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”

Slovenians Back Bill to Depoliticize Public TV

Slovenians Back Bill to Depoliticize Public TV

Slovenians in a referendum on Sunday backed a bill to reduce political influence and restore editorial independence to the EU...

White House Seeks More Aid for Ukraine Before Republicans Take Control of House

White House Seeks More Aid for Ukraine Before Republicans Take Control of House

The Biden administration is seeking $37 billion in aid for Ukraine in the coming weeks before the new Congress convenes in...

Landslide in Italy Kills at Least 7, Including Newborn  

Landslide in Italy Kills at Least 7, Including Newborn  

Italian rescue workers have found at least seven bodies, including that of a newborn child, after a landslide on the...

Jon Batiste to Sing for Macron at Biden’s First State Dinner

Jon Batiste to Sing for Macron at Biden’s First State Dinner

Musician Jon Batiste is on tap to perform at President Joe Biden’s first White House state dinner on Thursday that...

Newly Mobilized Russian Troops Training in Belarus Before Ukraine Deployment

Newly Mobilized Russian Troops Training in Belarus Before Ukraine Deployment

According to military monitors, Belarus’ authoritarian president, Alexander Lukashenko, is allowing up to 10,000 newly mobilized Russian troops to train...

2 Dead in Italian Landslide, 4 Injured  

2 Dead in Italian Landslide, 4 Injured  

Italian rescue workers are continuing their search for victims of Saturday’s landslide on the island of Ischial. Authorities say at...

Winter, Missile Storms Show Kyiv’s Mettle

Winter, Missile Storms Show Kyiv’s Mettle

The play finishes. The actors take their bows. Then they let loose with wartime patriotic zeal. “Glory to Ukraine!” they...

Sober Or Bright? Europe Faces Holidays During Energy Crunch

Sober Or Bright? Europe Faces Holidays During Energy Crunch

Early season merrymakers sipping mulled wine and shopping for holiday decorations packed the Verona Christmas market for its inaugural weekend....

Russia Lacks ‘Quality Forces’ Needed to Take Area from Ukraine, UK Says

Russia Lacks ‘Quality Forces’ Needed to Take Area from Ukraine, UK Says

Both Russia and Ukraine have committed “significant forces” to the area around the Ukrainian towns of Pavlivka and Vuhledar in...

Electric Vehicles, a Century Old, Gain Speed in Marketplace

Electric Vehicles, a Century Old, Gain Speed in Marketplace

The International Energy Agency says 13% of cars sold worldwide this year will be electric. Mike O’Sullivan reports from Los...

Black Friday Faces Green Backlash in Belgium

Black Friday Faces Green Backlash in Belgium

Black Friday deals have prompted a backlash in Belgium where some businesses rejected promotions and chose to close for the...

Death Toll Revised; 1 Dead, up to 12 Missing in Italian Landslide

Death Toll Revised; 1 Dead, up to 12 Missing in Italian Landslide

Italian officials on Saturday revised downward the death toll from a landslide on the island of Ischia. Italian officials now...

Vatican Says China Bishop Appointment Violates 2018 Deal

Vatican Says China Bishop Appointment Violates 2018 Deal

The Vatican on Saturday expressed regret at the appointment of a bishop in a diocese in China that the Holy...

Syrian Kurds Say They Have Stopped Operations Against IS

Syrian Kurds Say They Have Stopped Operations Against IS

The commander of the main U.S.-backed Kurdish-led force in Syria said Saturday they have halted operations against the Islamic State...

At Least 8 Die in Italian Landslide

At Least 8 Die in Italian Landslide

Italian officials say eight people on the island of Ischia have died in a landslide caused by heavy rains.  A...

UK: Russia Likely Removing Nukes to Fire Aging, Unarmed Munitions at Ukraine

UK: Russia Likely Removing Nukes to Fire Aging, Unarmed Munitions at Ukraine

“Russia is likely removing the nuclear warheads from ageing nuclear cruise missiles and firing the unarmed munitions at Ukraine,” Britain’s...

World Economic Outlook for 2023 Increasingly Gloomy

World Economic Outlook for 2023 Increasingly Gloomy

The outlook for the global economy headed into 2023 has soured, according to a number of recent analyses, as the...

Ukraine Gradually Restores Power After Russian Strikes

Ukraine Gradually Restores Power After Russian Strikes

Ukrainian authorities have worked to restore power throughout the country, making some progress to repair the electric grid following Russian...

EU Ministers Endorse New Migrant Plan After France-Italy Spat

EU Ministers Endorse New Migrant Plan After France-Italy Spat

European interior ministers welcomed Friday an EU plan to better coordinate the handling of migrant arrivals, after a furious argument...

US Bans Huawei, ZTE Equipment Sales, Citing National Security Risk

US Bans Huawei, ZTE Equipment Sales, Citing National Security Risk

The Biden administration has banned approvals of new telecommunications equipment from China’s Huawei Technologies HWT.UL and ZTE 000063.SZ because they...

London to Expand Vehicle Pollution Zone to Cover 9 Million People

London to Expand Vehicle Pollution Zone to Cover 9 Million People

Older and more heavily polluting vehicles will have to pay to enter the entire metropolitan area of London starting next...

Putin Decries Media ‘Lies’ at Meeting with Soldiers’ Mothers 

Putin Decries Media ‘Lies’ at Meeting with Soldiers’ Mothers 

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday criticized what he said were skewed media portrayals of Moscow’s military campaign in Ukraine...