Italian lender Popolare di Bari put into special administration

ROME (Reuters) - The Bank of Italy placed Banca Popolare di Bari under special administration on Friday as a crisis at the cooperative lender heaped pressure on the shaky coalition government headed by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte.The bank, which said this week it needed an urgent injection of up to 1 billion euros, has struggled to cope with mounting loan losses during a slump that has devastated Italy's economy, notably in Popolare di Bari's home region in the south.Only hours before an..