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”

VOA Exclusive: Navalny Deputy Calls Assets Freeze a Predictable, ‘Psychological Projection’

VOA Exclusive: Navalny Deputy Calls Assets Freeze a Predictable, ‘Psychological Projection’

This story originated in FILE – Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny, right, argues with a man in a military uniform,...

US-Based Experts Suspect Russia Blast Involved Nuclear-Powered Missile

US-Based Experts Suspect Russia Blast Involved Nuclear-Powered Missile

U.S.-based nuclear experts said Friday they suspected an accidental blast and radiation release in northern Russia this week occurred during...

Baltic States Increase Efforts to Identify Russian Spies

Baltic States Increase Efforts to Identify Russian Spies

The Baltic states are stepping up coordinated efforts to identify people among their populations who have been recruited by Russian...

Russia Says Five Killed in Mysterious Rocket Test Accident 

Russia Says Five Killed in Mysterious Rocket Test Accident 

 Russia’s state nuclear agency Rosatom said early on Saturday that five of its staff members had been killed in an...

Amazon Pledges to Probe Claims of Worker Abuse at China Factory

Amazon Pledges to Probe Claims of Worker Abuse at China Factory

Rong Shi in VOA’s Mandarin service contributed to this report.Amazon says it is investigating claims of worker abuse at a...

Salvini’s Populist Seaside Gambit Stymies Critics

Salvini’s Populist Seaside Gambit Stymies Critics

 Italians take their August beach holidays very seriously and politicians traditionally avoid disturbing them for fear of losing votes.But Matteo...

US Envoy Tells Germany: Spend More on Defense or We Move Troops to Poland

US Envoy Tells Germany: Spend More on Defense or We Move Troops to Poland

An envoy of U.S. President Donald Trump suggested on Friday that Chancellor Angela Merkel’s unwillingness to boost defense spending might...

Britain’s Johnson: No-deal Brexit Preparation Is Top Priority

Britain’s Johnson: No-deal Brexit Preparation Is Top Priority

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wrote to all government employees on Friday to tell them that preparing for a no-deal...

Russia Accuses US of Meddling Over Publication of Protest Map

Russia Accuses US of Meddling Over Publication of Protest Map

Russia on Friday accused the U.S. Embassy of having meddled in Russia’s internal affairs when it published a map online...

Huawei Unveils Phone System That Could Replace Android

Huawei Unveils Phone System That Could Replace Android

Huawei on Friday unveiled a smartphone operating system that it said can replace Google’s Android, adding to the Chinese tech...

UK Economy Shrinks for First Time Since 2012 as Brexit Bites

UK Economy Shrinks for First Time Since 2012 as Brexit Bites

The British economy shrank in the second quarter for the first time since 2012 as Brexit uncertainties weighed on business...

Russia Using Tourism as Weapon Against Georgia

Russia Using Tourism as Weapon Against Georgia

Russia appears to be using one of its most powerful weapons — tourism — against Georgia, its smaller neighbor to...

Italy’s Salvini Says Government Is Finished, Wants Elections

Italy’s Salvini Says Government Is Finished, Wants Elections

The leader of Italy’s ruling League party, Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, declared the governing coalition to be unworkable on...

Jon Huntsman, US Ambassador to Russia, Resigns

Jon Huntsman, US Ambassador to Russia, Resigns

U.S. Ambassador to Russia Jon M. Huntsman Jr. will resign from his post effective Oct. 3 — capping a tumultuous...

Apple Offers Record ‘Bounty’ to Researchers Who Find iPhone Security Flaws

Apple Offers Record ‘Bounty’ to Researchers Who Find iPhone Security Flaws

LAS VEGAS – Apple Inc. is offering cybersecurity researchers up to $1 million to detect flaws in iPhones, the largest reward offered...

US, Ukraine Diplomats: West Underestimated Russian Threat in 2008

US, Ukraine Diplomats: West Underestimated Russian Threat in 2008

This story originated in VOA’s Georgian and Ukrainian services.Eleven years after Russian tanks rolled through a mountain tunnel in the...

Land Use Key to Reducing — or Accelerating — Climate Change, Says UN 

Land Use Key to Reducing — or Accelerating — Climate Change, Says UN 

The way we use land could be the key to adapting to climate change — or the final nail in...

Babies Born to Venezuelan Parents in Colombia to be Granted Citizenship

Babies Born to Venezuelan Parents in Colombia to be Granted Citizenship

U.N. agencies have welcomed Colombia’s decision to grant citizenship to children born in the country to Venezuelan parents who were...

Italy’s League Party Mulls New Election to Break Deadlock

Italy’s League Party Mulls New Election to Break Deadlock

Tensions are rising fast in Italy’s populist coalition, with Interior Minister Matteo Salvini’s party signaling Thursday it’s considering holding an...

Russians Look at Future Without INF Treaty

Russians Look at Future Without INF Treaty

With the United States now officially out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty or INF with Russia, there are big...

Turkey Kills Two More Suspects in Diplomat’s Slaying in Iraq

Turkey Kills Two More Suspects in Diplomat’s Slaying in Iraq

Turkey’s state-run news agency says an operation by the Turkish military and its intelligence agency has killed two more suspects...

Huntsman Resigns After ‘Historically Difficult’ Term as US Ambassador to Russia

Huntsman Resigns After ‘Historically Difficult’ Term as US Ambassador to Russia

U.S. Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman has stepped down after two years in his post as the top U.S. envoy...