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Don’t make the Federal Reserve’s job harder!

Democrats in Congress have introduced legislation to extend the Federal Reserve’s mandate and require the central bank to address racial injustice. So long as Republicans have a Senate majority, the measure is unlikely to pass — but that arithmetic might change next year. Does it make sense to instruct the Fed to “exercise all duties and functions in a manner ...

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AirAsia officials suspended as pilot alleges safety lapses

Bloomberg India’s aviation regulator suspended two senior executives at the local affiliate of AirAsia Group Bhd after a pilot alleged there were safety lapses at the airline and subsequently was fired. AirAsia India’s head of operations, Manish Uppal, and head of safety, Mukesh Nema, were suspended for three months, Arun Kumar, chief of India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), ...

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IndiGo to raise $534m to combat cash drain

Bloomberg IndiGo, India’s biggest airline, plans to raise as much as 40 billion rupees ($534 million) by selling new shares after the coronavirus pandemic halted air travel across the world, ravaging the cash flow of carriers. The board of the airline, operated by InterGlobe Aviation Ltd, approved raising cash by selling shares to institutional investors, it said in a statement ...

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