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Eighty-two new cannabis stores opened in Illinois in the past fiscal year, marking explosive growth in sales outlets for an industry that surpassed $2 billion in sales, the state reported. State regulators boasted in the 2024 annual report that social equity marijuana business owners, those who come from poor areas or who were most impacted by the war on drugs, now own nearly half of the 220 dispensaries statewide. But social equity owners say they remain largely on the fringe of the industry, because the state favors previously existing big businesses. A state disparity report showed social equity businesses collected only 12% […]
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An expanded RTGS using major trade currencies would accelerate access to cheaper cross-border payments and remittances. The RBI has often spoken of the need for more cost-effective cross-border payment systems, with deputy governor T Rabi Sankar stating in September 2023 that the prevailing high costs for cross-border remittances were "simply unconscionable".
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What could happen if Donald Trump drastically increases tariffs as he has promised to do?
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