The Italian Treasury found brisk demand Thursday in selling 8.5 billion euros ($10.9 billion) of 12-month bills at an interest rate of 2.735 percent.

In addition, a decisive, or "golden," voting share will remain in the hands of the Italian Treasury, which technically owns ENI.

You wait ages for a central bank to do something.... dollar swap move comes hours after China cuts reserve rates, and Italian Treasury starts liquidity auctions.

Alberto Giovannini, the head of the council of experts at the Italian Treasury, said the demand for the issue was very strong.

Italian government bonds and short-term bills totaled 1,582.7 billion euros at the end of June according to data from the Italian Treasury.

Take Azzone Spero, the Italian Treasury and Economic Planning Minister.

One avoided Rome and the Communist bloc; the Italian Treasury was madness, and banking in the Eastern sateUites too corrupt.

In 1991, he became director general of the Italian Treasury, and held this office until 2001.

However officials at the Bank of Italy and the Italian Treasury said no request for financial assistance had been made.

The Italian Treasury had to intervene to support the value of the bonds.