1.   Cerus is the French holding company of Italian financier Carlo De Benedetti.

2.   CIR, which is the holding company for Italian financier Carlo De Benedetti, said it will hold a board meeting Saturday evening and issue a statement afterwards.

3.   He later sold it to Italian financier Giancarlo Parretti, who lost it to Credit Lyonnais after defaulting on bank loans.

4.   He later sold it to Italian financier Giancarlo Parretti, who lost it to French bank Credit Lyonnais after defaulting on bank loans.

5.   On Tuesday, the Italian financier learned what that meant.

6.   Speculation De Benedetti, an Italian financier, was poised to dispose of his French holdings heated up last week after he resigned as chairman of Olivetti SpA.

7.   The companies are part of a group controlled by the Italian financier Carlo De Benedetti.

8.   The Italian financier controls Valeo through a complicated series of holding companies.

9.   The reclusive billionaire later sold it to Italian financier Giancarlo Parretti, who lost it to Credit Lyonnais after defaulting on bank loans.

10.   The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission appears to have better luck in catching garrulous Italian financiers.