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”

Germany’s Merkel: Brexit Trade Deal in Everyone’s Interest

Germany’s Merkel: Brexit Trade Deal in Everyone’s Interest

German Chancellor Angela Merkel told European Union (EU) members that a Brexit trade deal with Britain is “in the interest...

Europe Again Considers Whether to Lock Down Amid Coronavirus

Europe Again Considers Whether to Lock Down Amid Coronavirus

“Liverpool is full of the kind of people who go out on a Monday, and couldn’t care less about Tuesday...

UN Report Warns Climate Change Could Boost Demand for Humanitarian Aid 

UN Report Warns Climate Change Could Boost Demand for Humanitarian Aid 

The United Nations is warning that climate change is threatening the lives of millions of people throughout the world, and...

In France, Calls Grow for Paris to Back Armenia

In France, Calls Grow for Paris to Back Armenia

As France helps spearhead diplomatic efforts to end the latest clashes over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, the country’s Armenian...

Fight Between Former Soviet Republics Puts Russia’s Regional Influence On the Line

Fight Between Former Soviet Republics Puts Russia’s Regional Influence On the Line

Fighting between the former Soviet republics of Armenia and Azerbaijan is now in its third week — and has killed...

UN: Climate Change Means More Weather Disasters Every Year

UN: Climate Change Means More Weather Disasters Every Year

In the wake of heat waves, global warming, forest fires, storms, droughts and a rising number of hurricanes, the U.N....

US, UK Fight Foreign Bribery But Most Nations Do Very Little

US, UK Fight Foreign Bribery But Most Nations Do Very Little

An anti-corruption watchdog on Tuesday ranked the United States and United Kingdom as the largest exporters most active at enforcing...

Media: Turkey Issues Detention Warrants for 167 Over Suspected Gulen Links

Media: Turkey Issues Detention Warrants for 167 Over Suspected Gulen Links

Turkish police detained dozens of people on Tuesday in a search for 167 suspects, many of them active duty soldiers,...

Microsoft Attempts Takedown of Global Criminal Botnet

Microsoft Attempts Takedown of Global Criminal Botnet

Microsoft announced legal action Monday seeking to disrupt a major cybercrime digital network that uses more than 1 million zombie computers to...

Belarus Allows Police to Use Firearms Against Protesters

Belarus Allows Police to Use Firearms Against Protesters

Belarus’ government says police will now be permitted to use firearms against protesters “if need be” as demonstrations demanding the...

‘I Don’t Blame Anyone’: Vietnam Truck Tragedy Families Speak Out One Year On

‘I Don’t Blame Anyone’: Vietnam Truck Tragedy Families Speak Out One Year On

NGHE AN, Vietnam – Le Minh Tuan has curled up in the bed of his deceased son every night since the...

Facebook to Ban Content that Denies, Distorts Holocaust

Facebook to Ban Content that Denies, Distorts Holocaust

Facebook announced Monday that it is updating its hate speech policy and will ban all posts that deny or distort...

France Says Further Restrictions Possible If Coronavirus Surge Continues

France Says Further Restrictions Possible If Coronavirus Surge Continues

French Prime Minister Jean Castex warned Monday that France could impose further restrictions — including a lockdown — as the...

Austria’s Tyrol COVID-19 Commission Faults Resort Town for Ignoring Warnings

Austria’s Tyrol COVID-19 Commission Faults Resort Town for Ignoring Warnings

An independent commission reported Monday that authorities in the Austrian Alpine region of Tyrol acted too slowly to shut down...

Kardashians Join California’s Armenian Diaspora in Mobilizing Amid Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict

Kardashians Join California’s Armenian Diaspora in Mobilizing Amid Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict

The ongoing conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh has triggered an outpouring of support from Los Angeles’s Armenian community, one of the largest...

Lithuania’s Center-Right Heads Toward An Election Win

Lithuania’s Center-Right Heads Toward An Election Win

Lithuania’s opposition conservative Homeland Union party claimed victory Monday in the first round of the country’s general election, winning 23...

Poland Evacuates 750 people as WWII Tallboy Bomb is Defused

Poland Evacuates 750 people as WWII Tallboy Bomb is Defused

Hundreds of people in northwest Poland have been evacuated for a few days to allow Navy sappers to neutralize a...

Dozens Arrested on 10th Straight Sunday of Belarus Protests

Dozens Arrested on 10th Straight Sunday of Belarus Protests

Dozens of protesters in Belarus were arrested Sunday during the 10th straight weekend of demonstrations against longtime authoritarian President Alexander...

Nadal Wins French Open, Captures 20th Grand Slam Title

Nadal Wins French Open, Captures 20th Grand Slam Title

Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal has won his record-extending 13th French Open title, defeating Novak Djokovic of Serbia 6-0,6-2,7-5 on...

UK at ‘Tipping Point’: England Braces for More Restrictions 

UK at ‘Tipping Point’: England Braces for More Restrictions 

Millions of people in northern England are anxiously waiting to hear how much further virus restrictions will be tightened as...

Dozens Stage Attack on Police Station in Paris Suburb 

Dozens Stage Attack on Police Station in Paris Suburb 

About 40 unidentified people armed with metal bars and using fireworks as projectiles tried to storm a police station in...

Turkish Cypriots Choose Leader with Peace Deal at Stake 

Turkish Cypriots Choose Leader with Peace Deal at Stake 

Turkish Cypriots began voting Sunday for a leader tasked with overcoming their deep political chasms with Greek Cypriots in order...