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”

Frustration Greets EU Decision to Keep Travel Restrictions on US, UK 

Frustration Greets EU Decision to Keep Travel Restrictions on US, UK 

Have European Union restrictions on travelers from the U.S., Britain and some other major nations become politicized? The chief executive...

Facebook Suspends Trump for at Least Two Years

Facebook Suspends Trump for at Least Two Years

Facebook said Friday it would suspend Donald Trump’s accounts for at least two years, retaining a ban on the former...

Belarus Aircraft Banned From Flying Over EU

Belarus Aircraft Banned From Flying Over EU

The European Union announced Friday it is banning all flights from Belarus from flying over EU airspace and denying them...

Russian Player Arrested for Match-fixing at 2020 French Open

Russian Player Arrested for Match-fixing at 2020 French Open

A Russian tennis player suspected of match-fixing last year has been arrested during this year’s French Open, her lawyer told...

Eyes on China as British Aircraft Carrier Group Heads to South Sea for Military Drill

Eyes on China as British Aircraft Carrier Group Heads to South Sea for Military Drill

A British-led aircraft carrier group voyage that will take the HMS Queen Elizabeth to the disputed South China Sea would...

G-7 Tax Deal ‘In Sight’: France, Germany, Italy, Spain

G-7 Tax Deal ‘In Sight’: France, Germany, Italy, Spain

A G-7 deal on a minimum corporate tax rate is “within sight,” finance ministers from France, Germany, Italy and Spain...

Some Namibian Tribal Chiefs Accept $1.3 Billion German Compensation Offer

Some Namibian Tribal Chiefs Accept $1.3 Billion German Compensation Offer

A group of traditional chiefs in Namibia said Thursday they have accepted an offer of compensation by Germany and a...

Reports: Facebook to End Rule Exemptions for Politicians

Reports: Facebook to End Rule Exemptions for Politicians

Facebook plans to end a contentious policy championed by CEO Mark Zuckerberg that exempted politicians from certain moderation rules on...

France Halts Joint Military Operations with Mali Over Coup

France Halts Joint Military Operations with Mali Over Coup

France said Thursday it would suspend joint military operations with Malian forces after the West African country’s second coup in...

Twitter Announces New Premium Services 

Twitter Announces New Premium Services 

Twitter announced a new premium service for users in Canada and Australia that allows paying users to adjust tweets, among...

White House Urges US Companies to Protect Against Ransomware

White House Urges US Companies to Protect Against Ransomware

The White House on Thursday urged American businesses to take new precautions to combat disruptive ransomware attacks that have increasingly...

Denmark Passes Law That Would Send Away Asylum Seekers

Denmark Passes Law That Would Send Away Asylum Seekers

Denmark’s parliament Thursday approved a measure that would allow the nation to relocate asylum seekers to an as yet unnamed...

EU Introduces ‘Digital Wallet’ to Store Official Documents

EU Introduces ‘Digital Wallet’ to Store Official Documents

The European Union (EU) Thursday unveiled its plans for a digital ID wallet that would hold all official documents residents...

ASMR Videos Are New Way to Fight Stress

ASMR Videos Are New Way to Fight Stress

YouTube videos that cause an autonomous sensory meridian response, or ASMR, are likely something school-age kids know all about. Their...

Cannes Film Festival Lineup Features Wes Anderson, Sean Penn, Leox Carax

Cannes Film Festival Lineup Features Wes Anderson, Sean Penn, Leox Carax

The Cannes Film Festival on Thursday unveiled a lineup of films from big-name auteurs — including Wes Anderson, Asghar Farhadi,...

EU Officials Unnerved by Strength of Italy’s Radical Right

EU Officials Unnerved by Strength of Italy’s Radical Right

Britain’s Brexit advocates drool at the idea of another European Union member opting to quit the bloc. And they hedge...

US Blacklists 3 Bulgarians, 64 Companies Over Corruption

US Blacklists 3 Bulgarians, 64 Companies Over Corruption

The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on three Bulgarians and 64 companies linked to them over alleged corruption, including...

Hundreds of Lakes in US, Europe Losing Oxygen, Study Finds

Hundreds of Lakes in US, Europe Losing Oxygen, Study Finds

Oxygen levels have dropped in hundreds of lakes in the United States and Europe over the last four decades, a...

White House: Biden to Discuss Cyberattack on Meat Producer With Russia’s Putin

White House: Biden to Discuss Cyberattack on Meat Producer With Russia’s Putin

U.S. President Joe Biden will discuss with Russian President Vladimir Putin later this month the harboring of cyber attackers like...

South Korea Adopts Smart Technology on Public Transportation for Visually Impaired

South Korea Adopts Smart Technology on Public Transportation for Visually Impaired

Cities around the world are installing new technology that connects to the personal devices of pedestrians, drivers, and riders on...

NATO’s Stoltenberg, Britain’s Johnson Support Action Against Belarus

NATO’s Stoltenberg, Britain’s Johnson Support Action Against Belarus

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson each expressed support Wednesday for a strong response against...

France Releases New Translation of Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’

France Releases New Translation of Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’

A massive and long-awaited new translation of Mein Kampf — peppered with scholarly commentary to explain Nazi leader Adolf Hitler’s...