Economics
Letta Wins Final Confidence Vote to Install Italy Government
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Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta won the final confidence vote needed to install his government before taking his economic growth plan to Berlin to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The ballot gives Italy a working government more than two months after inconclusive elections and helped push bond yields to the lowest in more than 2 1/2 years. Merkel and Letta hold a press conference at 6 p.m.