Telling it like it is: Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA chairman and biggest shareholder Carlo de Benedetti, interviewed by the Financial Times, cuts through the preamble by saying The question you should be asking is ‘Can Olivetti survive?’ and answering it by pointing to the strength of the company’s balance sheet and saying that the biggest challenge is to persuade major customers that the company will still be in business in five years’ time.
