	chase manhattan studying italian expansion chase manhattan bank n a is considering expanding its operations in italy particularly in the consumer banking sector a chase manhattan official said robert d hunter chase manhattan area executive for europe africa and the middle east said at a news conference that plans to broaden the bank s activities on the italian market have not been finalised however asked if chase manhattan would consider an uisition in italy hunter said we will look at any opportunity but the prices of italian banks have been quite high chase manhattan has branches in milan and rome reuter 
