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19 July 2008 - Il Venezia

Venetians resist building crisis

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19 July 2008 - Gazzettino di Venezia

Financial support for young peaple and pensioners

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14 July 2008 - Il Sole 24 Ore Edilizia e Territorio

Acque Potabili's investment plan gets under way in Palermo

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03 July 2008 - Quotidiano di Sicilia

Water: Aps, bridge financing finalized

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02 July 2008 - Sicilia Palermo

Financing. Acque Potabili Siciliane's agreement

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02 July 2008 - Repubblica Palermo

APS gets EUR 75 million over 4 years to build up water network

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02 July 2008 - Giornale di Sicilia

Five municipalities without water. Urgent works at Scillato

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02 July 2008 - Finanza & Mercati

EUR 75 million bridge loan for Acque Potabili Siciliane

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02 July 2008 - Il Sole 24 Ore

ACQUE POTABILI: bridge financing by BIIS-Dexia Crediop

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02 July 2008 - Libero Mercato

ACQUE POTABILI: in Sicily agreement with Dexia and BIIS

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02 Luglio 2008 - MF Sicilia

Ok for bridge financing for Acque Potabili Siciliane

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23 June 2008 - Corriere Economia

And Intesa is ready to travel on Instanbul metro

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14 June 2008 - Vallé Notizie

EUR 50 million to Valdigne Energie

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14 June 2008 - Libero Mercato

INTESA. Biis finances Valdigne Energie

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14 June 2008 - Milano Finanza

Valdigne Energie

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14 June 2008 - Italia Oggi

Banca Innovazione Infrastrutture e Sviluppo will support Valdigne Energie

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14 June 2008 - Finanza e Mercati

BIIS makes EUR 50 million available for Valle d'Aosta hydroelectric power

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06 June 2008 - Finanza e Mercati

EUR 80 million loan to AdR

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06 June 2008 - Libero Mercato

ADR obtains EUR 80 million loan from EIB

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06 June 2008 - MF

EIB to fund EUR 80 million loan to Adr

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28 May 2008 - Trentino

Power plants, a bond to finance the purchaise

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28 May 2008 - MF

Dolomiti Energia

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28 May 2008 - Giornale di Vicenza

Energy and Banks. Two power plants purchaised in Trentino: EUR 260 million from Intesa Sanpaolo

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28 May 2008 - Corriere del Trentino

Energy, De chooses banks

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28 May 2008 - Arena

Energy and Banks. Two power plants purchaised in Trentino: EUR 260 million from Intesa Sanpaolo

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28 May 2008 - Alto Adige

BTB Financing to Dolomiti Energia

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28 May 2008 - Adige

De, EUR 260 million loan

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28 May 2008 - Libero Mercato

Dolomiti En: EUR 260 million loan

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28 May 2008 - Il Sole 24 Ore

Dolomiti Energia: EUR 260 million loan for power plants

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28 May 2008 - Finanza e Mercati

EUR 1 million of covered warrants by end of June

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28 May 2008 - Finanza e Mercati

EUR 260 million loan to Dolomiti Energia for the purchaise of power plans in Trentino

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26 May 2008 - Corriere del Mezzgiorno

Biis: strong growth of net interests

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20 May 2008 - La Tribuna di Treviso

Biis: net operating income up by 14.3% in the first quarter

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20 May 2008 - La Nuova Venezia

Biis: net operating income up by 14.3% in the first quarter

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20 May 2008 - Italia Oggi

Biis: in the field for the waste in Naples

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20 May 2008 - MF

Biis: net interest rising by 16%

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20 May 2008 - Il Sole 24 Ore

Biis: interest and commissions grow

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10 April 2008 - Il Denaro

Biis relaunches the Mezzogiorno Foundation

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10 April 2008 - Il Denaro

Intesa Sanpaolo Group: agreement for development

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10 April 2008 - Il Denaro

EGYPT, Abi: EUR 1 billion ready for financing enterprises

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10 April 2008 - Nazione - Carlino - Giorno

Passera in Egypt: "Our exports will double"

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10 April 2008 - MF

Intesa Sp sets it sights on Africa

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10 April 2008 - Libero Mercato

Corrado the African. Intesa changes course

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10 April 2008 - Italia Oggi

Intesa is surveying the Mediterranean

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10 April 2008 - Il Tempo

Banks, new alliances with in Egypt

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10 April 2008 - Il Sole 24 Ore

Intesa Sanpaolo, partner in industrial projects

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10 April 2008 - Il Messaggero

Moretti Fs: agreement to restructure Egyptian railways

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10 April 2008 - Il Giornale

Intesa Sanpaolo is preparing its Africa campaign with Egypt as the operating bases

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10 April 2008 - Corriere della Sera

Intesa plots its course around the Mediterranean

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10 April 2008 - Finanza & Mercati

Passera in Egypt to support business

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08 April 2008 - La tribuna di Treviso

BIIS, Giuliano Segre is on the Board

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08 April 2008 - MF

Intesa Sp, Mauro is new president of Biis

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08 April 2008 - Italia Oggi

Biis'earnigs total EUR118 million

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08 April 2008 - Il Sole 24 Ore

Biis (Intesa), net income of EUR 118 million for 2007

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08 April 2008 - Il Messaggero

Biis, 2007 net income of EUR 108 million. Mario Mauro is new president

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08 April 2008 - Il Mattino di Padova

BIIS, Giuliano Segre on the Board

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08 April 2008 - Il Denaro

Intesa Sanpaolo, Mauro new leader of Biis, Lupo and Luongo become Directors

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08 April 2008 - Finanza & Mercati

Intesa Sanpaolo, Mauro is new president of Biis

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08 April 2008 - Corriere della Sera

BIIS, Mauro is president

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04 April 2008 - Piccolo Gorizia

IrisAcqua's projects get EUR 110 million of financing from Biis and Dexia Crediop

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04 April 2008 - MF

Biis and Dexia finance Gorizia's acqueduct

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04 April 2008 - Italia Oggi

Gorizia's water, Biis and Dexia funding

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02 April 2008 - Il Messaggero

Ciaccia: "It will increase the country's momentum, the big challenge is the transport system

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01 April 2008 - Marketing & Meeting

Italy I'd like. Less bureaucracy, more organization

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01 April 2008 - Marketing & Meeting

Italy: its public works don't have to remain on paper

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18 March 2008 - La Nuova Venezia

From the brand name EUR 1million for Redentore & Co.

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18 March 2008 - Leggo Venezia

New sponsor for Redentore

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18 March 2008 - La Tribuna di Treviso

Biis interested in Padua's new hospital

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18 March 2008 - La Nuova Venezia

Biis interested in Padua's new hospital

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18 March 2008 - La Nuova Venezia

Carive, special partner of the municipality

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18 March 2008 - Il Venezia

Intesa, EUR 1million for the events

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18 March 2008 - Il Mestre

Intesa, EUR 1 million for the events

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18 March 2008 - Il Mattino di Padova

Biis interested in Padua's new hospital

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18 March 2008 - Il Gazzettino di Venezia

Investment and consulting. Banca Intesa enters the Club

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18 March 2008 - Il Gazzettino di Venezia

Project finance for continuing to dream of public works

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18 March 2008 - Il Gazzettino di Venezia

Ca' Farsetti finds a bank "ally"

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18 March 2008 - Il Gazzettino

Biis finances northeastern infrastructures

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13 March 2008 - Il Denaro

Waste-to-energy plans in Campania, Intesa Group ready to invest

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13 March 2008 - Il Napoli

Refuse and tourists, for Enit everything is ok. Farming brought to its knees

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13 March 2008 - Il Mattino

Rubbish, trains to Germany at discounted prices

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13 March 2008 - Roma

Biis: "We are ready to finance the plant, we have made the funding available"

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13 March 2008 - Corriere del Mezzogiorno

Refuse, the compost scandal

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13 March 2008 - La Repubblica

Acerra: the trucks stop the lorries. Agriculture brought to its knees

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13 March 2008 - Finanza&Mercati

Urbaser and De Vizia arm in arm for Acerra's refuse

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13 March 2008 - Napolipiù La Vertità

Banks, Biis focuses on energy and water

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13 March 2008 - Napolipiù La Vertità

Acerra, the transfer site remains

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29 February 2008 - Il Sole 24 Ore

Toto Group too takes part in the auction for Pedemontana

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27 February 2008 - Finanza&Mercati
Biis leads (with a financing of EUR 55 million) the expansion of Fiera Bologna

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26 February 2008 - Il Resto del Carlino
Intesa Sanpaolo finances the expansion of BolognaFiere

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22 February 2008 - Il Domani di Bologna
New Convention Centre, City of Bologna waits for Montezemolo

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22 February 2008 - L'Informazione di Reggio Emilia
BIIS' debut in Emilia Romagna Region with MPS

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22 February 2008 - L'Informazione di Parma
BIIS' debut in Emilia Romagna Region with MPS

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21 February 2008 - Il Giornale
Gas, Biis ready to invest

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21 February 2008 - Giornale di Brescia
Banca Intesa invests EUR 1.1 billion in regasification terminals

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21 February 2008 - Finanza&Mercati
Biis bets EUR 15 billion on major infrastructural projects

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20 February 2008 - Il Sole 24 Ore
"Ready to finance the Expo's major infrastructures"

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20 February 2008 - Il Sole 24 Ore
"Ready to invest to support the South of Italy"

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11 February 2008 - Corriere delle Comunicazioni
Biis, Intesa Sanpaolo's innovation

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24 January 2008 - Daily Media
Intesa Sanpaolo Group presents BIIS' advertising campaign with the creativity of Saatchi & Saatchi

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24 January 2008 - Il Sole 24 Ore
A super-bank for infrastructure development

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24 January 2008 - Il Corriere della Sera
Banca Infrastrutture. Passera: a bridge between business and credit

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24 January 2008 - Il Messaggero
Passera: " Sustainable Growth". BIIS' plan for infrastructures

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24 January 2008 - La Stampa
From Intesa, the bank for roads and bridges

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24 January 2008 - Milano Finanza
Biis takes off, with a target of EUR 53 billion in lending volume

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24 January 2008 - Finanza&Mercati
Target of EUR 53 billion in lending volume within one year - Intesa Sanpaolo, Biis is operational. Loans of EUR 53 billion by 2009

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24 January 2008 - Avvenire
Intesa Sanpaolo's Biis: an encore in infrastructure development

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24 January 2008 - Italia Oggi
Intesa's Biis: an encore for public works

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24 January 2008 - Il Tempo
Intesa SanPaolo presents Biis. The bank dedicated to infrastructure development

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24 January 2008 - La Repubblica
Biis comes to life as a bank dedicated to major infrastructural projects. Passera: "Fideuram is not for sale"

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24 January 2008 - Libero Mercato
Merger within Intesa Sanpaolo Group: Banca Infrastrutture Innovazioni e Sviluppo comes to life

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24 January 2008 - Il Giornale
Intesa Sanpaolo, decision on third insurance partner is postponed

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24 January 2008 - L'Unita'
Passera, the decision-maker: not going to ENI and not giving up on Alitalia

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24 January 2008 - Il Secolo XIX
Biis, comes to life as a leading bank in infrastructure development

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24 January 2008 - Prov. Como - Lecco - Sondrio
The bank for infrastructure development comes to life

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24 January 2008 - Provincia Varese
The bank for infrastructure development comes to life

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24 January 2008 - Il Gazzettino
Intesa Group , Banca Infrastrutture takes off

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24 January 2008 - Il Giornale di Vicenza
Intesa Sanpaolo invests in development

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24 January 2008 - Brescia Oggi
Intesa Sanpaolo invests in development

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24 January 2008 - Arena
Intesa Sanpaolo invests in development

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24 January 2008 - La Nuova Venezia
Biis, a new advance gets under way

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24 January 2008 - Il Mattino di Padova
Biis, a new advance gets under way

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24 January 2008 - Corriere delle Alpi
Biis, a new advance gets under way

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24 January 2008 - Gazzetta di Parma
Intesa Sanpaolo: BIIS comes to life as a bank for infrastructures

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24 January 2008 - La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno
Intesa Sanpaolo presents Biis, "Banca Infrastrutture Innovazione e Sviluppo"

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24 January 2008 - Il Denaro
Banca Infrastrutture Innovazione e Sviluppo comes to life

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