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”

Mexican President Calls for Julian Assange to be Released From UK Prison

Mexican President Calls for Julian Assange to be Released From UK Prison

Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday called for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to be released from prison in...

Montenegro Denounces Protest Attack on Embassy in Serbia

Montenegro Denounces Protest Attack on Embassy in Serbia

Montenegro on Friday strongly denounced aggression against its embassy in Serbia during a protest by thousands of ultra-nationalists, saying the...

French Government Meets as Unions Vow to Harden Pension Strike

French Government Meets as Unions Vow to Harden Pension Strike

Top French officials met Friday to hash out their strategy ahead of fresh pension overhaul talks with unions who have...

E-Car Sales in Norway Reach Record High

E-Car Sales in Norway Reach Record High

Sales of new electric cars in Norway hit a record high last year, sector experts said Friday, reaching 42.4 percent...

Russia Condemns US Killing of Iranian Commander

Russia Condemns US Killing of Iranian Commander

Russia condemned U.S. airstrikes that killed a powerful Iranian commander in neighboring Iraq on Friday local time as a “reckless...

Germany Arrests Suspected Member of Kurdish Militant Group

Germany Arrests Suspected Member of Kurdish Militant Group

German authorities said Friday they have arrested a suspected member of the banned Kurdish militant group PKK near Frankfurt Airport.Federal...

Turkish Parliament Approves Sending Troops to Libya

Turkish Parliament Approves Sending Troops to Libya

Turkey’s parliament has approved a bill that allows troop deployment in Libya to support the internationally recognized government in Tripoli.Turkish...

Turkish Parliament Sanctions Libya Military Deployment Amid Concerns, Condemnation

Turkish Parliament Sanctions Libya Military Deployment Amid Concerns, Condemnation

A motion sanctioning the deployment of armed forces to Libya easily passed the Turkish Parliament on Thursday, but the specter...

Wanted: Weirdos and Misfits — Aide to UK’s Johnson Is Hiring

Wanted: Weirdos and Misfits — Aide to UK’s Johnson Is Hiring

The senior adviser to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who plotted Brexit and steered his boss to last month’s election triumph,...

Europe’s Left Wing Struggles to Change

Europe’s Left Wing Struggles to Change

Europe’s traditional left-wing parties ended 2019 in disarray. Battling a head wind of disapproval from their traditional working-class supporters, and...

Co-creator Defends Suspected UAE Spying App Called ToTok

Co-creator Defends Suspected UAE Spying App Called ToTok

The co-creator of a video and voice calling app suspected of being a spying tool of the United Arab Emirates...

App Tackles Illiteracy in Mali, Boosts Local Business

App Tackles Illiteracy in Mali, Boosts Local Business

The surge in Africa innovation is expected in 2020 with all sorts of solutions to the continent’s problems. One example...

Austria’s Kurz Says Greens Coalition ‘Best of Both Worlds’

Austria’s Kurz Says Greens Coalition ‘Best of Both Worlds’

Austrian conservative leader Sebastian Kurz said Thursday his party’s coalition deal with the Greens, who are set to join the...

Belgian Judge Suspends Warrant for Catalonia’s Puigdemont

Belgian Judge Suspends Warrant for Catalonia’s Puigdemont

The arrest warrant targeting Carles Puigdemont has been suspended by Belgian judicial authorities because of the Catalan separatist leader’s immunity...

New Interim Charge d’Affairs at US Embassy in Kyiv

New Interim Charge d’Affairs at US Embassy in Kyiv

Kristina Kvien, deputy chief of the U.S. diplomatic mission in Ukraine, has been appointed as the interim charge d’affaires at...

Hillary Clinton Named Chancellor of Belfast University

Hillary Clinton Named Chancellor of Belfast University

 Former US secretary of state and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was appointed Thursday as the new chancellor of Queen’s University...

Voice App: A Game Changer in Tackling Illiteracy in Mali and Boosting Local Business

Voice App: A Game Changer in Tackling Illiteracy in Mali and Boosting Local Business

The surge in Africa innovation is expected in 2020 with all sorts of solutions to the continent’s problems. One example...

A Milestone for French Rail Strikes: 29th Day of Walkouts

A Milestone for French Rail Strikes: 29th Day of Walkouts

With 29 straight days of walkouts, French rail strikes against government plans to reform France’s retirement system marked a new...

Treasury’s Mnuchin to Head US Delegation to Davos 

Treasury’s Mnuchin to Head US Delegation to Davos 

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will lead a group of U.S. officials who will attend the World Economic Forum later...

Croatia Priorities at EU Helm: Brexit, Enlargement

Croatia Priorities at EU Helm: Brexit, Enlargement

Brexit and EU enlargement will be priorities during Croatia’s six-month presidency of the  bloc, Foreign Minister Goran Grlic Radman said...

Austrian Conservatives, Greens Strike Coalition Deal 

Austrian Conservatives, Greens Strike Coalition Deal 

Austrian conservative leader Sebastian Kurz struck a coalition deal on Wednesday with the Greens to ensure his return to power and bring...

Youths Hurl Punches, Anti-Semitic Slurs in Venice Attack

Youths Hurl Punches, Anti-Semitic Slurs in Venice Attack

Venice’s mayor says police are investigating an anti-Semitic attack in which youths punched a left-wing Italian politician in the city’s...