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”

One Week On, Turkey, Syria Grapple with Quake Aftermath

One Week On, Turkey, Syria Grapple with Quake Aftermath

February 13 marks one week since devastating twin earthquakes struck the Turkish Syrian border. With the death toll surpassing 30,000...

Greek Foreign Minister Visits Quake-Hit Turkey, Promises More Aid, EU Support 

Greek Foreign Minister Visits Quake-Hit Turkey, Promises More Aid, EU Support 

Greece’s foreign minister is the first among his European colleagues to visit quake-hit Turkey to survey the extent of the...

Skiers Seek Climate Change Moves: ‘The Seasons Have Shifted’ 

Skiers Seek Climate Change Moves: ‘The Seasons Have Shifted’ 

Overall World Cup winners Mikaela Shiffrin, Federica Brignone and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde are among nearly 200 athletes from multiple disciplines...

Google to Expand Misinformation ‘Prebunking’ in Europe

Google to Expand Misinformation ‘Prebunking’ in Europe

After seeing promising results in Eastern Europe, Google will initiate a new campaign in Germany that aims to make people...

Woman Rescued in Turkey More Than a Week After Earthquake

Woman Rescued in Turkey More Than a Week After Earthquake

Rescuers in southern Turkey pulled a woman from the rubble of a building Monday, more than a week after a...

Germany to Ease Visa Conditions for Some Earthquake Victims

Germany to Ease Visa Conditions for Some Earthquake Victims

The German government wants to temporarily ease visa restrictions for survivors of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria who have...

Richard E. Grant Brings Enthusiasm as BAFTA Film Awards Host

Richard E. Grant Brings Enthusiasm as BAFTA Film Awards Host

There is no bigger cheerleader of awards season than Richard E. Grant.  He brings joy to the red carpet, snapping...

US Urges UN Vote to Approve More Aid Access to Syria via Turkey

US Urges UN Vote to Approve More Aid Access to Syria via Turkey

The United States on Sunday called for the United Nations Security Council to “vote immediately” to authorize the delivery of...

Pope Worried About Nicaraguan Bishop’s Prison Sentence

Pope Worried About Nicaraguan Bishop’s Prison Sentence

Pope Francis expressed sadness and worry Sunday at the news that Bishop Rolando Álvarez, an outspoken critic of the Nicaraguan...

Olympic Chief Shares ‘Grief, Human Suffering’ of Ukrainian Athletes

Olympic Chief Shares ‘Grief, Human Suffering’ of Ukrainian Athletes

Olympic chief Thomas Bach said Sunday that he shared the “grief and human suffering” of Ukrainian athletes, stressing that it...

East Germany’s Last Communist Leader Dies at 95

East Germany’s Last Communist Leader Dies at 95

Hans Modrow, who served as East Germany’s last communist leader during a turbulent tenure that ended in the country’s first...

Turkey Targeting Contractors as Responsible for Collapsed Buildings  

Turkey Targeting Contractors as Responsible for Collapsed Buildings  

Turkey is targeting 134 contractors and others for alleged shoddy and illegal construction methods even as rescuers retrieve more bodies...

New Moldovan Prime Minister Expected to Be Approved 

New Moldovan Prime Minister Expected to Be Approved 

Moldova’s former interior minister, Dorin Recean, is expected to be approved as the country’s new prime minister by parliament as...

Earthquake in Turkey Is Only Latest Tragedy for Refugees 

Earthquake in Turkey Is Only Latest Tragedy for Refugees 

When war broke out in Ukraine, Aydin Sisman’s relatives there fled to the ancient city of Antakya, in a southeastern...

Greece, Turkey Urge Better Relations After Quake  

Greece, Turkey Urge Better Relations After Quake  

Greece’s foreign minister visited Turkey on Sunday in a show of support after the country was hit by a devastating...

Cyprus Votes for New President in Tight Runoff Election 

Cyprus Votes for New President in Tight Runoff Election 

Cyprus went to the polls Sunday for a tightly fought presidential runoff between two career diplomats seeking the top post...

Visitors Can See Famed Florence Baptistry’s Mosaics Up Close

Visitors Can See Famed Florence Baptistry’s Mosaics Up Close

Visitors to one of Florence’s most iconic monuments — the Baptistry of San Giovanni, opposite the city’s Duomo — are...

Belgium Charges Another EU Lawmaker with Corruption

Belgium Charges Another EU Lawmaker with Corruption

Belgian prosecutors have charged another European Union lawmaker, Marc Tarabella, with corruption in a cash-for-influence scandal that shook the European...

UK: Russia Suffers Highest Rate of Casualties Since First  
Week of Invasion

UK: Russia Suffers Highest Rate of Casualties Since First Week of Invasion

The British Defense Ministry said Sunday that over the past two weeks, Russia has likely suffered its highest rate of...

At Least 28,000 Dead in Turkey, Syria Earthquake; Death Toll Could Double

At Least 28,000 Dead in Turkey, Syria Earthquake; Death Toll Could Double

Rescuers continued to pull out survivors Saturday, five days after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook Turkey and Syria. Some rescue...

Russian Spacecraft Loses Pressure; Space Station Crew Safe

Russian Spacecraft Loses Pressure; Space Station Crew Safe

An uncrewed Russian supply ship docked at the International Space Station has lost cabin pressure, the Russian space corporation reported...

Hilltop Coal-Mining Town a Tactical Prize in Ukraine War

Hilltop Coal-Mining Town a Tactical Prize in Ukraine War

In a small coal-mining town on Ukraine’s eastern front line, a fight for strategic superiority is being waged in a...