Thanks partly to its perennial labour problems and government interference with management attempts to solve them, Alitalia has lost money for years.

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"I wish SCE was an independent company again, " he says, complaining about interference from Sony management.

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David Jordan, the BBC's director of editorial policy and standards, said any interference from BBC management would only have made reporters "more determined to do it".

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That means minimizing political interference by European governments so the business can be run according to market-based management practices.

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