An attendee pauses in front of a display at a Mediobanca SpA [Getty Images]

ITALY - SEPTEMBER 13: An attendee pauses in front of a display at a Mediobanca SpA analysts meeting in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, September 13, 2005. Mediobanca SpA's General Manager Alberto Nagel said the outlook for mergers and acquisitions in Italy is ``weak'' because of slow growth in Europe's No. 4 economy. (Photo by Giuseppe Aresu/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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