This August’s figure compared to last year shows for Merloni Elettrodemestici, a growth of 8.7 pct. Thus said, in the course of a convention on “Ethics and Economy”, the company chairman, Merloni, also stated that average growth in income for July and August 2004 has been 5.6 pct over the same two months last year.
The official figures, however, will be announced on Monday at the end of the board of directors meeting. To the question, then, of whether new members of Mediobanca, among whom figure Vittorio Merloni, will have a member on the board, Merloni replied, “I am nothing. I am only a simple shareholder.”
From AGI Online