An alliance between Mr Berlusconi's centre-right People of Liberty and the Northern League would avoid splitting their vote in two key battleground regions in the north and could deny the Democrats an outright majority in the upper house.
But he said he was against one of the key issues the ICB is examining - that of splitting a bank's retail operations from its investment arm - saying that a lot of the banking sector's problems were caused by simple bad investment decisions.
The Bulls and Nets resume their first-round series in Chicago on Thursday after splitting the first two games in Brooklyn, and both teams have key players battling a similar injury.