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”

US Needs Top Cyber Coordinator, Better Hacker ‘Deterrence’: Panel

US Needs Top Cyber Coordinator, Better Hacker ‘Deterrence’: Panel

The US needs a top-level cybersecurity coordinator and a better strategy of “deterrence” to protect against hackers and other cyber...

Watchdog: Press Freedom in Russia, Iran Under Attack From ‘Digital Predators’

Watchdog: Press Freedom in Russia, Iran Under Attack From ‘Digital Predators’

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has included pro-Kremlin social-media users, Russia’s communications regulator, and an Iranian state body tackling cybercrime on...

Scottish Court to Hear Posthumous Appeal of Libyan Lockerbie Bomber

Scottish Court to Hear Posthumous Appeal of Libyan Lockerbie Bomber

The conviction of the only man ever found guilty of the 1988 Lockerbie aircraft bombing has been referred for an...

Britain, Italy Announce War Chests to Try to Halt Impact of  Coronavirus

Britain, Italy Announce War Chests to Try to Halt Impact of Coronavirus

Britain announced a $39-billion war chest to soften the economic impact of the coronavirus after the Bank of England cut...

Russia’s State Duma Approves Bill Allowing Putin to Run for New Term

Russia’s State Duma Approves Bill Allowing Putin to Run for New Term

The Russian parliament’s lower chamber, the State Duma, has approved the third and final reading of a bill containing constitutional...

Italy Remains Locked Down as US Coronavirus Cases Top 1,000

Italy Remains Locked Down as US Coronavirus Cases Top 1,000

Governments around the world are trying to take steps to address the ever-changing outbreak of a new coronavirus, which since...

Australia’s High Court Hears Appeal of Cardinal Convicted of Child Sexual Abuse

Australia’s High Court Hears Appeal of Cardinal Convicted of Child Sexual Abuse

Australia’s High Court opened a two-day hearing Wednesday on Cardinal George Pell’s last-ditch appeal of his convictions on sexually assaulting...

Russia’s Putin Hints at New Path to Staying in Power

Russia’s Putin Hints at New Path to Staying in Power

Russian leader Vladimir Putin threw his weight behind proposals to amend Russia’s current constitutional cap on presidential term limits —...

Streets Empty as Italian PM Extends Lockdown Nationwide

Streets Empty as Italian PM Extends Lockdown Nationwide

Italian streets are empty after the government extends a clampdown across the entire country in a bid to slow Europe’s...

Amid Stalemate Over Greece-Turkey Border Crisis, EU Takes In Migrant Children

Amid Stalemate Over Greece-Turkey Border Crisis, EU Takes In Migrant Children

As thousands of migrants continue to mass on the Turkey-Greece border, there were few signs of a breakthrough in emergency...

Amid Stalemate Over Greece-Turkey Border Crisis, EU Takes in Some Migrant Children

Amid Stalemate Over Greece-Turkey Border Crisis, EU Takes in Some Migrant Children

As thousands of migrants continue to mass on the Turkey-Greece border, there were few signs of a breakthrough in emergency...

Syria Cease-fire Hangs by a Thread

Syria Cease-fire Hangs by a Thread

The cease-fire agreement that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin reached for Syria’s battered Idlib...

Erdogan Stands by Russia Despite Syrian Tensions

Erdogan Stands by Russia Despite Syrian Tensions

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is standing by his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, despite escalating tensions between them over Syria.Erdogan...

Italy on Lockdown to Contain Coronavirus Spread

Italy on Lockdown to Contain Coronavirus Spread

To combat the spread of coronavirus, the Italian government has taken the unprecedented step of turning all of Italy into...

No Health Emergency But Virus Hits Politics in EU’s Heart

No Health Emergency But Virus Hits Politics in EU’s Heart

A European Union summit via computer. The EU parliament a virtual ghost village in a shortened session. The assembly’s president...

Airlines Slash Flights, Freeze Hiring as Virus Cuts Travel

Airlines Slash Flights, Freeze Hiring as Virus Cuts Travel

Airlines are slashing flights and freezing hiring as they experience a sharp drop in bookings and a rise in cancellations...

Putin Agrees With Proposed Constitutional Change Allowing Him to Run For Reelection

Putin Agrees With Proposed Constitutional Change Allowing Him to Run For Reelection

Russian President Vladimir Putin says he agrees with a proposed constitutional amendment allowing him to seek another term in office,...

Kremlin: Trump not Coming to Moscow for Victory Day

Kremlin: Trump not Coming to Moscow for Victory Day

U.S. President Donald Trump will not be coming to Moscow for Victory Day celebrations on May 9, the Kremlin said...

COVID-19 Slowing in China, But Soaring in Italy as Countries Enact Measures to Limit Virus Spread

COVID-19 Slowing in China, But Soaring in Italy as Countries Enact Measures to Limit Virus Spread

The death toll from coronavirus in Italy is mounting as nearly a quarter of the country’s population starts the week...

EU Outlines New Africa Strategy  

EU Outlines New Africa Strategy  

The European Union outlined Monday a new partnership with Africa that seeks to build a more equal relationship between the...

How Deadly Is the Coronavirus?

How Deadly Is the Coronavirus?

Public health officials and epidemiologists are at odds over how deadly COVID-19 will prove to be, with forecasts ranging from...

Coronavirus Sparks Church-State Controversy in Greece

Coronavirus Sparks Church-State Controversy in Greece

Greece has shut down schools, theaters and large public gatherings in three major regions of the country in the latest...