Bloomberg Indian Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari’s plan to expand the highway network in the world’s fastest-growing major economy could help revive struggling construction stocks. The nation will aim to add 41 kilometers (25 miles) of roads daily from March next year, up from 20 kilometers a day currently, Gadkari said in an interview. A project logjam had slowed the …

  Reuters Britain’s vote to leave the European Union and the rise of US presidential nominee Donald Trump have paralysed efforts by Western governments to encourage already highly reluctant international banks to do business with Iran. Uncertainty is frustrating Tehran’s push for foreign investment to revive its struggling economy: over Britain’s political and economic future, over whether Trump – who …

  Bloomberg The world’s oldest bank is also Europe’s riskiest. Italy’s Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA was the only one of 51 lenders tested by European regulators to have its capital wiped out in the exam’s toughest scenario. The bank, which has been bailed out twice by the government since 2009, said it plans to sell as much …