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”

Amazon’s Bezos to Step Down as CEO

Amazon’s Bezos to Step Down as CEO

Amazon.com Inc. on Tuesday said founder Jeff Bezos would step down as CEO and become executive chairman, as the company...

Britain Battles Mutant Coronavirus Outbreak

Britain Battles Mutant Coronavirus Outbreak

Britain launched an emergency program of door-to-door testing in several areas Tuesday following the discovery of hundreds of cases of...

Northern Ireland Suspends Inspections at Ports After Threats of Violence

Northern Ireland Suspends Inspections at Ports After Threats of Violence

Northern Ireland temporarily suspended some inspections at two ports late Monday after threats of violence and increased tensions have been...

Russia’s Sputnik Vaccine Safe, Effective Against COVID-19, Study Finds

Russia’s Sputnik Vaccine Safe, Effective Against COVID-19, Study Finds

Russian scientists say the country’s Sputnik-V vaccine appears safe and effective against COVID-19, according to early results of an advanced...

Britain Seeks Vaccine Changes to Address COVID-19 Variants

Britain Seeks Vaccine Changes to Address COVID-19 Variants

Britain’s health minister said Tuesday the government there is considering modifications to existing COVID-19 vaccines to address variant strains of...

UK’s Star COVID Fundraiser Captain Tom Moore Dies at 100

UK’s Star COVID Fundraiser Captain Tom Moore Dies at 100

Captain Tom Moore, the British World War II veteran who raised millions of pounds for health service workers on the...

Russian Dissident Navalny Faces Possible Multi-Year Prison Sentence

Russian Dissident Navalny Faces Possible Multi-Year Prison Sentence

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny appeared in a Moscow court Tuesday to face parole violation charges that could land him...

Europe’s Populists Ready to Seize on COVID Vaccination Bungle

Europe’s Populists Ready to Seize on COVID Vaccination Bungle

Europe’s populists have seen their polling numbers dip since the coronavirus emerged on the continent, but as the economic impact...

Britain Identifies 105 Cases of South African COVID-19 Variant

Britain Identifies 105 Cases of South African COVID-19 Variant

British Health Secretary Matt Hancock on Monday said 105 cases of a coronavirus variant first identified in South Africa have...

 Ankara May Be Poised for Pivot From Middle East to Central Asia

 Ankara May Be Poised for Pivot From Middle East to Central Asia

Turkey and Azerbaijan are continuing to deepen ties by starting a major joint military exercise Monday. The display of force...

Russia Considers Jail Term for Navalny

Russia Considers Jail Term for Navalny

The Russian general prosecutor’s office said Monday that that it supports a request by the federal prison system to impose a jail term on opposition leader and Kremlin...

German Pharma Company Bayer to Produce New COVID Vaccine

German Pharma Company Bayer to Produce New COVID Vaccine

German pharmaceutical giant Bayer announced Monday it will help a smaller German biomedical company, CureVac, produce its experimental COVID-19 vaccine,...

Blinken Slams Putin for Crackdown on Navalny Supporters 

Blinken Slams Putin for Crackdown on Navalny Supporters 

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said the Biden administration is considering possible action against Russia, a day after...

Russia Considers Imposing Jail Term on Navalny

Russia Considers Imposing Jail Term on Navalny

The Russian general prosecutor’s office said Monday that that it supports a request by the federal prison system to impose a jail term on opposition leader and Kremlin...

Russian Authorities Consider Giving Navalny a Jail Term

Russian Authorities Consider Giving Navalny a Jail Term

The Russian general prosecutor’s office said Monday that that it supports a request by the federal prison system to impose a jail term on opposition leader and Kremlin...

Thousands in Vienna Rally Against COVID Restrictions

Thousands in Vienna Rally Against COVID Restrictions

Thousands of protesters faced off with police in riot gear in Vienna Sunday at the site of a banned far-right...

Britain Allowing Hong Kongers to Seek Residency Under New Policy

Britain Allowing Hong Kongers to Seek Residency Under New Policy

Millions of Hong Kong residents who seek to leave the territory amid a new national security law imposed by China...

100-Year-Old British Veteran Hospitalized With Virus He Raised Money to Fight

100-Year-Old British Veteran Hospitalized With Virus He Raised Money to Fight

Tom Moore, the 100-year-old World War II veteran who captivated the British public in the early days of the coronavirus...

Thousands Flee Hong Kong for UK, Fearing China Crackdown 

Thousands Flee Hong Kong for UK, Fearing China Crackdown 

Thousands of Hong Kongers have already made the sometimes painful decision to leave behind their hometown and move to Britain since Beijing...

UK Set to Formally Apply for Trans-Pacific Trade Bloc Membership 

UK Set to Formally Apply for Trans-Pacific Trade Bloc Membership 

Britain will next week formally apply to join a trans-Pacific trading bloc of 11 countries, with negotiations set to start...

Wrangle Over Valuable Art Uncovered in Cypriot Ghost Town  

Wrangle Over Valuable Art Uncovered in Cypriot Ghost Town  

The abstract figures of naked women gyrating to the rhythms of a five-piece band had shocked many people almost 60...

Toilet Brushes, Blue Pants: Symbols of Russia’s Protests

Toilet Brushes, Blue Pants: Symbols of Russia’s Protests

Blue underwear and toilet brushes, snowball barrages and snow graffiti — Russia’s protest movement in support of jailed Kremlin critic...