MUMBAI (REUTERS) – The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) raised its key lending rate, or the repo rate, by 50 basis points on Friday (Aug 5) to 5.4 per cent, the third increase in as many months to cool stubbornly high inflation. With June retail inflation at 7 per cent, economists polled by Reuters had […]
People pass by US national flags in Washington, DC on Jan 9, 2021. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) LOS ANGELES – Dozens of former Republican and Democratic officials announced on Wednesday a new national political third party to appeal to millions of voters they say are dismayed with what they see as America's dysfunctional two-party system. […]