ROME, April 29- Five months ago, Silvio Berlusconi was in steep decline and his party was in shambles.
*Plans visit to Brussels, Paris, Berlin this week. ROME, April 29- Italy's new Prime Minister Enrico Letta promised to press for a change to the European Union's focus on austerity and pursue economic growth and jobs as his government sought backing from parliament on Monday, ending months of political gridlock.
Plans visit to Brussels, Paris, Berlin this week. ROME, April 29- Italy's new Prime Minister Enrico Letta pledged to push for a change to the European Union's focus on austerity and pursue growth and jobs in an inaugural speech on Monday laying out the priorities for his coalition government.
*Plans visit to Brussels, Paris, Berlin this week. ROME, April 29- Italy's new Prime Minister Enrico Letta pledged to push for a change to the European Union's focus on austerity and pursue growth and jobs in an inaugural speech on Monday laying out the priorities for his coalition government.
*Italy's Letta names government, ends political stalemate. LONDON, April 29- Italian bond yields fell on Monday and were expected to ease further as a two-month-old political deadlock came to an end after new Prime Minister Enrico Letta named a coalition government.
*Shooting in Rome overshadows start of government. ROME, April 29- New Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta seeks the backing of parliament in a confidence vote on Monday, facing severe political and economic problems that will test the solidity of his broad coalition government in the months ahead.
*Shooting in Rome overshadows start of government. ROME, April 29- New Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta seeks the backing of parliament in a confidence vote on Monday, facing severe political and economic problems that will test the solidity of his broad coalition government in the months ahead.
*Investors shrug off Moody's bailout warning. MILAN, April 29- Investors welcomed on Monday the formation of a new government in Italy, piling into the country's assets and brushing off a warning it might still need international aid to weather a deep economic crisis.
MILAN, April 29- Italy's five- and 10- year borrowing costs fell to their lowest level since October 2010 at an auction on Monday as new Prime Minister Enrico Letta named a coalition government, ending two months of political stalemate.
MILAN, April 29- Italy's five- and 10- year borrowing costs fell to their lowest level since October 2010 at an auction on Monday as new Prime Minister Enrico Letta named a coalition government, ending two months of political stalemate.
LONDON, April 29- Italian government bond yields fell on Monday and were expected to ease further as new Prime Minister Enrico Letta prepared to set out his administration's programme, ending two months of political deadlock. In Italy, Letta, of the centre-left, was expected to win parliament's backing in a confidence vote at 1300 GMT.
MILAN, April 29- Italian bond investors cheered on Monday the formation of a coalition government by new Prime Minister Enrico Letta, a move that ends two months of political deadlock and easing short-term concerns about the country's ability to implement reforms.
MILAN, April 29- Italian stocks gained early on Monday as investors welcomed the formation of a broad coalition government under new Prime Minister Enrico Letta after two months of political deadlock. Italy's main FTSE MIB was up 1.3 percent at 0710 GMT, extending a stock market rally that started last week in anticipation of a new government.
MILAN, April 29- Rating agency Moody's believes Italy may still eventually need to seek a bailout despite forming a new government and avoiding immediate crisis.
MILAN, April 29- Rating agency Moody's believes Italy may still eventually need to seek a bailout despite forming a new government and avoiding immediate crisis.
MILAN, April 29- Italian bond investors cheered on Monday the formation of a coalition government by new Prime Minister Enrico Letta, a move that ends two months of political deadlock and easing short-term concerns about the country's ability to implement reforms.
LONDON, April 29- Italian bond yields fell on Monday and were expected to ease further after new Prime Minister Enrico Letta named a coalition government, helping the country to sell debt at the lowest cost since October 2010.
Enrico Letta was sworn in as Italy's new prime minister on Sunday and immediately faced an emergency after an unemployed man shot two police officers outside his office. Istat statistics office releases March wage inflation data at 0800 GMT, and April business confidence data at 0900 GMT.
ROME, April 28- Enrico Letta was sworn in as Italy's new prime minister on Sunday and immediately faced an emergency after an unemployed man shot two police officers outside his office. The 49- year-old gunman, from the poor southern region of Calabria, told investigators he had planned to attack politicians but had found none within range.