Bloomberg The operator of some of Europe’s largest copper and zinc mines expects President Donald Trump’s plans to spend on US infrastructure to have much less impact on base-metal prices than the needs of burgeoning middle-class populations in emerging markets. That’s because projects in the US and other developed countries simply won’t use enough zinc or copper to have …

  Bloomberg Home prices in 20 US cities climbed in the 12 months through January at the fastest pace since July 2014, while nationwide the increase in property values also accelerated, according to S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller data reported on Tuesday. 20-city property values index rose 5.7 percent from January 2016 (forecast was 5.6 percent) after increasing 5.5 percent in the …

  Relatively quietly, India’s government has just undertaken an unprecedented power grab—one that should worry not just citizens and taxpayers but also foreign investors. And it comes in the most unlikely of places: the annual Union budget. The presentation of the budget is a fairly splashy event; it’s announced by the finance minister in a speech to Parliament that usually …