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”

Greek Prime Minster Heads to Turkey Amid Rising Tensions

Greek Prime Minster Heads to Turkey Amid Rising Tensions

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis heads to Turkey Sunday for talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan amid rising tensions between...

Targeting of Ukraine Hospitals Recalls Russia’s Syria Campaign

Targeting of Ukraine Hospitals Recalls Russia’s Syria Campaign

Russian officials have been shifting their explanations in the past two days about why their forces struck a maternity hospital...

US Senate Gives Final Approval to Ukraine Aid, Huge Budget Bill

US Senate Gives Final Approval to Ukraine Aid, Huge Budget Bill

A $13.6 billion emergency package of military and humanitarian aid for besieged Ukraine and its European allies easily won final...

Chinese State Censors at Work to Control Messaging on War

Chinese State Censors at Work to Control Messaging on War

Beijing is controlling messaging on the war in Ukraine, analysts and observers say, as social media companies and traditional Chinese...

UN Security Council to Meet Friday on Biological Weapons, at Moscow’s Request

UN Security Council to Meet Friday on Biological Weapons, at Moscow’s Request

The U.N. Security Council will hold an emergency meeting Friday on alleged manufacture of biological weapons in Ukraine at the...

US, Allies to Revoke ‘Most Favored Nation’ Status for Russia

US, Allies to Revoke ‘Most Favored Nation’ Status for Russia

President Joe Biden will announce Friday that, along with the European Union and the Group of Seven countries, the U.S....

Ukrainian Grandmother Longs to Return After Her House Was Bombed

Ukrainian Grandmother Longs to Return After Her House Was Bombed

VOA News reporter Celia Mendoza visited the village of Medyka, in Poland, one of the busiest border crossings since the...

Not All Western Companies Sever Ties to Russia Over Ukraine

Not All Western Companies Sever Ties to Russia Over Ukraine

A shrinking number of well-known companies are still doing business in Russia, even as hundreds have announced plans to curtail...

Harris Emphasizes US Support for NATO’s Eastern Flank

Harris Emphasizes US Support for NATO’s Eastern Flank

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is in Bucharest on Friday, after her visit Thursday to Warsaw, where she underscored the...

Facebook Eases Rules, Allows Violent Speech Against ‘Russian Invaders’

Facebook Eases Rules, Allows Violent Speech Against ‘Russian Invaders’

Facebook said Thursday that because of the invasion of Ukraine, it has temporarily eased its rules regarding violent speech. Moscow’s...

Ukraine-Russia Meeting in Turkey Ends in Deadlock   

Ukraine-Russia Meeting in Turkey Ends in Deadlock   

Ukrainian and Russian foreign ministers met at a Turkish Mediterranean Sea resort Thursday but failed to end the fighting in...

Twitter Offers Darkweb Site to Restore Access for Russian Users

Twitter Offers Darkweb Site to Restore Access for Russian Users

Twitter says it has created a version of its microblogging service that can be used by Russians despite the regular...

New York City Volunteers Mobilize to Help War-Ravaged Ukraine

New York City Volunteers Mobilize to Help War-Ravaged Ukraine

The United Nations estimates that with Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine, more than 12 million Ukrainians inside their country and...

Some Russians in the US Suffer Blowback from Putin’s War in Ukraine

Some Russians in the US Suffer Blowback from Putin’s War in Ukraine

Acts of vandalism. Cancel culture. Financial hits. Putin’s war on Ukraine is causing problems for some Russians living in the...

US Vice President Endorses Calls for War Crimes Probe into Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

US Vice President Endorses Calls for War Crimes Probe into Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris endorsed calls Thursday from world leaders for an international war crimes investigation into Russia’s invasion...

Israel Launches Effort to Mediate between Russia, Ukraine

Israel Launches Effort to Mediate between Russia, Ukraine

Israel has emerged as a mediator between Russia and Ukraine. Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is the only world leader...

Ukrainian, Russian Foreign Ministers End Talks With No Breakthrough

Ukrainian, Russian Foreign Ministers End Talks With No Breakthrough

The foreign ministers of Ukraine and Russia held talks in Turkey Thursday marking the first high-level discussions between the two...

Turkey, Israel Reset Ties But Pursue Rival Mediations in Russia-Ukraine War

Turkey, Israel Reset Ties But Pursue Rival Mediations in Russia-Ukraine War

As Turkey and Israel take their biggest step in years toward reviving strained relations, some analysts say the two regional...

Fearing West’s Wrath, Russia’s Rich Look to Stash Wealth in Dubai

Fearing West’s Wrath, Russia’s Rich Look to Stash Wealth in Dubai

Rich Russians are trying to shift some of their wealth from Europe to Dubai to shield assets from a tightening...

Latest Developments in Ukraine: March 10

Latest Developments in Ukraine: March 10

Full developments of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine    …

Experts Forecast Big Boost in Oil Revenue for Some African Economies

Experts Forecast Big Boost in Oil Revenue for Some African Economies

While soaring oil prices hit consumers worldwide, their misfortune means a fortune for others. There will certainly be a “significant...

Russia May Use Chemical Weapons in Ukraine, White House Warns

Russia May Use Chemical Weapons in Ukraine, White House Warns

The Biden administration publicly warned Wednesday that Russia might seek to use chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine as the...