Business: Again, Cibe

Last week the utility interests of Count Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata, onetime (1925-28) Italian Minister of Finance, crossed the. English Channel and arrived in the British Isles. Their advent was signalized by the formation of British & International Utilities, Ltd., a corporation designed to acquire stocks in leading utilities of the British Isles and the British Empire. Control of this company was shared by the Volpi-formed Compagnie Italo Belge pour Enterprises d'Electricité et d'Utilité Publique, commonly known as Cibe, and by Dawnay, Day & Co., Ltd., London merchant bankers. Count Volpi is...

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