Brussels, 29/06/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has authorised the acquisition by the Guernsey-based European investment fund Carlyle Europe Partners L.P. of a 50% stake in Italy's Gruppo Riello SpA, which is active in the manufacture and distribution of heating equipment. The company's turnover was Euro 500 million in 1999, half coming from outside Italy. It manages eleven sites in northern Italy and has a workforce of 2,200. As neither Carlyle Europe Partners, not the US...