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”

1 Trillion Euros: EU Leaders Get Into Big Fight Over Budget

1 Trillion Euros: EU Leaders Get Into Big Fight Over Budget

European leaders argued into the early hours of Friday about how to spend and share some 1 trillion euros ($1.1...

New Mexico Sues Google over Collection of Children’s Data

New Mexico Sues Google over Collection of Children’s Data

New Mexico’s attorney general sued Google Thursday over allegations the tech company is illegally collecting personal data generated by children...

Turkish Soldiers’ Deaths Ramp Up Tensions With Moscow 

Turkish Soldiers’ Deaths Ramp Up Tensions With Moscow 

Tensions between Turkey and Russia escalated Thursday with the killing of the two Turkish soldiers in a Syrian airstrike. Moscow, which backs...

Ex-Russian Police Officer Tells Court He Was Ordered to Plant Drugs on Reporter

Ex-Russian Police Officer Tells Court He Was Ordered to Plant Drugs on Reporter

A former Russian police officer told a court his superior ordered him to plant drugs on investigative journalist Ivan Golunov,...

Georgia, Backed by US and Britain, Blames Russia for ‘Paralyzing’ Cyberattack

Georgia, Backed by US and Britain, Blames Russia for ‘Paralyzing’ Cyberattack

Britain and the United States joined Georgia on Thursday in blaming Russia for a large-scale cyber attack last year that...

Vatican Sees Intense Interest in Opening of Pius XII Archive

Vatican Sees Intense Interest in Opening of Pius XII Archive

More than 150 historians and researchers have signed up to access the soon-to-open Vatican archives of Pope Pius XII, evidence...

OSCE Calls for Russia to Reopen Probe Into Nemtsov Murder

OSCE Calls for Russia to Reopen Probe Into Nemtsov Murder

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has called on Russian authorities to reopen a criminal investigation into...

Google Updates Terms in Plain Language After EU Scrutiny

Google Updates Terms in Plain Language After EU Scrutiny

Google is attempting to make sure people know exactly what they’re signing up for when they use its online services...

Weather and Protests Hamper Ukraine Quarantine Efforts

Weather and Protests Hamper Ukraine Quarantine Efforts

Ukraine’s effort to evacuate more than 70 people from China over the outbreak of a new virus faced setbacks Thursday...

Far-right Motive Suspected in Deadly German Shooting Attack

Far-right Motive Suspected in Deadly German Shooting Attack

Federal prosecutors said Thursday they are taking charge of the investigating into a shooting in the German city of Hanau...

Eight People Reported Shot to Death in German City

Eight People Reported Shot to Death in German City

Eight people were killed in shootings in the German city of Hanau late Wednesday, officials said. A local broadcaster said...

Barr Asks: Should Facebook, Google Be Liable for User Posts?

Barr Asks: Should Facebook, Google Be Liable for User Posts?

U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday questioned whether Facebook, Google and other major online platforms still need the immunity from legal liability...

EU Holding First Post-Brexit Summit

EU Holding First Post-Brexit Summit

The European Union’s first post-Brexit summit Thursday in Brussels promises to be a contentious one. The subject is money —...

Britain’s Flooded Towns Ask, ‘Where’s Boris?’

Britain’s Flooded Towns Ask, ‘Where’s Boris?’

Across parts of southern England and Wales, families were watching anxiously midweek to see if major rivers break their flood...

Police Report Several People Shot to Death in German City

Police Report Several People Shot to Death in German City

German police say several people were shot to death in the city of Hanau on Wednesday evening.The dpa news agency...

Russia to Let in Chinese With Business Visas Amid Entry Ban

Russia to Let in Chinese With Business Visas Amid Entry Ban

Russia’s entry ban for Chinese nationals will be partial and affect only those who travel with tourist, private, student or work visas, the country’s...

Lawyer: Assange Was Offered US Pardon If He Cleared Russia

Lawyer: Assange Was Offered US Pardon If He Cleared Russia

A lawyer for Julian Assange said Wednesday that the WikiLeaks founder plans to claim during his extradition hearing that he...

UK Employers Fear Worker Shortages in New Immigration Plan

UK Employers Fear Worker Shortages in New Immigration Plan

Vegetables rotting in the fields, food going unprocessed, the elderly and disabled left without care.That’s the alarming picture painted by...

Albanian President Calls on People to Topple Government

Albanian President Calls on People to Topple Government

Albania’s president on Wednesday called on the people of his nation to topple the left-wing government, which he accused of...

US Judge Dismisses Huawei Lawsuit Over Government Contracts Ban

US Judge Dismisses Huawei Lawsuit Over Government Contracts Ban

A federal judge in Texas has dismissed Chinese tech giant Huawei’s lawsuit challenging a U.S. law that bars the government...

Dutch Court Orders Russia to Recompense Shareholders for Yukos

Dutch Court Orders Russia to Recompense Shareholders for Yukos

An international appeals court in the Netherlands has ordered Russia to pay $50 billion in compensation to shareholders of the...

Surprise Turn in Acquittal in Key Turkey Human Rights Case

Surprise Turn in Acquittal in Key Turkey Human Rights Case

In a dramatic move, Turkish prosecutors issued a detention order for prominent philanthropist Osman Kavala, just hours after an Istanbul...