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”

Coronavirus Fears in Turkey Lead to Empty Store Shelves, Soaring Prices

Coronavirus Fears in Turkey Lead to Empty Store Shelves, Soaring Prices

Since the Turkish Health Ministry recently confirmed the country’s first coronavirus case, people have been flocking to pharmacies, grocery stores,...

EU Seeks Unified Action Against Virus as Case Count Mounts

EU Seeks Unified Action Against Virus as Case Count Mounts

European Union interior ministers on Friday were trying to coordinate their response to the novel coronavirus as cases spread throughout...

Here’s How US Ban Will Affect Travelers

Here’s How US Ban Will Affect Travelers

The Trump administration will be suspending travel from 26 European countries for 30 days, beginning Friday at midnight, in response...

Greece’s First Female President is Sworn In

Greece’s First Female President is Sworn In

Greece’s first female president, a former high court judge, was formally sworn in to office Friday, nearly two months after...

US Imposes Travel Ban on 26 European Countries to Combat Coronavirus

US Imposes Travel Ban on 26 European Countries to Combat Coronavirus

The Trump administration will be suspending travel from 26 European countries for 30 days, beginning Friday at midnight, in response...

Proposal to Eliminate Term Limits Signals Putin Could Be Here to Stay

Proposal to Eliminate Term Limits Signals Putin Could Be Here to Stay

Speculation about the political future of Russian President Vladimir Putin became somewhat clearer this week.  He threw his weight behind...

French Travel Industry Blasts Trump’s Travel Ban on Europeans

French Travel Industry Blasts Trump’s Travel Ban on Europeans

French airlines expect to lose business as a result of U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to suspend travel from Europe...

Reporter’s Notebook: Italians Deal With ‘Non Toccare’ – No Touching

Reporter’s Notebook: Italians Deal With ‘Non Toccare’ – No Touching

“Lemon trees, like Italians, seem to be happiest when they are touching one another,” wrote British novelist D.H. Lawrence in...

German Intel Deems Part of far-Right AfD Party ‘Extremist’

German Intel Deems Part of far-Right AfD Party ‘Extremist’

German authorities are formally placing parts of the far-right Alternative for Germany party under surveillance after classifying it as extremist,...

European Central Bank Deploys Stimulus to Ease Virus Damage

European Central Bank Deploys Stimulus to Ease Virus Damage

The European Central Bank deploying new stimulus measures to cushion the economic pain inflicted by the virus outbreak, but avoided...

Italian PM Imposes 2 More Weeks of Tougher Coronavirus Restrictions

Italian PM Imposes 2 More Weeks of Tougher Coronavirus Restrictions

The Italian government further tightened restrictions on the nation for two weeks Thursday. All stores, including bars and restaurants, will...

Worst is Yet to Come WHO Warns, After Declaring Coronavirus Outbreak a Pandemic

Worst is Yet to Come WHO Warns, After Declaring Coronavirus Outbreak a Pandemic

The World Health Organization Wednesday declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic, with 114 countries confirming cases, while the United States...

US Senators Seek to Ban Federal Employees From Using TikTok on Their Phones

US Senators Seek to Ban Federal Employees From Using TikTok on Their Phones

Two Republican senators on Thursday introduced a bill aimed at banning federal employees from using Chinese social media app TikTok...

EU Slams Trump’s Europe Travel Ban as Virus Spreads

EU Slams Trump’s Europe Travel Ban as Virus Spreads

The European Union has slammed the new anti-virus travel ban announced by U.S. President Donald Trump, lashing out at an...

Travel Bans in Vogue as Governments Try to Contain Coronavirus

Travel Bans in Vogue as Governments Try to Contain Coronavirus

Governments around the world are responding to the coronavirus pandemic with more and more travel bans as they seek to...

WHO Declares Coronavirus Outbreak a Pandemic

WHO Declares Coronavirus Outbreak a Pandemic

The World Health Organization Wednesday declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic, with 114 countries confirming cases, while the United States...

France, Spain Honor Hundreds of Terrorism Victims, Vow Unity

France, Spain Honor Hundreds of Terrorism Victims, Vow Unity

The president of France and the king of Spain paid homage Wednesday to victims of terrorism in a special ceremony...

US Needs Top Cyber Coordinator, Better Hacker ‘Deterrence’: Panel

US Needs Top Cyber Coordinator, Better Hacker ‘Deterrence’: Panel

The US needs a top-level cybersecurity coordinator and a better strategy of “deterrence” to protect against hackers and other cyber...

Watchdog: Press Freedom in Russia, Iran Under Attack From ‘Digital Predators’

Watchdog: Press Freedom in Russia, Iran Under Attack From ‘Digital Predators’

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has included pro-Kremlin social-media users, Russia’s communications regulator, and an Iranian state body tackling cybercrime on...

Scottish Court to Hear Posthumous Appeal of Libyan Lockerbie Bomber

Scottish Court to Hear Posthumous Appeal of Libyan Lockerbie Bomber

The conviction of the only man ever found guilty of the 1988 Lockerbie aircraft bombing has been referred for an...

Britain, Italy Announce War Chests to Try to Halt Impact of  Coronavirus

Britain, Italy Announce War Chests to Try to Halt Impact of Coronavirus

Britain announced a $39-billion war chest to soften the economic impact of the coronavirus after the Bank of England cut...

Russia’s State Duma Approves Bill Allowing Putin to Run for New Term

Russia’s State Duma Approves Bill Allowing Putin to Run for New Term

The Russian parliament’s lower chamber, the State Duma, has approved the third and final reading of a bill containing constitutional...