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”

Spain Enters Third Week of Coronavirus Lockdown

Spain Enters Third Week of Coronavirus Lockdown

As Spain entered the third week of lockdown Friday, the streets of Barcelona, the second-most populous municipality, were empty due...

European Parliament Approves $40 Billion Emergency Package

European Parliament Approves $40 Billion Emergency Package

The European Parliament on Thursday evening passed a $40 billion emergency package to help countries and their citizens most affected...

US Leads the World in Coronavirus Cases

US Leads the World in Coronavirus Cases

The United States now leads the world in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases, and Congress is on the verge...

Spain Reels Under Coronavirus as Death Toll Tops 4,000 

Spain Reels Under Coronavirus as Death Toll Tops 4,000 

Spain is reeling under the onslaught of the coronavirus, with fatalities surpassing those of China, the health system collapsing and...

Italian Patient Describes What It’s Like to Have COVID-19

Italian Patient Describes What It’s Like to Have COVID-19

As Italy continues to battle the coronavirus, a patient who contracted the virus earlier this month warns the world to...

Migration to Greece Drops Dramatically, but EU Seeks Greater Refugee Coronavirus Protection

Migration to Greece Drops Dramatically, but EU Seeks Greater Refugee Coronavirus Protection

Illegal migration flows to Greece have dropped to their lowest point since the start of the year, counting upwards of...

Virginia Man Uses 3D Printer to Make Mask Shields for Health Workers

Virginia Man Uses 3D Printer to Make Mask Shields for Health Workers

A Virginia man has come up with a way to help medical workers caring for people with COVID-19. Jeremy Filko...

Armenia Reports First Death Related to Coronavirus

Armenia Reports First Death Related to Coronavirus

A 72-year-old woman diagnosed with the coronavirus died in Armenia on Thursday, the Health Ministry’s spokeswoman said, reporting the country’s...

Lisbon’s First ‘Drive-thru’ Clinic Tests Patients for Coronavirus

Lisbon’s First ‘Drive-thru’ Clinic Tests Patients for Coronavirus

In a redeveloped urban park in Lisbon, a “drive-thru” clinic is performing five-minute swab tests through car windows on people...

European COVID-19 Cases, Deaths Have Tripled Since Last Week, WHO Says

European COVID-19 Cases, Deaths Have Tripled Since Last Week, WHO Says

The World Health Organization Thursday reported more than 220,000 cases of the new coronavirus and 11,987 deaths in Europe, triple...

Germany’s Lower House Passes Massive Coronavirus Economic Aid Package

Germany’s Lower House Passes Massive Coronavirus Economic Aid Package

Germany’s lower house of Parliament – the Bundestag – approved an $814 billion aid package Wednesday to cushion the economy...

Street in Britain Serenades Girl on her Birthday 

Street in Britain Serenades Girl on her Birthday 

Neighbors on British street this week pulled together to help an eight-year-old girl celebrate her birthday after coronavirus lockdown regulations...

Putin Postpones Vote on Constitutional Changes Due to Coronavirus

Putin Postpones Vote on Constitutional Changes Due to Coronavirus

Russian President Vladimir Putin has postponed an April 22 vote on sweeping constitutional changes that could allow him to remain...

US Cybersecurity Experts See Recent Spike in Chinese Digital Espionage

US Cybersecurity Experts See Recent Spike in Chinese Digital Espionage

A U.S. cybersecurity firm said Wednesday it has detected a surge in new cyberspying by a suspected Chinese group dating...

160-year-old Vatican Newspaper Succumbs to Coronavirus 

160-year-old Vatican Newspaper Succumbs to Coronavirus 

The Vatican daily L’Osservatore Romano, which Pope Francis has jokingly called “the party newspaper,” suspended printing for only the third...

One Italian Official Describes How Coronavirus Might Have Spread

One Italian Official Describes How Coronavirus Might Have Spread

A provincial official in Italy says a soccer game and a missed opportunity to detect one early coronavirus case might...

Turkey Charges 20 in Khashoggi Killing

Turkey Charges 20 in Khashoggi Killing

 Turkey is charging 20 suspects in connection with the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.The Istanbul prosecutor’s office said its...

Hungary’s MOL to Produce Disinfectant Sanitizer

Hungary’s MOL to Produce Disinfectant Sanitizer

Hungarian oil and gas group MOL said on Wednesday one of its factories had been converted to produce disinfectant sanitizer...

Britain’s Prince Charles Tests Positive for Coronavirus

Britain’s Prince Charles Tests Positive for Coronavirus

Britain’s Prince Charles has tested positive for the coronavirus.  A statement Wednesday said he “has been displaying mild symptoms” but is...

Istanbul’s Battle Against the Coronavirus

Istanbul’s Battle Against the Coronavirus

Turkey’s main city – Istanbul – is at the center of the country’s efforts to control the spread of the coronavirus.  Almost 40 people have died in Turkey and the...

Pope Francis to Lead Christians in Worldwide COVID Prayer Service

Pope Francis to Lead Christians in Worldwide COVID Prayer Service

The Vatican is inviting Christians around the world to join Pope Francis in prayer against the coronavirus pandemic as some workers in Vatican City complain they are being discouraged...

European Governments Shrug Off Brussels on Coronavirus 

European Governments Shrug Off Brussels on Coronavirus 

Rising coronavirus infections aren’t only testing Europe’s national governments to their limits but also straining European Union solidarity with the governments of member states shrugging off pleas for...