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”

Latest Developments in Ukraine: May 16

Latest Developments in Ukraine: May 16

For full coverage of the crisis in Ukraine, visit Flashpoint Ukraine. The latest developments in the conflict between Russia and...

Pope Declares 10 New Saints, Including Dutch Priest Killed By Nazis 
 

Pope Declares 10 New Saints, Including Dutch Priest Killed By Nazis   

Pope Francis on Sunday declared 10 people saints of the Roman Catholic Church, including an anti-Nazi Dutch priest murdered in...

IBM: 6 Black Colleges Getting Cybersecurity Centers

IBM: 6 Black Colleges Getting Cybersecurity Centers

Six historically Black universities in five Southern states will be getting the first IBM cybersecurity centers aimed at training underrepresented...

Eurovision Win in Hand, Ukraine Band Releases New War Video

Eurovision Win in Hand, Ukraine Band Releases New War Video

Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra, fresh off its Eurovision victory, released a new music video Sunday of its winning hit “Stefania”...

Radio Station Elevates Voices of Hungary’s Roma Minority

Radio Station Elevates Voices of Hungary’s Roma Minority

Intellectuals, broadcasters and cultural figures from Hungary’s Roma community are using the airwaves to reframe narratives and elevate the voices...

Neutral Switzerland Leans closer to NATO in Response to Russia 

Neutral Switzerland Leans closer to NATO in Response to Russia 

Switzerland’s fabled neutral status is about to face its biggest test in decades, with the defense ministry tilting closer to...

NATO Talks for Finland, Sweden on ‘Good Track’

NATO Talks for Finland, Sweden on ‘Good Track’

Talks to overcome Turkey’s misgivings about the expected NATO membership bids of Finland and Sweden were on a “good track,”...

Russia Artist is 76-year-old Voice of Protest on Ukraine

Russia Artist is 76-year-old Voice of Protest on Ukraine

Yelena Osipova barely slept ahead of Russia’s pomp-filled Victory Day celebrations on May 9. The 76-year-old artist was up late,...

Latest Developments in Ukraine: May 15

Latest Developments in Ukraine: May 15

For full coverage of the crisis in Ukraine, visit Flashpoint Ukraine. The latest developments in the conflict between Russia and...

Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra Wins Eurovision Song Contest

Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra Wins Eurovision Song Contest

Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra won the Eurovision Song Contest in the early hours of Sunday in a clear show of...

Putin Warns Finland Joining NATO Would Be ‘Mistake’

Putin Warns Finland Joining NATO Would Be ‘Mistake’

Russian President Vladimir Putin told his Finnish counterpart that it would be a “mistake” for Finland to join NATO, according...

G7 to Continue Economic Pressure on Russia, Tackle ‘Wheat War’

G7 to Continue Economic Pressure on Russia, Tackle ‘Wheat War’

Group of Seven foreign ministers vowed on Saturday to reinforce Russia’s economic and political isolation, continue supplying weapons to Ukraine...

Zelenskyy: Length of War with Russia Depends on Countries of the Free World

Zelenskyy: Length of War with Russia Depends on Countries of the Free World

“No one today can predict how long this war will last,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his daily address...

Georgia’s Breakaway South Ossetia Sets Vote to Join Russia

Georgia’s Breakaway South Ossetia Sets Vote to Join Russia

The leader of the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia announced Friday that a referendum on joining Russia would be...

Russia’s Inter RAO to Halt Power Exports to Finland Due Lack of Payment

Russia’s Inter RAO to Halt Power Exports to Finland Due Lack of Payment

Russian state-owned utility Inter RAO will stop exporting electricity to Finland from Saturday because it has not been paid, the...

Despite US Nudging, No Condemnation of Russia in US-ASEAN Summit

Despite US Nudging, No Condemnation of Russia in US-ASEAN Summit

Despite US President Joe Biden’s urging that members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations take a firmer stance on...

Blinken Heads to Germany and France as Finland Moves to Join NATO

Blinken Heads to Germany and France as Finland Moves to Join NATO

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is heading to Germany and France on Saturday for NATO and trade meetings, as...

NATO Expansion in Focus as Blinken Travels to Europe for Talks on Russia-Ukraine War

NATO Expansion in Focus as Blinken Travels to Europe for Talks on Russia-Ukraine War

The possible expansion of NATO will be a focus of talks Saturday, as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken heads...

Russia Takes Losses in Failed River Crossing, Officials Say 

Russia Takes Losses in Failed River Crossing, Officials Say 

Russian forces suffered heavy losses in a Ukrainian attack that destroyed a pontoon bridge they were using to try to...

Turkey’s Erdogan Says He Opposes NATO Membership for Sweden, Finland

Turkey’s Erdogan Says He Opposes NATO Membership for Sweden, Finland

Veto-wielding NATO member Turkey is voicing opposition to Sweden and Finland joining the alliance, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...

Amid War, Ukraine Is Trying to Save Its Cultural Artifacts From Destruction

Amid War, Ukraine Is Trying to Save Its Cultural Artifacts From Destruction

The Next New Thing: Companies Are Building the ‘Metaverse’ but What Is It?

The Next New Thing: Companies Are Building the ‘Metaverse’ but What Is It?

The “metaverse” has been touted as the next digital shift, 3-dimensional online spaces where people will shop, work, play games,...