New Agnellis cling to Fiat as prospects perk up

By Jane Barrett

MILAN, Sept 16 (Reuters) - The Agnelli family's glory days of ruling over Italian industry and the post-war dolce vita seemed to be a thing of the past when its Fiat empire tumbled into loss and its leading patriarchs died.

But the family silenced its critics this week with a 535 million euro ($654 million) deal to stop its holding company Ifil falling below a long-standing 30 ...