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Mediobanca made a surprise 6.3 billion ($7.2 billion) offer for the wealth management arm of Italian insurer Assicurazioni Generali. Mediobanca, which is facing a takeover bid from Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, is offering to pay for the deal by swapping its shares in Generali, it said Monday. Bloomberg's Chiara Albanese reports.