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”

Greta Thunberg Becomes Time’s Youngest Person of the Year

Greta Thunberg Becomes Time’s Youngest Person of the Year

Environmentalists and climate change activists worldwide are hailing Time magazine’s decision to make Greta Thunberg its 2019 Person of the...

After Talks Tackling the War in East Ukraine, What Next for the Donbass?

After Talks Tackling the War in East Ukraine, What Next for the Donbass?

The leaders of Russia and Ukraine met for the first time in three years in an attempt to end the...

Here are the States Where Robots Rule

Here are the States Where Robots Rule

The use of robots in the U.S. workplace more than doubled from 2009 to 2017, the bulk of them in...

EU Leaders Offer Money to Reluctant East to Push 2050 Climate Neutrality

EU Leaders Offer Money to Reluctant East to Push 2050 Climate Neutrality

European Union leaders on Thursday will push to agree to make their bloc climate neutral by 2050, luring reluctant eastern...

China Reportedly Threatens Tiny Faroe Islands Over Huawei

China Reportedly Threatens Tiny Faroe Islands Over Huawei

Danish media are reporting that the Chinese government threatened to cancel a trade deal with the tiny Faroe Islands if...

Russia, Ukraine Make Progress But No Breakthrough in Peace Talks

Russia, Ukraine Make Progress But No Breakthrough in Peace Talks

With the leaders of Russia and Ukraine having met in Paris for their first talks in nearly three years aimed...

Kosovo Declares Nobel Laureate Handke Unwelcome

Kosovo Declares Nobel Laureate Handke Unwelcome

Kosovo declared Peter Handke persona non grata Wednesday in the latest protest against his induction as a Nobel literature laureate, barring the Austrian...

China Reportedly Threatens Tiny Faeroe Islands Over Huawei

China Reportedly Threatens Tiny Faeroe Islands Over Huawei

Danish media are reporting that the Chinese government threatened to cancel a trade deal with the tiny Faeroe Islands if...

Will Boris Johnson’s Early Election Gamble Pay Off? 

Will Boris Johnson’s Early Election Gamble Pay Off? 

With a day to go before Britons head to the polls to vote in their third general election in under...

Trump Meets Russian FM Under Cloud of Impeachment

Trump Meets Russian FM Under Cloud of Impeachment

Russia’s foreign minister is back in Washington to discuss nuclear arms control, the wars in Syria and Ukraine, as well...

US to Enhance Cybersecurity Ahead of Elections

US to Enhance Cybersecurity Ahead of Elections

As the 2020 U.S. elections draw closer, ensuring their transparency and protecting them from foreign manipulation has become paramount for...

French Workers Need to Work Until Age 64 to Get Full Pension

French Workers Need to Work Until Age 64 to Get Full Pension

French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said the minimum retirement age will remain 62, but workers will have to work until...

Polls Show Steep Fall In Conservative Support Ahead of British General Election

Polls Show Steep Fall In Conservative Support Ahead of British General Election

With fewer than 24 hours to go until the ballot boxes open in Britain for the general election, the latest...

Trump’s Stance on Climate Bashed During UN Conference

Trump’s Stance on Climate Bashed During UN Conference

The Trump administration got bashing from its own countrymen during the 25th United Nations climate conference in Spain. Former New...

Justice Department Inspector General Set for Senate Testimony on Russia Probe

Justice Department Inspector General Set for Senate Testimony on Russia Probe

The U.S. Justice Department’s inspector general is due to testify Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee about his report that...

Most Jailed Journalists? China, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt Again Top Annual CPJ Report

Most Jailed Journalists? China, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt Again Top Annual CPJ Report

The number of journalists imprisoned globally remains near a record high, according to an annual survey released Wednesday by the...

Trump, Pompeo Meet with Russia’s Lavrov

Trump, Pompeo Meet with Russia’s Lavrov

U.S. President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo are meeting Tuesday in Washington with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei...

Erdogan: Turkey Ready to Send Troops to Libya If Asked

Erdogan: Turkey Ready to Send Troops to Libya If Asked

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he is ready to deploy soldiers to Libya following the announcement of a security...

US General Sees Hope for Ties with Turkey

US General Sees Hope for Ties with Turkey

Growing tensions between Turkey and the United States do not have to result in the end of the long-standing alliance...

Trump, Obama Advisers say Russia, Iran Remain Threats to US

Trump, Obama Advisers say Russia, Iran Remain Threats to US

Russia’s challenge to NATO and democratic nations, as well as Iran’s influence on the wider Middle East, remain two of...

Greece Sends Letters to UN over Turkey-Libya Deal

Greece Sends Letters to UN over Turkey-Libya Deal

Greece has sent two letters to the United Nations explaining its objections to a maritime boundary deal between Turkey and...

Bloomberg Shows Up as Climate UN Talks Get Into Tough Phase

Bloomberg Shows Up as Climate UN Talks Get Into Tough Phase

American billionaire and Democratic presidential contender Michael Bloomberg says that the next U.S. president should halt fossil fuel subsidies altogether.Bloomberg,...