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Italy - Factors to watch on Aug. 26

Reuters

The following factors could affect Italian markets on Friday. Reuters has not verified the newspaper reports, and cannot vouch for their accuracy. New items are marked with (*). For a complete list of diary events in Italy please click on . DEBT Italy's Treasury said it would offer between 6.25-7.75 billion euros over three bonds at an auction on Aug. 30. COMPANIES Bourse After Hours market closed. MEDIASET, VIVENDI Vivendi and Mediaset are negotiating behind closed doors to forge an alternative partnership despite an ongoing war of words over a disputed pay-tv deal, three sources close to the matter told Reuters. French media giant Vivendi implied on Thursday that time was on its side in a spat with Mediaset about a month after it backed out of a deal to buy the Italian broadcaster's pay-TV. Mediaset said the statements released by Vivendi on Thursday regarding a disputed pay-TV deal were devoid of any legal or commercial basis. FIAT CHRYSLER, EXOR Talks with Samsung Electronics to sell Magneti Marelli are up in the air because of differences over price and the assets to be included, several newspapers said. But Il Messaggero cited Korean press as saying the trip to Europe end-August/early September of the Samsung deputy chairman to attend board and shareholder meetings of Exor, the main shareholder of Fiat, could move talks forward. (*) LEONARDO-FINMECCANICA The defence group is working to save an agreement with a Taiwanese company to honour a 1.5-2.0 billion euro order with the Taiwan air force that is at risk after the election of a new president, MF said. BRUNELLO CUCINELLI Italian luxury goods maker Brunello Cucinelli on Thursday posted a 6.3 percent rise in first-half core profit as robust sales growth offset rising costs for retail expansion and a one-off hit due to the exit of a senior manager. FCA August U.S. industry-wide auto sales will be 5.2 percent below a year ago, adding to evidence that the peak of industry sales was in 2015, consultancies J.D. Power and LMC Automotive said on Thursday. CEO Sergio Marchionne holds news conference to present start of production with new stamping presses at Sterling Stamping Plant in the United States. (1230 GMT). PRADA Releases H1 results and holds conference call (1230 GMT). For Italian market data and news, click on codes in brackets: 20 biggest gainers (in percentage)............ 20 biggest losers (in percentage)............. FTSE IT allshare index FTSE Mib index........ FTSE Allstars index... FTSE Mid Cap index.... Block trades.......... Stories on Italy...... For pan-European market data and news, click on codes in brackets: European Equities speed guide................... FTSEurofirst 300 index.............................. DJ STOXX index...................................... Top 10 STOXX sectors........................... Top 10 EUROSTOXX sectors...................... Top 10 Eurofirst 300 sectors................... Top 25 European pct gainers....................... Top 25 European pct losers........................ Main stock markets: Dow Jones............... Wall Street report ..... Nikkei 225............. Tokyo report............ FTSE 100............... London report........... Xetra DAX............. Frankfurt market stories CAC-40................. Paris market stories... World Indices..................................... Reuters survey of world bourse outlook......... Western European IPO diary.......................... European Asset Allocation........................ Reuters News at a Glance: Equities............... Main currency report:...............................