Business

Economy and business news. Business is the practice of making one’s living or making money by producing or buying and selling products (such as goods and services). It is also “any activity or enterprise entered into for profit”

France Imposes Ban on Muslim Dress on First Day of School

France Imposes Ban on Muslim Dress on First Day of School

French authorities were imposing a newly announced ban Monday on the abaya Muslim dress for women in schools, with over...

Spain’s Men’s National Team Denounces Rubiales Over World Cup Kiss

Spain’s Men’s National Team Denounces Rubiales Over World Cup Kiss

Spain’s men’s national team Monday denounced the “unacceptable behavior” of the country’s suspended football chief Luis Rubiales over his infamous...

Nobel-Winning Russian Journalist to Challenge ‘Foreign Agent’ Designation

Nobel-Winning Russian Journalist to Challenge ‘Foreign Agent’ Designation

Nobel Prize-winning Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov will mount a legal challenge to try to overturn his designation as a “foreign...

France Readies New Salvo Against Meat Substitutes Labeling

France Readies New Salvo Against Meat Substitutes Labeling

The French government said Monday it was preparing a new decree against meaty terms like “steak” or “grill” being used...

Seattle Startup in Race for Nuclear Fusion

Seattle Startup in Race for Nuclear Fusion

Nuclear fusion has excited scientists for decades with its potential to produce abundant carbon-free energy. In the Pacific Northwest state...

Get It Back: New Hunt for Missing Beatles Bass Guitar

Get It Back: New Hunt for Missing Beatles Bass Guitar

A guitar expert and two journalists have launched a global hunt for a missing bass guitar owned by Paul McCartney,...

Tesla, Chinese EV Brands Jostle for Limelight at German Fair

Tesla, Chinese EV Brands Jostle for Limelight at German Fair

One of the world’s biggest auto shows opened in Munich on Monday, with Tesla ending a 10-year absence to jostle...

Electricity Boon for Norway’s Two Biggest Cities

Electricity Boon for Norway’s Two Biggest Cities

Electricity was free in Norway’s two biggest cities on Monday, market data showed, the silver lining of a wet summer....

Spain Deputy PM to Meet Fugitive Catalan Leader for Talks on New Government

Spain Deputy PM to Meet Fugitive Catalan Leader for Talks on New Government

Spain’s acting deputy prime minister went to Brussels on Monday to meet exiled Catalan politician Carles Puigdemont, seeking support from...

Rally in Northern Greece Protesting New IDs Draws 5,000 People

Rally in Northern Greece Protesting New IDs Draws 5,000 People

About 5,000 people gathered in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki Sunday to protest a new type of identity card...

Accent Masking Software Aims to Smooth Call Center Interactions

Accent Masking Software Aims to Smooth Call Center Interactions

A California tech startup is using artificial intelligence, or AI, to mask the accents of call center workers to reduce...

Israeli-Iranian Movie, Filmed Undercover to Avoid Suspicion, Premiers in Venice

Israeli-Iranian Movie, Filmed Undercover to Avoid Suspicion, Premiers in Venice

The first production co-directed by Iranian and Israeli filmmakers had to be shot in secret to prevent possible interference by...

Israeli PM Pitches Fiber Optic Cable Idea to Link Asia, Middle East to Europe

Israeli PM Pitches Fiber Optic Cable Idea to Link Asia, Middle East to Europe

Israel’s prime minister floated the idea Sunday of building infrastructure projects such as a fiber optic cable linking countries in...

Turkey’s Erdogan to Meet Putin, Hopes to Renew Black Sea Grain Deal

Turkey’s Erdogan to Meet Putin, Hopes to Renew Black Sea Grain Deal

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet with Vladimir Putin on Monday, hoping to persuade the Russian leader to rejoin...

Corgis Parade at Buckingham Palace, Marking Year After Queen Elizabeth’s Death

Corgis Parade at Buckingham Palace, Marking Year After Queen Elizabeth’s Death

The changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace may draw tourists from far and wide, but Sunday visitors to the...

Swedish Police Arrest Two as Riot Breaks Out at Quran Burning Protest

Swedish Police Arrest Two as Riot Breaks Out at Quran Burning Protest

Swedish police on Sunday arrested two people and detained around 10 people after a violent riot broke out at a...

Bavaria’s Governor Leaves Deputy in Office Despite Furor Over Antisemitism Allegations

Bavaria’s Governor Leaves Deputy in Office Despite Furor Over Antisemitism Allegations

The governor of the German state of Bavaria said Sunday that he will let his deputy stay in office despite...

Eighty Years on, Italian Victims of Nazi Crimes Finally to Get Compensation

Eighty Years on, Italian Victims of Nazi Crimes Finally to Get Compensation

In October 1943, after the Nazis began a brutal occupation of their former ally, German troops hanged six Italian civilians...

Cambodian Ex-Leader Hun Sen Back on Facebook After Long-Running Row

Cambodian Ex-Leader Hun Sen Back on Facebook After Long-Running Row

Cambodia’s ex-leader Hun Sen returned to Facebook on Sunday, claiming the social media giant had “rendered justice” to him by...

Ukraine Shoots Down 22 Drones Launched from Russia

Ukraine Shoots Down 22 Drones Launched from Russia

Ukraine shot down 22 of the 25 Iranian-made Shahed drones Russia launched into the southern Odesa region early Sunday, Ukraine’s...

Russian Parents Send Children for Patriotic School Year

Russian Parents Send Children for Patriotic School Year

Girls with big white hair bows and boys in blazers held hands as they lined up for their first day...

Zelenskyy Touts Ukrainian Counteroffensive: ‘We Are on the Move’

Zelenskyy Touts Ukrainian Counteroffensive: ‘We Are on the Move’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy touted Ukraine’s steady advances against Russian forces Saturday and derided Western criticism of Ukraine’s grinding counteroffensive....