MILAN (Reuters) - An Italian court sentenced one of the country's best-known businessmen, Carlo De Benedetti, and a former industry minister to jail on Monday in a long-running case over the asbestos-related deaths of former workers of electronics group Olivetti.
De Benedetti, 81, who served as chief executive and chairman of Olivetti for almost 20 years from the late 1970s, said he was astonished and disheartened by the sentence and would appeal.
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