Putin wins Russia election in landslide with no serious competition

MOSCOW, March 17 (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin won a record post-Soviet landslide in Russia’s election on Sunday, cementing his already tight grip on power in a victory he said showed Moscow had been right to stand up to the West and send its troops into Ukraine. Putin, a former KGB lieutenant colonel who first rose to power […]

Powell’s Fed Rate-Hike Plans Get Jolted by Inflation

Jerome Powell could deliver a hawkish surprise on Wednesday even after effectively pre-announcing 50 basis-point interest-rate increases at the Federal Reserve’s meeting this week and in July.樂威壯Fed Rate-Hike Plans Get Jolted by Inflation”>(more…)