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”

Smartphones, Sensors Mean Motion Capture No Longer Limited to Movies

Smartphones, Sensors Mean Motion Capture No Longer Limited to Movies

Motion capture technology is no longer just available for filmmakers and video game makers to transform human actors into other...

Spain Adopts Italy-Style Measures to Contain Coronavirus

Spain Adopts Italy-Style Measures to Contain Coronavirus

Spain is suffering Europe’s worst coronavirus contagion after Italy, according to government officials who have declared a “state of alarm”...

Press Freedom Group Stores Censored Articles in Minecraft Library 

Press Freedom Group Stores Censored Articles in Minecraft Library 

A virtual library housing censored articles from around the world has been created within the hugely popular video game Minecraft...

Reports: US Health & Human Services Department Hacked

Reports: US Health & Human Services Department Hacked

The U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) department suffered a cyberattack Sunday night, according to news reports.The attack, first reported...

Russia’s Constitutional Court Approves New Term for Putin 

Russia’s Constitutional Court Approves New Term for Putin 

Russia’s Constitutional Court has approved amendments that, among other changes, would allow Vladimir Putin to run again for president in...

Spain’s Coronavirus Cases Rise to 8,744, Death Toll Up at 297

Spain’s Coronavirus Cases Rise to 8,744, Death Toll Up at 297

Spain’s tally of coronavirus cases rose to 8,744 on Monday and the number of fatalities rose to 297, said Fernando...

Italian PM Calls for European Coordination to Fight Coronavirus

Italian PM Calls for European Coordination to Fight Coronavirus

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has called for “European coordination on health and economic measures” to confront the coronavirus, as...

Germany Tries to Stop US From Luring Away Firm Seeking Coronavirus Vaccine

Germany Tries to Stop US From Luring Away Firm Seeking Coronavirus Vaccine

Berlin is trying to stop Washington from persuading a German company seeking a coronavirus vaccine to move its research to...

Spanish King Renounces Inheritance From Father Amid Scandal

Spanish King Renounces Inheritance From Father Amid Scandal

Spain’s King Felipe VI has renounced any future personal inheritance he could receive from his father, King Emerit Juan Carlos...

Putin Formally Signs Off on Constitutional Changes Allowing Him to Extend Power

Putin Formally Signs Off on Constitutional Changes Allowing Him to Extend Power

Vladimir Putin has formally signed off on constitutional amendments that would allow the Russian leader to run again for president...

Boris Johnson Steps Up Plans To Tackle Coronavirus As Criticism Mounts

Boris Johnson Steps Up Plans To Tackle Coronavirus As Criticism Mounts

 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will step up government action this week in a bid to slow the spread across...

France Votes in Local Elections, Under Coronavirus Cloud

France Votes in Local Elections, Under Coronavirus Cloud

People across France voted in the first round of municipal elections Sunday — one of the few major events that...

Putin Formally Signs Off on Constitutional Changes That Allow Him to Extend Power

Putin Formally Signs Off on Constitutional Changes That Allow Him to Extend Power

Vladimir Putin has formally signed off on constitutional amendments that would allow the Russian leader to run again for president...

Vatican to Observe Holy Week Behind Closed Doors

Vatican to Observe Holy Week Behind Closed Doors

The Vatican has taken an unprecedented decision due to the coronavirus outbreak. All Holy Week services with Pope Francis will...

France Votes Despite Coronavirus Outbreak

France Votes Despite Coronavirus Outbreak

French voters are going to the polls Sunday to cast their votes in municipal elections, despite an outbreak of the...

Romanian Lawmakers Approve Orban’s New Government

Romanian Lawmakers Approve Orban’s New Government

Romanian lawmakers on Saturday voted overwhelmingly to approve Prime Minister Ludovic Orban’s new government, the same one ousted last month...

Spain Follows Italy Into Lockdown as Virus Cases Soar

Spain Follows Italy Into Lockdown as Virus Cases Soar

Spain decided Saturday to follow Italy in declaring a nationwide lockdown to slow the accelerating spread of the coronavirus epidemic,...

Putin Approves Law That Could Keep Him in Power Until 2036

Putin Approves Law That Could Keep Him in Power Until 2036

Vladimir Putin has formally signed off on constitutional amendments that would allow the Russian leader to run again for president...

Apple to Close Retail Stores Worldwide, Except Greater China, Until March 27

Apple to Close Retail Stores Worldwide, Except Greater China, Until March 27

Apple Inc said late on Friday it will close all its retail stores, except those in Greater China, for the...

US Ban on Most European Visitors Takes Effect

US Ban on Most European Visitors Takes Effect

The U.S. travel ban on most flights from Europe, a part of the U.S. strategy in preventing the spread of...

Kosovo Not Ready to Lift 100% Tariff on Serbia, Bosnia Goods

Kosovo Not Ready to Lift 100% Tariff on Serbia, Bosnia Goods

Kosovo will not lift its 100% tariffs on goods from Serbia and Bosnia anytime soon because the coalition government cannot...

Bill Gates Says He Is Stepping Down From Microsoft Board

Bill Gates Says He Is Stepping Down From Microsoft Board

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said Friday he is stepping down from the company’s board to focus on philanthropy.Gates was Microsoft’s...