Todd Malan, head of the Organisation for International Investment, which represents American subsidiaries, merely sighs.
"They represent something, " says Senator Lucio Malan, a member of Mr Berlusconi's ruling People of Freedom Party.
The offer of outside help could stop contagion spreading to Latin America, argues Pedro Malan, the finance minister.
Why not pick someone like Pedro Malan, for example, one of the architects of Brazil's successful currency reform?
But this week Pedro Malan, the finance minister, insisted there would be no change in Brazil's exchange-rate regime.
But Dawid Malan (87no) helped guide the hosts to 229-7, before a sporting declaration set up the Essex chase.
But Malan extended his sixth wicket stand with Gareth Berg (49) to 127.
He lacks the political clout, and probably the inclination, to challenge Mr Malan.
But they reckoned without Strauss and Malan who put together the highest partnership of the match so far in 48 overs.
FIESP, the Sao Paulo industrialists' federation, who dislike Mr Malan's orthodoxies and would prefer devaluation, lower interest rates and higher tariffs.
Dawid Malan ended unbeaten on 84, with Gareth Berg 30 not out.
Food companies are the latest target: Pedro Malan, the finance minister, has threatened to cut import barriers if food prices continue to rise.
But only the inexperienced pair of Dawid Malan and Dan Housego offered any prolonged resistance as the wickets tumbled to a rash of poor shots.
Middlesex chasing 190 to win, employed their one day opening partnership of Neil Compton and Dawid Malan to get them off to a solid start.
Malan shared 143 for the third wicket with England captain Andrew Strauss, who hit 69, as Middlesex closed on 187-4 after being set 375 to win.
To that end Pedro Malan, the Finance Minister, and Arminio Fraga, the new Central Bank chief, this week started a visit to Europe and New York.
The game was effectively won in the first hour as Malan and Berg took full advantage of some wayward bowling to add 83 in 17 overs.
With the game looking set for a draw, Udal declared on 414-8 after Dawid Malan had made 88, then succeeded in putting the Welsh under real pressure.
Croft then took three of the next four wickets, trapping Eoin Morgan lbw (17), having Dawid Malan caught by Herschelle Gibbs (47) and bowling Gareth Berg (18).
In addition, Malan points out, the large number of pharmaceutical companies that appear on the list (five) highlights the United States' ability to be competitive in that sector.
"For all the drama and hand-wringing about China and Middle East investment, they haven't broken into the top 50, " says Todd Malan, OFII's president and chief executive officer.
Despite this rich material, most recent memoirs have been the preserve of white writers such as Rian Malan, Peter Godwin, Kuki Gallmann and, just this year, Alexandra Fuller.
And, after losing Berg and Tom Smith, Tim Murtagh helped Malan (100 no) put on the final 21 needed at Hove to reach 243-7 and earn a three-wicket win.
Both reached their half-centuries after tea, Malan off 94 balls and Strauss 98, only for their stand to end when the England skipper was bowled trying to slog sweep Dalrymple.
Middlesex slipped to 114-4 but Ed Joyce shared an unbroken 39 with Dawid Malan to see them home with an over to spare as Sussex slipped to a seventh defeat.
Batting for the second time in the day, Newman perished quickly in Middlesex's second innings, and Owais Shah and Dawid Malan were dismissed in consecutive Footitt overs just before the close.
Malan was caught behind driving for 47 off 81 balls and Ben Scott went the same way for a duck when he followed a wide one in the Jamaican's next over.
According to David Fleischer, a political scientist at the University of Brasilia, the big winner in the new team (apart from Mr Malan) is Clovis Carvalho, the president's chief of staff.
Dawid Malan passed 1, 000 first-class runs for the season, only to then move across his crease just before lunch to have his leg stump clipped as he missed an attempted flick off his pads.
Pedro Malan, the finance minister, reckons recovery will begin in April-June, giving full-year growth above 2% provided, he concedes, that the government is able to continue its policy of cautious reductions in the interest rate.
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