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”

Republican Senators Push FCC to Act on Trump Social Media Order

Republican Senators Push FCC to Act on Trump Social Media Order

Four Republican U.S. senators on Tuesday urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to review whether to revise liability protections for...

China’s Computers Run on Microsoft Windows: Are They Vulnerable to US Pressure?

China’s Computers Run on Microsoft Windows: Are They Vulnerable to US Pressure?

As tension grows between China and the United States, there is worry in Beijing that the conflict could end up...

IBM Quits Facial Recognition, Joins Call for Police Reforms 

IBM Quits Facial Recognition, Joins Call for Police Reforms 

IBM is getting out of the facial recognition business, saying it’s concerned about how the technology can be used for...

Panda Escapes From Enclosure at Danish Zoo; Returned Safely 

Panda Escapes From Enclosure at Danish Zoo; Returned Safely 

One of Copenhagen Zoo’s giant pandas escaped from its enclosure early Monday and roamed the park before staff were able...

EU Rejects Any US Attempt to Invoke Iran Nuclear Deal

EU Rejects Any US Attempt to Invoke Iran Nuclear Deal

The European Union’s top diplomat said Tuesday that since the United States has already withdrawn from an international agreement curbing...

Anger, Activism Grow Over Police Abuse Amid French Lockdown

Anger, Activism Grow Over Police Abuse Amid French Lockdown

With France confined to fight the virus, a video circulated online in April showing a young man lying on the...

Turkey: 2 Journalists Detained Over ‘Espionage’ Probe

Turkey: 2 Journalists Detained Over ‘Espionage’ Probe

Turkish police on Monday detained two journalists for questioning as part of an investigation into alleged “political and military espionage,”...

London Mayor Says Statues of Imperialists Could be Removed

London Mayor Says Statues of Imperialists Could be Removed

More statues of imperialist figures could be removed from Britain’s streets, following the unauthorized felling of a monument to slave...

Asian Markets Mostly Higher, European Markets Struggle in Early Trading 

Asian Markets Mostly Higher, European Markets Struggle in Early Trading 

Asian markets were mostly higher Tuesday as Wall Street’s big gains the day before gave investors hopes of a beginning...

World Athletics’ Ex-Chief Lamine Diack Goes on Trial in Paris

World Athletics’ Ex-Chief Lamine Diack Goes on Trial in Paris

Former World Athletics’ Chief Lamine Diack was in a Paris courtroom Monday as a corruption trial opened against him. The case involves a Russian doping scandal. Eighty-seven-year-old Lamine Diack seemed relaxed as he made his court appearance Monday,...

Heir to South Korea’s Samsung Empire Avoids Jail

Heir to South Korea’s Samsung Empire Avoids Jail

A South Korean Court has rejected an arrest warrant for the heir to the legendary Samsung Group conglomerate in connection...

Work Resumes on Notre Dame in Paris  

Work Resumes on Notre Dame in Paris  

Construction workers in Paris dangled from ropes and used saws to cut through the charred tangled remains of metal scaffolding as they resumed restoration work on...

US Prosecutors Want to Question Prince Andrew Over Connection to Epstein

US Prosecutors Want to Question Prince Andrew Over Connection to Epstein

The U.S. Department of Justice issued a formal request to question Britain’s Prince Andrew as part of the government’s ongoing...

Slave Trade, Colonialism Fuel Race Protests in Europe

Slave Trade, Colonialism Fuel Race Protests in Europe

‘Black Lives Matter’ protestors took to the streets of European cities again at the weekend in solidarity with demonstrations in...

Google Maps to Alert Users About COVID-19-Related Travel Restrictions

Google Maps to Alert Users About COVID-19-Related Travel Restrictions

Google is adding features on its Maps service to alert users about COVID-19-related travel restrictions to help them plan their...

France to Ban Police Chokehold Used to Detain Suspects

France to Ban Police Chokehold Used to Detain Suspects

France’s interior minister announced Monday police will no longer conduct chokeholds that have been blamed for multiple cases of asphyxiation...

WHO: Spread From People Without Symptoms Is Rare

WHO: Spread From People Without Symptoms Is Rare

The World Health Organization says it still believes the spread of the coronavirus from people without symptoms is “rare,” despite...

Europe: Heading for a Fight  

Europe: Heading for a Fight  

Eurocrats admit they are breathing a sigh of relief that Britain is out of the European Union. If it had still...

German Defense Minister: No Official Confirmation of US Troop Withdrawal 

German Defense Minister: No Official Confirmation of US Troop Withdrawal 

Germany’s Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said Monday she has received no official confirmation on the reported U.S. decision to withdraw more than a quarter of American...

Armenian Prime Minister Recovers from COVID-19

Armenian Prime Minister Recovers from COVID-19

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian says he and his family have recovered from the coronavirus.Pashinian said on Facebook that he...

Howls of Protest as UK Starts 14-Day Quarantine for Arrivals

Howls of Protest as UK Starts 14-Day Quarantine for Arrivals

Britain began imposing a 14-day quarantine Monday on travelers coming into the country — a sweeping measure meant to halt...

Head of Samsung Conglomerate Facing New Legal Jeopardy

Head of Samsung Conglomerate Facing New Legal Jeopardy

The heir to South Korea’s Samsung empire appeared in a Seoul court Monday for a hearing to decide whether he...