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”

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,...

EU Says Talks With Iran ‘Positive Enough’ to Reopen Nuclear Negotiations

EU Says Talks With Iran ‘Positive Enough’ to Reopen Nuclear Negotiations

The EU’s foreign policy chief said on Friday that he believed there had been enough progress during consultations between his...

Detention of WNBA’s Griner in Moscow Extended for 1 Month

Detention of WNBA’s Griner in Moscow Extended for 1 Month

The lawyer for WNBA star Brittney Griner said Friday her pre-trial detention in Russia has been extended by one month....

US, China Vie for Africa Mobile Phone Sector

US, China Vie for Africa Mobile Phone Sector

Africa, in recent years, has become the new frontier where China and the United States, the world’s two biggest economic...

Musk Says $44-billion Twitter Deal Temporarily On Hold

Musk Says $44-billion Twitter Deal Temporarily On Hold

Elon Musk said on Friday his $44-billion deal for Twitter Inc was temporarily on hold, citing pending details on spam...

US Senator Delays $40 Billion Aid Package to Ukraine

US Senator Delays $40 Billion Aid Package to Ukraine

U.S. Senator Rand Paul Thursday blocked a vote on a $40 billion aid package for Ukraine, slowing U.S. efforts to...

Death Toll in Slovenia Factory Blast Rises to 6

Death Toll in Slovenia Factory Blast Rises to 6

A worker hurt in an explosion at a chemical factory in Slovenia has died from his injuries, bringing the total...

Hermit, Martyr and Journalist Among New Catholic Saints

Hermit, Martyr and Journalist Among New Catholic Saints

A Frenchman murdered in the desert, a Dutch priest killed in a Nazi concentration camp and an Indian lay convert are...

Latest Developments in Ukraine: May 13

Latest Developments in Ukraine: May 13

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

Europe Aims to Reverse Dependence on China for Electric Battery Mineral

Europe Aims to Reverse Dependence on China for Electric Battery Mineral

An obscure mountain in the remote far west of Spain could prove to be a game changer in the race...

Will Finland’s 1,300-Kilometer Border Become NATO-Russia Frontier? 

Will Finland’s 1,300-Kilometer Border Become NATO-Russia Frontier? 

Colored marker stones placed on either side of a small river – blue and white for Finland, red and green...

Finland’s Border Set to Become NATO-Russia Frontier

Finland’s Border Set to Become NATO-Russia Frontier

Finland’s government says the country should immediately apply to join NATO in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. As Henry...

Ukraine War Presents French Farmers with Opportunity – and Risk

Ukraine War Presents French Farmers with Opportunity – and Risk

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is disrupting crop exports and driving up global food prices. Both countries are major exporters of...

Letter Z Becomes Russian Propaganda Tool

Letter Z Becomes Russian Propaganda Tool

Since the invasion of Ukraine began, the letter Z was used by Russia as a way to identify its military...

Finland’s Leaders Support Joining NATO

Finland’s Leaders Support Joining NATO

Finland’s President Sauli Niinisto and Prime Minister Sanna Marin Thursday expressed their approval for joining NATO, a move that would...

Biden Pledges Help to US Farmers to Offset Ukraine Crop Crisis

Biden Pledges Help to US Farmers to Offset Ukraine Crop Crisis

Calling US farms the ‘breadbasket of democracy,’ president vows to do more to offset food supply issues amid Russian invasion...

Latest Developments in Ukraine: May 12

Latest Developments in Ukraine: May 12

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

‘This Tears My Soul Apart’: A Ukrainian Boy and a Killing

‘This Tears My Soul Apart’: A Ukrainian Boy and a Killing

As he listened to his father die, the boy lay still on the asphalt. His elbow burned where a bullet...

Finland Veterans Who Fought 1939 Russian Invasion Support NATO Membership   

Finland Veterans Who Fought 1939 Russian Invasion Support NATO Membership   

Finland and Sweden are expected to apply for NATO membership in the coming days, in response to Russia’s invasion of...