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Italy’s Conte Poised to Forge Government From Unlikely Alliance

  • Lineup of new administration to be presented by Wednesday
  • Threat of snap elections fades, supporting country’s bonds
Giuseppe Conte
Giuseppe ContePhotographer: Alessia Pierdomenico/Bloomberg
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Acting Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is poised to form a new Italian government this week from an unlikely alliance of political rivals, forestalling the threat of early elections that had spooked investors in one of Europe’s most-indebted countries.