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”

COVID-19 Spells Trouble For Europe’s Pensions, and Skyscrapers

COVID-19 Spells Trouble For Europe’s Pensions, and Skyscrapers

Commercial landlords across Europe are bracing for prolonged repercussions from the coronavirus. While they argue offices will remain just as...

Instagram Launches Reels to Rival TikTok

Instagram Launches Reels to Rival TikTok

Facebook launched a short-film product similar to the popular TikTok app in the United States and dozens of other countries...

India Widens China App Ban to Cover More From Xiaomi, Baidu

India Widens China App Ban to Cover More From Xiaomi, Baidu

India has banned some mobile apps of Chinese companies such as Xiaomi Corp and Baidu Inc, three sources told Reuters...

Greece Grapples with Dramatic Spike in COVID-19 Infections

Greece Grapples with Dramatic Spike in COVID-19 Infections

Greece has recorded its biggest spike in COVID-19 infections since emerging from a nationwide lockdown three months ago. The country’s...

Verdicts in Slovak Journalist’s Murder Trial Delayed to September

Verdicts in Slovak Journalist’s Murder Trial Delayed to September

A Slovak court has postponed verdicts in the trial of a businessman and others charged with killing an investigative journalist...

Belarus Leader Warns of Violence Ahead of Weekend Presidential Elections  

Belarus Leader Warns of Violence Ahead of Weekend Presidential Elections  

In a winding state of the nation speech before lawmakers on Tuesday, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko warned that political enemies...

New Bridge in Genoa Opens to Traffic Two Years After Deadly Collapse

New Bridge in Genoa Opens to Traffic Two Years After Deadly Collapse

A gleaming new bridge in Genoa built after the deadly collapse of a viaduct opened Tuesday, but critics say not...

US BLM Protests Drive Global Online Race Debate

US BLM Protests Drive Global Online Race Debate

The May death of 46-year-old George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis, and the subsequent protests across the United States...

UN Ratifies First Unanimous Treaty on Child Labor

UN Ratifies First Unanimous Treaty on Child Labor

A global treaty sponsored by the U.N. International Labor Organization (ILO) calling for greater protection for children against sexual exploitation,...

EU to Investigate Google’s Proposed Fitbit Deal

EU to Investigate Google’s Proposed Fitbit Deal

European Union antitrust regulators announced Tuesday they’ll launch an investigation into Google’s plan to buy Fitbit.Google, a U.S. tech giant...

Children in Worst Forms of Labor Get Legal Protection

Children in Worst Forms of Labor Get Legal Protection

The International Convention on the Worst Forms of Child Labor has been universally ratified. The International Labor Organization said this is...

Russian Mercenaries in Libya Leave Mines as Deadly Calling Cards, Observers Say

Russian Mercenaries in Libya Leave Mines as Deadly Calling Cards, Observers Say

International observers are sounding the alarm about an alliance between Russian mercenaries and a Libyan militia, which they say imperils...

Poland Reports Record Increase in COVID Cases

Poland Reports Record Increase in COVID Cases

Poland reported on Tuesday a record daily increase in coronavirus cases for the fourth time in a week, with more...

Microsoft in Talks to Buy TikTok in US

Microsoft in Talks to Buy TikTok in US

Microsoft confirmed that it has held talks with Chinese technology company ByteDance to acquire its popular social app TikTok in the United States. Microsoft said...

Chinese Executive: Forced Sale of TikTok May Be Inevitable Amid US Scrutiny

Chinese Executive: Forced Sale of TikTok May Be Inevitable Amid US Scrutiny

The Chinese company that owns popular video-sharing app TikTok is exploring all possibilities to ensure that its subsidiary can continue...

Spain’s Former King Leaving Country Amid Financial Scandal

Spain’s Former King Leaving Country Amid Financial Scandal

Spain’s former monarch, Juan Carlos I, is leaving Spain to live in another, unspecified, country amid a financial scandal, according...

Europe Scrambles to Stop Second Wave Of COVID-19

Europe Scrambles to Stop Second Wave Of COVID-19

Lockdown measures are being re-imposed in parts of Europe as fears grow of a second wave of coronavirus infections. European...

New Bridge Set to Open in Genoa, Italy, 2 Years After Collapse That Killed 43

New Bridge Set to Open in Genoa, Italy, 2 Years After Collapse That Killed 43

With a rainbow as a backdrop, Italy’s president inaugurated a replacement bridge Monday in Genoa, but families of those killed...

Coronavirus Surges Taxing Europe, Prompting Fears of Social Unrest 

Coronavirus Surges Taxing Europe, Prompting Fears of Social Unrest 

European governments are scrambling to shape radical plans to cope with a second wave of coronavirus contagion, expected to unfold...

Norway Bans Large Cruise Ships After Recent Coronavirus Outbreak

Norway Bans Large Cruise Ships After Recent Coronavirus Outbreak

Norway says it will stop all cruise ships with more than 100 people on board from disembarking at Norwegian ports...

Trump Gives Microsoft 45 Days to Seal TikTok Deal

Trump Gives Microsoft 45 Days to Seal TikTok Deal

The Chinese-owned social media app TikTok “is going to be out of business in the United States” on September 15,...

Europe Battles Coronavirus Along With Hot, Dry Weather  

Europe Battles Coronavirus Along With Hot, Dry Weather  

Much of Europe is again sweltering under soaring temperatures — and struggling with extreme dryness and forest fires. Summer heatwaves...