Philippines - Market factors to watch - Jan 5

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FONDIARIA-SAI,PREMAFIN, UNIPOL

Premafin, the company that controls Italy's largest motor insurer, Fondiaria-SAI, has had contacts with third parties about strengthening its capital, as speculation mounts of a possible merger between Fondiaria and Italian peer Unipol.

ENI

Italy is ready to back an EU oil embargo on Iran as long as it is imposed gradually and deliveries used to repay Tehran's debts to Italian energy firm ENI are exempted, Prime Minister Mario Monti said in an interview published on Wednesday

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