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”

Poisoned Russian Opposition Leader Posts Photo from Hospital Bed

Poisoned Russian Opposition Leader Posts Photo from Hospital Bed

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny published a photo of himself in a Berlin hospital bed Tuesday as he recovers from...

Pompeo: Confident There Will Be Effective Competitors to Huawei from Western Vendors

Pompeo: Confident There Will Be Effective Competitors to Huawei from Western Vendors

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday he is confident there will be effective 5G competitors to China’s...

EU Mulls Migration Pact in Shadow of Lesbos Fire

EU Mulls Migration Pact in Shadow of Lesbos Fire

Five years after a wave of asylum seekers flooded into Europe, the region is facing another reckoning on migration, with...

UK’s Johnson Defends Plan to Rewrite Brexit Deal, Says EU ‘Unreasonable’

UK’s Johnson Defends Plan to Rewrite Brexit Deal, Says EU ‘Unreasonable’

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday defended his plan to unilaterally rewrite Britain’s divorce deal with the European Union...

Britain’s Johnson Wins Vote on Breaching Brexit Deal but Rebellion Smolders

Britain’s Johnson Wins Vote on Breaching Brexit Deal but Rebellion Smolders

Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday won the first of several votes in Parliament on his plan to undercut the...

Daimler AG to Pay $1.5B to Settle Emissions Cheating Probes

Daimler AG to Pay $1.5B to Settle Emissions Cheating Probes

Automaker Daimler AG and subsidiary Mercedes-Benz USA have agreed to pay $1.5 billion to the U.S. government and California state...

Putin Grants Belarus $1.5 Billion Loan

Putin Grants Belarus $1.5 Billion Loan

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday granted a $1.5 billion loan to Belarus as a show of support for its...

UN Condemns Atrocities Against Myanmar’s Rohingya, Other Minorities

UN Condemns Atrocities Against Myanmar’s Rohingya, Other Minorities

The UN Human Rights office reports the Myanmar military continues to attack, persecute and commit gross violations against the Rohingya...

Huawei’s Survival at Stake as US Sanctions Loom

Huawei’s Survival at Stake as US Sanctions Loom

Starting Sept. 15, China’s telecom giant Huawei — once a symbol of Chinese technology prowess — will be cut off...

UN Council to Hold Urgent Debate on Human Rights Situation in Belarus

UN Council to Hold Urgent Debate on Human Rights Situation in Belarus

At its opening session, the U.N. Human Rights Council approved a proposal by the European Union to hold an urgent...

Navalny Allies Win Seats in Siberian City as Ruling Party Claims Victory in Local Polls

Navalny Allies Win Seats in Siberian City as Ruling Party Claims Victory in Local Polls

Two allies of stricken Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny are expected to have won local parliamentary seats in the Siberian city...

UK Parliament to Vote on Johnson’s Plan to Break Brexit Divorce Treaty 

UK Parliament to Vote on Johnson’s Plan to Break Brexit Divorce Treaty 

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plan to break international law by breaching parts of the Brexit divorce treaty with the...

Lukashenko Travels to Russia Amid Continuing Unrest in Belarus 

Lukashenko Travels to Russia Amid Continuing Unrest in Belarus 

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko traveled to the Black Sea resort of Sochi Monday for talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin....

Germany: Foreign Labs Confirm Navalny Poisoned with Novichok

Germany: Foreign Labs Confirm Navalny Poisoned with Novichok

Specialist labs in France and Sweden have confirmed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok,...

DRC Video Centers Score With Young Gamers 

DRC Video Centers Score With Young Gamers 

Some people stuck inside during coronavirus lockdown are playing video games. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, entrepreneurs are catering...

Report: TikTok Deal Moves Forward with Oracle

Report: TikTok Deal Moves Forward with Oracle

ByteDance, the Chinese company behind the wildly popular video sharing app TikTok, has rejected Microsoft’s bid to buy the app...

Anti-Lukashenko Protesters March Again in Minsk

Anti-Lukashenko Protesters March Again in Minsk

At least 100,000 Belarusians took to the streets in the capital of Minsk on Sunday in one of the biggest...

Expectations Lowered Ahead of Europe-China Summit

Expectations Lowered Ahead of Europe-China Summit

The European Union and China hold talks Monday with hopes to strike a trade and investment deal by the year’s...

Protesters Gather in Minsk again Following Last Month’s Disputed Election 

Protesters Gather in Minsk again Following Last Month’s Disputed Election 

Thousands of protesters gathered in the Belarus capital Minsk Sunday for another demonstration after longtime leader Alexander Lukashenko extended his...

Greece to Buy Warplanes, Battleships to Boost Defenses against Turkey

Greece to Buy Warplanes, Battleships to Boost Defenses against Turkey

With tensions between NATO allies Greece and Turkey rising, Greece has announced plans to purchase a grab bag of new...

Country Violations Top UN Human Rights Council Agenda 

Country Violations Top UN Human Rights Council Agenda 

Nations accused of violating their citizens’ rights and freedoms will come under intense scrutiny by the 47-member U.N. Human Rights...

Greek Authorities Scramble to Move Homeless Refugees into New Camp

Greek Authorities Scramble to Move Homeless Refugees into New Camp

Authorities on the Greek island of Lesbos have moved more than 300 homeless migrants and refugees into temporary facilities after...