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”

Third Straight Win Produces a Test for Albania’s Socialist Party

Third Straight Win Produces a Test for Albania’s Socialist Party

The United States and the European Union are urging Albania’s leaders to set aside their differences and move forward toward establishing a...

US Government Taking Creative Steps to Counter Cyberthreats

US Government Taking Creative Steps to Counter Cyberthreats

An FBI operation that gave law enforcement remote access to hundreds of computers to counter a massive hack of Microsoft...

Social Media Giants Comply with Turkish Demands

Social Media Giants Comply with Turkish Demands

The decision by global media giants to comply with demands by the Turkish government to open offices in Turkey is...

Is EU-China Investment Deal ‘Dead as a Doornail’? 

Is EU-China Investment Deal ‘Dead as a Doornail’? 

China may have sabotaged its own prospects for securing a sought-after investment agreement with the European Union when it penalized...

American Astronaut Michael Collins of Apollo 11 Fame Dies at 90

American Astronaut Michael Collins of Apollo 11 Fame Dies at 90

American astronaut Michael Collins, who stayed behind in the command module of Apollo 11 on July 20, 1969, while Neil...

Future Is Now Made of Virtual Diplomacy

Future Is Now Made of Virtual Diplomacy

America’s re-engagement with the world coincides with a weird new era: that of virtual diplomacy. Since the pandemic made travel...

Germany’s Merkel Presses Chinese Prime Minister on Human Rights

Germany’s Merkel Presses Chinese Prime Minister on Human Rights

During a meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang Wednesday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for a return to discussions on...

EU Official Warns of Risks of Disjointed COVID Vaccine Records

EU Official Warns of Risks of Disjointed COVID Vaccine Records

European Union countries introducing their own COVID vaccination certificates would have to grapple with a myriad of disjointed systems if...

New Report Shows Curbs to Media Freedom in Europe

New Report Shows Curbs to Media Freedom in Europe

Leading media organizations and watchdog groups have issued a new report concerning threats to press freedom across Europe. It documents...

Seven Italian Red Brigades Members Arrested in France

Seven Italian Red Brigades Members Arrested in France

Seven Italian former members of the Red Brigades, a left-wing domestic terrorism group active in the 1970s and 1980s, were...

Heirs of Late Samsung Electronics Chairman to Pay Massive Inheritance Tax

Heirs of Late Samsung Electronics Chairman to Pay Massive Inheritance Tax

The family of the late Lee Kun-hee, the chairman of South Korea’s Samsung Electronics, says it will pay $10.8 billion...

EU Ratifies Trade Deal with Britain

EU Ratifies Trade Deal with Britain

The European Parliament has ratified a post-Brexit trade deal with Britain. Results announced Wednesday showed EU lawmakers supporting the pact with...

UK Government Green Lights ‘Self-driving’ Cars on Motorways

UK Government Green Lights ‘Self-driving’ Cars on Motorways

The UK government on Wednesday became the first country to announce it will regulate the use of self-driving vehicles at...

Thousands Rally Against Slovenia’s Right-Wing Government

Thousands Rally Against Slovenia’s Right-Wing Government

Thousands rallied in Slovenia on Tuesday against the government of right-wing Prime Minister Janez Jansa, whom opponents accuse of curbing...

Iran Nuclear Pact Talks Resume

Iran Nuclear Pact Talks Resume

World powers resumed talks Tuesday in Vienna about revitalizing the 2015 international pact to restrain Iran’s nuclear development program and...

Biden’s First 100 Days: Transatlantic Alliances Renewed, as Russia Tests New President

Biden’s First 100 Days: Transatlantic Alliances Renewed, as Russia Tests New President

With this week marking 100 days of Joe Biden’s U.S. presidency, European allies are noting the change in the key relationship with Washington.  Henry Ridgwell...

Two Spanish Journalists, One Irish National Killed in Burkina Faso Ambush

Two Spanish Journalists, One Irish National Killed in Burkina Faso Ambush

Two Spanish journalists and an Irish national were killed Monday in eastern Burkina Faso by suspected jihadist insurgents.The journalists were...

Russia Fines Apple, Alleging Monopolistic Actions

Russia Fines Apple, Alleging Monopolistic Actions

Russia has fined Apple $12 million, alleging monopolistic activities.The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) said Tuesday that Apple was gaining an...

Brexit Crushes British Retirement Dreams in Spain

Brexit Crushes British Retirement Dreams in Spain

As the EU and Britain try to work out a deal to govern their trade relations after Brexit, the dreams that...

Ukrainian President Upbeat on Chances of Putin Meeting, New Cease-fire

Ukrainian President Upbeat on Chances of Putin Meeting, New Cease-fire

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Monday he was likely to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the conflict in...

UN-Mediated Talks to Reunify Cyprus Under Way

UN-Mediated Talks to Reunify Cyprus Under Way

Three days of U.N.-mediated talks are under way to try and reunify the island of Cyprus, which has been divided...

EU Lawmakers Debate Brexit Accord Before Decisive Vote

EU Lawmakers Debate Brexit Accord Before Decisive Vote

EU lawmakers debated the post-Brexit trade agreement between the European Union and Britain for the last time on Tuesday, ahead...