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”

Turkey Targets Kurdish Rebels in Iraq, Killing 4 Yazidi Fighters

Turkey Targets Kurdish Rebels in Iraq, Killing 4 Yazidi Fighters

Turkish airstrikes inside Iraq targeting members of an outlawed Kurdish rebel group have killed at least four minority Yazidi fighters...

Iran: Uranium Enrichment at Higher Level Than Before Nuclear Pact

Iran: Uranium Enrichment at Higher Level Than Before Nuclear Pact

President Hassan Rohani says Iran is now enriching more uranium than the country did before it agreed to a nuclear...

Russian Lawmakers Approve Putin’s PM Choice

Russian Lawmakers Approve Putin’s PM Choice

Russian lawmakers have given their approval Thursday to President Vladimir Putin’s choice of Mikhail Mishustin as the country’s new prime...

Analyst: Putin Proposes Changes that Could Help Keep Him in Power After 2024

Analyst: Putin Proposes Changes that Could Help Keep Him in Power After 2024

Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to shift some of the presidential powers to the parliament before he ends his fourth...

Parnas: Trump ‘Knew Exactly What Was Going On’ in Ukraine

Parnas: Trump ‘Knew Exactly What Was Going On’ in Ukraine

Lev Parnas, the indicted associate of U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer who worked to pressure Ukraine to investigate Joe...

Intellectual Property Theft a Growing Threat

Intellectual Property Theft a Growing Threat

The new U.S.-China trade agreement includes provisions that are aimed at curbing forced technology transfers, in which companies hand over technical...

Controversy Growing in Turkey Over Erdogan’s Massive Canal Project  

Controversy Growing in Turkey Over Erdogan’s Massive Canal Project  

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s project to provide an alternative route to the Bosporus waterway is becoming increasingly mired in...

Intellectual Property Theft a Growing Threat

Intellectual Property Theft a Growing Threat

Intellectual property theft is a growing concern, and it poses a real risk at large conferences where people from around...

Book by Pope Emeritus on Celibacy Gets Shrug in France

Book by Pope Emeritus on Celibacy Gets Shrug in France

The former pope Benedict XVI reportedly wants his name removed from a controversial book that appears to undermine his successor,...

Growing Controversy in Turkey Over Erdogan’s Massive Canal Project

Growing Controversy in Turkey Over Erdogan’s Massive Canal Project

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is planning what’s dubbed ‘the construction project of the decade’, a massive canal connecting Turkey’s...

Dogs Find Loving Families Abroad Thanks to Special Program

Dogs Find Loving Families Abroad Thanks to Special Program

In the U.S. more than 3 million shelter animals are adopted every year. But if you can’t find the animal...

Albania Expels Iranian Diplomats Amid Worsening Relations

Albania Expels Iranian Diplomats Amid Worsening Relations

Albania said Wednesday it has ordered the expulsion of two Iranian diplomats and declared them “persona non grata.”Acting Foreign Minister...

EU Legal Opinion: Mass Data Retention at Odds With EU Law

EU Legal Opinion: Mass Data Retention at Odds With EU Law

A legal adviser at the European Union’s highest court said Wednesday that the bloc’s data protection rules should prevent member...

Turkish News Agency Says Staff Members Detained in Cairo

Turkish News Agency Says Staff Members Detained in Cairo

Turkey’s state-run news agency said Wednesday that Egyptian police raided its office in Cairo and detained four of its staff...

Environmental Issues Top Worries for Those Heading to Davos

Environmental Issues Top Worries for Those Heading to Davos

Environmental issues make up the top five risks to the global economy for  the coming decade, organizers of next week’s...

Russian Prime Minister Resigns as Putin Hints at Constitutional Reforms

Russian Prime Minister Resigns as Putin Hints at Constitutional Reforms

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has submitted his cabinet’s resignation, shortly after President Vladimir Putin proposed a series of constitutional...

Documents Suggest Thomas Markle to Testify in Meghan Lawsuit

Documents Suggest Thomas Markle to Testify in Meghan Lawsuit

The estranged father of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex  could be called as a defense witness in her lawsuit against the...

Britain, France, Germany Trigger Dispute Resolution Mechanism from Iran Deal

Britain, France, Germany Trigger Dispute Resolution Mechanism from Iran Deal

Britain, France, and Germany, collectively known as the EU3, have triggered a dispute  resolution mechanism which is part of the...

Iranian Foreign Minister Says Future of Nuclear Deal Up To Europe

Iranian Foreign Minister Says Future of Nuclear Deal Up To Europe

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Wednesday the future of the 2015 international deal regarding his country’s nuclear program...

National Security Agency Discovers a Major Security Flaw in Microsoft’s Windows Operating System

National Security Agency Discovers a Major Security Flaw in Microsoft’s Windows Operating System

The National Security Agency has discovered a major security flaw in Microsoft’s Windows operating system and tipped off the company...

Forget the Mouse: Your Thoughts Can Control Devices

Forget the Mouse: Your Thoughts Can Control Devices

It sounds like science fiction, but a number of tech wearables are letting users control devices with their thoughts. The...

EU Investment Plan Aims for Carbon Neutrality by 2050

EU Investment Plan Aims for Carbon Neutrality by 2050

The European Union rolled out a massive, trillion-dollar investment plan Tuesday to deliver on promises to make Europe the first...