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”

Twitter Deletes Egypt, Saudi Accounts Over ‘Pro-Govt Direction’

Twitter Deletes Egypt, Saudi Accounts Over ‘Pro-Govt Direction’

Twitter said Thursday it has removed thousands of accounts in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Honduras, Indonesia and Serbia that allegedly took...

Spain Records 950 COVID-19 Deaths in One Day 

Spain Records 950 COVID-19 Deaths in One Day 

Spain’s health officials reported 950 deaths from COVID-19 since Wednesday, a new one-day record in fatalities that pushes the nation’s...

Language Barriers Limit Access to Coronavirus News for Some European Migrants

Language Barriers Limit Access to Coronavirus News for Some European Migrants

Keeping up to date about the coronavirus can be a problem for migrants who do not speak the language of...

Google Boosts Support for Checking Coronavirus Facts 

Google Boosts Support for Checking Coronavirus Facts 

Google on Thursday said it is pumping $6.5 million into fact-checkers and nonprofits as it ramps up its the battle...

US Delivers 128 Anti-Tank Javelin Missiles to Estonia

US Delivers 128 Anti-Tank Javelin Missiles to Estonia

The United States says it has delivered 128 anti-tank Javelin missiles to Estonia as part of a larger contract with...

Saudi Arabia and Russia Signal Readiness to Cooperate on Oil 

Saudi Arabia and Russia Signal Readiness to Cooperate on Oil 

Saudi Arabia and Russia signaled on Thursday they were ready to cooperate to help stabilize the oil market after calls...

California Energy Company Pivots to Refurbishing Ventilators 

California Energy Company Pivots to Refurbishing Ventilators 

A California hydrogen fuel cell company is now repairing and updating old ventilators, answering a challenge by the state to...

WHO: Over 95% Who Died in Europe Were Over 60 

WHO: Over 95% Who Died in Europe Were Over 60 

The head of the World Health Organization’s office in Europe says figures show that more than 95% of people who...

Austria’s Ambassador in Washington Describes Life Amid Coronavirus

Austria’s Ambassador in Washington Describes Life Amid Coronavirus

Since the coronavirus pandemic hit Europe and the United States, Austrian Ambassador Martin Weiss has tweeted a series of Martin...

NATO Chief: Pandemic Won’t Hamper Alliance’s Capabilities

NATO Chief: Pandemic Won’t Hamper Alliance’s Capabilities

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday that the coronavirus pandemic had not diminished the alliance’s ability to carry out its...

UN Warns Right-Wing Extremist Groups Getting Bolder, More Lethal   

UN Warns Right-Wing Extremist Groups Getting Bolder, More Lethal   

Nations around the world are growing increasingly worried about violence linked to extreme right-wing terror groups, with new research showing...

Putin Urges Action on ‘Challenging’ Energy Market

Putin Urges Action on ‘Challenging’ Energy Market

Russian President Vladimir Putin called on Wednesday for global oil producers and consumers to address “challenging” oil markets, while U.S....

Will We Heed Lessons Learned from Bergamo, Italy’s COVID-19 Infections, Deaths?

Will We Heed Lessons Learned from Bergamo, Italy’s COVID-19 Infections, Deaths?

The Italian city of Bergamo was hard-hit by coronavirus and became the country’s center for the disease.  Now that there are signs infections...

Kremlin Appeals to Russia’s Religious Conservatives Ahead of Constitutional Vote

Kremlin Appeals to Russia’s Religious Conservatives Ahead of Constitutional Vote

Russian President Vladimir Putin postponed an April referendum on changing his country’s constitution, saying he’d wait until health officials give...

Pandemic Forces Cancellation of Wimbledon

Pandemic Forces Cancellation of Wimbledon

The Wimbledon tennis championships in London — widely considered to be the world’s premier tennis event — will be canceled...

Fake News or the Truth? Russia Cracks Down on Virus Postings 

Fake News or the Truth? Russia Cracks Down on Virus Postings 

Two weeks ago, an opposition-leaning radio station in Russia interviewed political analyst Valery Solovei, who alleged the government was lying...

Spain Confirms 100,000 Coronavirus Cases; US Braces for Huge Death Toll

Spain Confirms 100,000 Coronavirus Cases; US Braces for Huge Death Toll

Spain announced Wednesday it surpassed 100,000 confirmed coronavirus cases, while a senior Saudi official urged people planning to make the...

Goats Invade Welsh Town Locked Down by Coronavirus

Goats Invade Welsh Town Locked Down by Coronavirus

With its street’s emptied by a nationwide coronavirus lockdown, the scenic, seaside Welsh town of Llandudno has been taken over...

Europe Faces ICU Bed Crunch, Rushes to Build Field Hospitals

Europe Faces ICU Bed Crunch, Rushes to Build Field Hospitals

Facing intense surges in the need for hospital ICU beds, European nations are on a building and hiring spree, throwing...

Scotland Increases Spending on Women’s Crisis Programs

Scotland Increases Spending on Women’s Crisis Programs

Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, announced an appropriation of $1.8 million Tuesday for Scottish women’s aid and rape crisis programs,...

Controversial French Doctor Sparks Hope, Criticism for Coronavirus Research

Controversial French Doctor Sparks Hope, Criticism for Coronavirus Research

Fellow scientists question his findings, but an unlikely mix of supporters — from French yellow vest protesters to U.S. President...

HRW: Ankara Denying Water to Syrian Kurds as Coronavirus Escalates

HRW: Ankara Denying Water to Syrian Kurds as Coronavirus Escalates

Turkey is being accused of “weaponizing” water against Syrian Kurds amid the coronavirus epidemic. Ankara is dismissing the accusation, however, as...