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”

Turkey Calls for Fresh Arrest of Rights Defender Kavala After Acquittal

Turkey Calls for Fresh Arrest of Rights Defender Kavala After Acquittal

Turkey’s civil society swung from hope to despair Tuesday after a new arrest warrant was issued for leading rights defender...

Putin Sacks Top Adviser and Ex-Ukraine Pointman Surkov

Putin Sacks Top Adviser and Ex-Ukraine Pointman Surkov

President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday sacked Vladislav Surkov, one of his chief advisers and the architect of Russia’s Ukraine policy...

2 Russian Satellites Tailing US Spy Satellite: Washington

2 Russian Satellites Tailing US Spy Satellite: Washington

Washington has accused two Russian satellites of tailing a US spy satellite in what it called “disturbing behavior”, prompting a...

Government Troops, Rebels Exchange Fire in Eastern Ukraine

Government Troops, Rebels Exchange Fire in Eastern Ukraine

Ukraine and Russia-backed separatists blamed each other for an outbreak of fighting in the country’s rebel-held east on Tuesday.Ukraine’s military...

Europe’s New Libya Mission Draws Criticism

Europe’s New Libya Mission Draws Criticism

European Union foreign ministers agreed Monday to launch a revamped mission to try to monitor and enforce an international weapons...

Spain Looks to Adopt Digital Tax That Has Angered the US

Spain Looks to Adopt Digital Tax That Has Angered the US

Spain’s government approved Tuesday the introduction of new taxes on digital business and stock market transactions, following similar steps by...

As The Digital World Occupies More of Our Time, Wellness Guides Emerge

As The Digital World Occupies More of Our Time, Wellness Guides Emerge

As some of the negative effects of life lived online become more apparent, “digital wellness” groups are promoting ways to...

EU Approves Trade Deal With Vietnam

EU Approves Trade Deal With Vietnam

The European Union has approved a trade agreement with Vietnam, disproving skeptics who thought the EU’s divorce with Britain and...

UK PM’s Adviser Quits After Backlash Over Contraception, IQ Comments

UK PM’s Adviser Quits After Backlash Over Contraception, IQ Comments

An adviser to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson who had discussed the benefits of forced contraception quit Monday, saying “media...

UK Grapples With Severe Floods; Storm Death Toll Rises to 3

UK Grapples With Severe Floods; Storm Death Toll Rises to 3

Britain issued severe flood warnings Monday, advising of life-threatening danger after Storm Dennis dumped weeks’ worth of rain in some...

‘Landmark’ Verdict Expected Tuesday in Turkish Human Rights Case

‘Landmark’ Verdict Expected Tuesday in Turkish Human Rights Case

An Istanbul court is expected Tuesday to deliver a “landmark” verdict on 16 civil society activists on trial for sedition.For...

‘Be Yourself’ Ex-British PM May Advises Women in Politics

‘Be Yourself’ Ex-British PM May Advises Women in Politics

“Be yourself” is the advice former British prime minister Theresa May gave to the Global Women’s Forum in Dubai on...

Italy’s Salvini Abortion Comments Fuel Ire

Italy’s Salvini Abortion Comments Fuel Ire

Italy’s opposition leader Matteo Salvini provoked a vehement backlash on Monday after insinuating that migrant women who went to emergency...

Suspect in Norway Mosque Attack Charged with Terror

Suspect in Norway Mosque Attack Charged with Terror

A Norwegian man suspected of killing his stepsister and then storming an Oslo mosque with firearms “with the intention to...

Facebook Warns of Risks to Innovation, Freedom of Expression ahead of EU Rules

Facebook Warns of Risks to Innovation, Freedom of Expression ahead of EU Rules

Facebook warned of threats to innovation and freedom of expression on Monday, ahead of the release of a raft of...

Russia Says US Using Weapons in Space an Irreversible Blow to Security: RIA

Russia Says US Using Weapons in Space an Irreversible Blow to Security: RIA

Russia said on Friday that plans by the United States to deploy weapons in space would deal an irreversible blow...

Assad Presses Offensive, as Humanitarian Crisis Worsens in Idlib

Assad Presses Offensive, as Humanitarian Crisis Worsens in Idlib

Hundreds of thousands of civilians, many women and children, are trapped in northwestern Syria with little food or adequate shelter...

Innovative Program Empowers Female Students in Technology

Innovative Program Empowers Female Students in Technology

Women and minorities pursuing computer science degrees often feel alone and isolated, since the field is overwhelmingly dominated by men....

Is The West Dying Or Thriving? US And Europe Clash At Munich Conference

Is The West Dying Or Thriving? US And Europe Clash At Munich Conference

The United States and Europe appear divided over the health of the transatlantic relationship following a key security conference in...

The Story of A Modern Teenage Cyborg

The Story of A Modern Teenage Cyborg

It seems inevitable that in this era of smart technology people would begin to think of ways to make their...

Is The West Dying Or Thriving? U.S. And Europe Clash At Munich Conference

Is The West Dying Or Thriving? U.S. And Europe Clash At Munich Conference

The United States and Europe appear deeply divided over the health of the transatlantic relationship following a key security conference...

Wales Bears Brunt as Storm Dennis Rips Across Britain

Wales Bears Brunt as Storm Dennis Rips Across Britain

Storm Dennis roared across Britain with high winds and heavy rains Sunday, prompting authorities to issue a record number of...