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”

US Treasury to Recommend Options to Trump About Tik Tok

US Treasury to Recommend Options to Trump About Tik Tok

The Chinese-owned app TikTok is under a security review by the U.S. government, which will make a recommendation on the...

Chinese Hackers Targeted Vatican, NY Times Reports

Chinese Hackers Targeted Vatican, NY Times Reports

The New York Times Wednesday said the Vatican’s computer networks have been breached by Chinese hackers since May, in an apparent...

Congress to Question Tech CEOs About Market Dominance

Congress to Question Tech CEOs About Market Dominance

They control the digital spaces where many around the world spend their time, shop, work, and talk to friends and family.  Together, the companies’ combined annual...

Greece to Return 1.4B Euros to Pensioners Hit During Debt Crisis

Greece to Return 1.4B Euros to Pensioners Hit During Debt Crisis

Greece will this year return 1.4 billion euros to pensioners whose income was slashed during the financial crisis of the...

Belarus Leader Says He Survived Coronavirus

Belarus Leader Says He Survived Coronavirus

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko announced he had tested positive but successfully overcome the novel coronavirus on Tuesday — adding a...

Holocaust Survivors Urge Facebook to Remove Denial Posts

Holocaust Survivors Urge Facebook to Remove Denial Posts

Holocaust survivors around the world are lending their voices to a campaign launched Wednesday targeting Facebook head Mark Zuckerberg, urging...

US Cyberfirm Says Vatican Target of Chinese Hackers, NY Times Reports

US Cyberfirm Says Vatican Target of Chinese Hackers, NY Times Reports

The New York Times Wednesday said the Vatican’s computer networks have been breached by Chinese hackers since May, in an apparent...

Tenor Bocelli, Who Had COVID, Says Lockdown Humiliated Him

Tenor Bocelli, Who Had COVID, Says Lockdown Humiliated Him

Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, who had COVID-19, said the pandemic lockdown made him feel “humiliated and offended” by depriving him...

Twitter Deletes Tweet by Donald Trump Jr, Limits His Account

Twitter Deletes Tweet by Donald Trump Jr, Limits His Account

Twitter has limited Donald Trump Jr.’s account and deleted one of his tweets for violating Twitter’s COVID-19 misinformation policies.  The...

Erdogan Seeks to Tame Social Media, Again 

Erdogan Seeks to Tame Social Media, Again 

Turkey is poised to introduce drastic measures to control social media platforms.  The proposed legislation is drawing growing international criticism...

Stakes High as Depp’s Libel Case Against UK Tabloid Closes

Stakes High as Depp’s Libel Case Against UK Tabloid Closes

Johnny Depp’s libel case against a British tabloid that accused him of abusing ex-wife Amber Heard was wrapping up Tuesday...

Small Business Uses Technology to Stay Afloat During Pandemic

Small Business Uses Technology to Stay Afloat During Pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic has forced small businesses around the world to come up with new ways to cope with the...

UK’s Johnson Urges Britons to Shed Weight

UK’s Johnson Urges Britons to Shed Weight

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is urging citizens to exercise and shed weight, saying he has done so since his...

Google Employees to Work from Home Until 2021

Google Employees to Work from Home Until 2021

Google employees will work from home until summer 2021 due to COVID-19 concerns, the company announced Monday.The decision affects almost...

COVID-19 Diary: Why Aren’t the English Wearing Masks?

COVID-19 Diary: Why Aren’t the English Wearing Masks?

The advert on an elevator door at Washington’s Dulles airport read: “Say Hi And Smile At Your Fellow Travelers. It’s...

Austrian Resort Town Reports Sudden COVID-19 Surge

Austrian Resort Town Reports Sudden COVID-19 Surge

Austria’s tourism industry received a blow after 53 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed since last week in the...

Technology Works Behind the Scenes to Keep US Mail-in Voting Secure

Technology Works Behind the Scenes to Keep US Mail-in Voting Secure

It’s going to be a record year for voting by mail in the U.S. election and that has raised security...

Twitter, Facebook Become Targets in Trump and Biden Ads

Twitter, Facebook Become Targets in Trump and Biden Ads

Social media has become the target of a dueling attack ad campaign being waged online by the sitting president and...

American Charged with Aggravated Murder of Wife in France 

American Charged with Aggravated Murder of Wife in France 

A Brooklyn man who told French police investigators that he killed his wife by stabbing her twice during an argument...

Mountain Rescuers Heft Ailing St Bernard Off English Peak

Mountain Rescuers Heft Ailing St Bernard Off English Peak

St. Bernards are known for helping to rescue distressed travelers in the mountains, but the tables were turned Sunday in...

Serbia Seeks to Purchase More Warplanes to Strengthen its Armed Forces, Potentially from Russia

Serbia Seeks to Purchase More Warplanes to Strengthen its Armed Forces, Potentially from Russia

Serbia is seeking to further strengthen its armed forces by purchasing more warplanes, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said Sunday. Vucic made the statement while visiting an army...

NY Governor Says 2 Conservative Newspapers Fueling COVID Surge

NY Governor Says 2 Conservative Newspapers Fueling COVID Surge

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is blaming the surge in coronavirus cases in Arizona, Florida and Texas on two conservative-leaning newspapers – The Wall Street...