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”

Australian Mining Magnate to Help Publishers Strike Content Deal With Google, Facebook

Australian Mining Magnate to Help Publishers Strike Content Deal With Google, Facebook

Australian mining billionaire Andrew Forrest’s philanthropic organization will help 18 small news publishers in the country to negotiate collectively with...

UK to Require Charging Points for Electric Vehicles in New Buildings

UK to Require Charging Points for Electric Vehicles in New Buildings

Charging points for electric vehicles will be required to be installed in new buildings in Britain from next year under...

France Sends Police Forces to Guadeloupe Amid COVID Riots

France Sends Police Forces to Guadeloupe Amid COVID Riots

French authorities sent police special forces to the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, an overseas territory of France, as protests over...

Europeans Protest as Surging COVID Cases Prompt Tighter Curbs

Europeans Protest as Surging COVID Cases Prompt Tighter Curbs

People took to the streets in several European cities over the weekend to protest tighter coronavirus restrictions. As parts of...

Violence Erupts at COVID Curb Protest in Brussels

Violence Erupts at COVID Curb Protest in Brussels

Violence broke out at a protest against anti-covid measures in Brussels on Sunday, where police said tens of thousands of...

Turkey Repatriates 7 Citizens Held in Eastern Libya

Turkey Repatriates 7 Citizens Held in Eastern Libya

Seven Turkish citizens who were being held in eastern Libya have been brought back safely to Turkey, the country’s foreign...

China Reduces Ties with Lithuania in Taiwan Spat 

China Reduces Ties with Lithuania in Taiwan Spat 

China reduced the level of its diplomatic relations with Lithuania to below ambassador level Sunday in retaliation for the Baltic...

Poland Says Border Crisis ‘Greatest’ Bid to Destabilize Europe since Cold War

Poland Says Border Crisis ‘Greatest’ Bid to Destabilize Europe since Cold War

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Sunday called the migrant crisis on the Belarusian-Polish border, the EU’s eastern frontier, the...

COVID-19 Wave Pushes Ukraine’s Doctors to the Limit

COVID-19 Wave Pushes Ukraine’s Doctors to the Limit

As coronavirus infections hit Ukraine, a single shift for Dr. Oleksandr Molchanov now stretches to 42 hours — 24 of...

Dutch Riot Over COVID Restrictions a Second Night; 7 Arrested

Dutch Riot Over COVID Restrictions a Second Night; 7 Arrested

Police arrested seven rioters in The Hague on Saturday night after youths set fires in the streets and threw fireworks...

Vietnamese Workers at Chinese Factory in Serbia Cry for Help

Vietnamese Workers at Chinese Factory in Serbia Cry for Help

They are shivering in barracks without heat, going hungry and have no money. They say their passports have been taken...

Dutch Police Open Fire on Rioters Protesting COVID Restrictions

Dutch Police Open Fire on Rioters Protesting COVID Restrictions

Police opened fire on protesters in rioting that erupted in downtown Rotterdam around a demonstration against COVID-19 restrictions late Friday...

Tens of Thousands March in Vienna Against New COVID Measures

Tens of Thousands March in Vienna Against New COVID Measures

Tens of thousands of people, many of them far-right supporters, protested Saturday in Vienna against coronavirus restrictions a day after...

Europe’s COVID Crisis Pits Vaccinated Against Unvaccinated

Europe’s COVID Crisis Pits Vaccinated Against Unvaccinated

This was supposed to be the Christmas in Europe where family and friends could once again embrace holiday festivities and...

Spain’s Ancient Practice of Resin Harvesting May Hold Key to Energy Future

Spain’s Ancient Practice of Resin Harvesting May Hold Key to Energy Future

Guillermo Arránz spends his days in a forest hacking into pine trees to extract what is to him, liquid gold....

Hundreds of Kurdish Migrants Return Home From Belarus

Hundreds of Kurdish Migrants Return Home From Belarus

Hundreds of Kurds who had camped along Belarus’ border for weeks were forced to return home Thursday after failing to...

Two Wounded During Protest of COVID-19 Restrictions in Netherlands

Two Wounded During Protest of COVID-19 Restrictions in Netherlands

Crowds of rioters in the port city of Rotterdam torched cars and threw rocks at police, who responded with bullets...

Georgia’s Ex-president Saakashvili Agrees to End 50-day Hunger Strike 

Georgia’s Ex-president Saakashvili Agrees to End 50-day Hunger Strike 

Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili agreed on Friday to end a 50-day prison hunger strike that had raised political tensions...

Poland Accuses Belarus of Creating Border Crisis After Refugee Camps Cleared 

Poland Accuses Belarus of Creating Border Crisis After Refugee Camps Cleared 

Poland accused Belarus on Friday of trucking hundreds of refugees to the two countries’ border and encouraging them to illegally...

NATO Chief Calls Situation at Belarus-Poland Border ‘Deeply Concerning’ 

NATO Chief Calls Situation at Belarus-Poland Border ‘Deeply Concerning’ 

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Friday the situation at the border between Poland and Belarus is “deeply concerning” and the alliance stands ready...

Austria Imposes COVID Lockdown as Cases Surge

Austria Imposes COVID Lockdown as Cases Surge

Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg announced Friday the government will begin a nationwide lockdown Monday and mandate vaccinations for all, making...

Tracking Tech Turns Theft Victims into Sleuths

Tracking Tech Turns Theft Victims into Sleuths

Frustrated with slow or no action, some Americans are using Bluetooth trackers to retrieve stolen items themselves. It’s a risky...