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 Jails Kurdish ex-Mayor on Terror Conviction

Turkey Jails Kurdish ex-Mayor on Terror Conviction

A Turkish court on Monday sentenced the ex-mayor of a major Kurdish city to more than nine years in prison...

Amid Migrant Crisis, Greece-Turkey Conflict Plays Out on Social Media

Amid Migrant Crisis, Greece-Turkey Conflict Plays Out on Social Media

Greeks and Turks are waging a proxy war on social media with photos, video and commentary purporting to show the...

‘Exorcist’ Star, Swedish Screen Legend Max von Sydow Dies at 90

‘Exorcist’ Star, Swedish Screen Legend Max von Sydow Dies at 90

Swedish-born actor Max von Sydow, whose seven-decade career saw him go from starring in iconic art-house movies by Ingmar Bergman...

SpaceX’s 20th Station Shipment Arrives With Candy, Science

SpaceX’s 20th Station Shipment Arrives With Candy, Science

A SpaceX cargo ship arrived at the International Space Station on Monday, delivering the company’s 20th batch of gear and...

Italy’s Coronavirus Death Toll Spikes as Lockdown Takes Effect

Italy’s Coronavirus Death Toll Spikes as Lockdown Takes Effect

Italy’s coronavirus death toll spiked Sunday by 133 to 366, the most in any country outside China.With the growing health...

Italy’s Coronavirus Death Toll Spikes

Italy’s Coronavirus Death Toll Spikes

Italy’s coronavirus death toll spiked Sunday by 133 to 366, the most in any country outside China.With the growing health...

Families of MH17 Victims Stage Protest Ahead of Trial

Families of MH17 Victims Stage Protest Ahead of Trial

Relatives of the victims of the MH17 plane crash set up 298 empty chairs outside the Russian embassy in the...

Turkey’s Erdogan to Meet with EU Leaders Over Migrant Agreements

Turkey’s Erdogan to Meet with EU Leaders Over Migrant Agreements

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erodgan said Sunday that he will meet with European Union officials in Brussels on Monday to...

WHO: 100 Countries Now Reporting Coronavirus Cases

WHO: 100 Countries Now Reporting Coronavirus Cases

The World Health Organization said Sunday that 100 countries are now reporting coronavirus cases with more than 100,000 people reported...

Celebrating International Women’s Day During an Epidemic

Celebrating International Women’s Day During an Epidemic

Countries hit by outbreaks of the novel coronavirus are celebrating International Women’s Day despite the cancellation of multiple events.In China,...

Italy Locks Down a Quarter of its Population

Italy Locks Down a Quarter of its Population

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has taken new extraordinary measures to fight the spread of Coronavirus in Italy, where more...

One-Fourth of Italy’s Population Under Virus Lockdown

One-Fourth of Italy’s Population Under Virus Lockdown

More than 15 million people were placed under forced quarantine in northern Italy early Sunday as the government approved drastic...

Greek Villagers Enlisted to Catch Migrants at Turkey Border

Greek Villagers Enlisted to Catch Migrants at Turkey Border

Over the years, villagers who live near Greece’s border with Turkey got used to seeing small groups of people enter...

UK Plans Levy on Banks, Others to Help Fight Money Laundering

UK Plans Levy on Banks, Others to Help Fight Money Laundering

Britain is expected to announce next week a new levy on banks and other firms regulated for anti-money laundering to...

Pope’s Sunday Prayer to Be Livestreamed as Coronavirus Spreads

Pope’s Sunday Prayer to Be Livestreamed as Coronavirus Spreads

Pope Francis’s Angelus prayer on Sunday will be livestreamed in a break with centuries-old tradition, the Vatican announced as the...

Europeans Unite in Migrant Standoff with Turkey

Europeans Unite in Migrant Standoff with Turkey

The tent camps sprouting around Paris are a potent affirmation that Europe has never figured out a sustainable migration strategy...

North Korea Slams European Nations for ‘Illogical Thinking’ Over Missile Launches

North Korea Slams European Nations for ‘Illogical Thinking’ Over Missile Launches

North Korea accused several European nations of “illogical thinking” Saturday after they called a closed-door U.N. Security Council meeting to...

Tangled Web of Russia’s Cyber Underground Further Exposed in US Hacker Trial

Tangled Web of Russia’s Cyber Underground Further Exposed in US Hacker Trial

In March 2012, a 25-year-old Russian computer whiz named Yevgeny Nikulin sat with several others in a conference room in...

China’s Uighurs Trapped in Factory Toiling for Tech Titans

China’s Uighurs Trapped in Factory Toiling for Tech Titans

In a lively Muslim quarter of Nanchang city, a sprawling Chinese factory turns out computer screens, cameras and fingerprint scanners...

US Senator Proposes TikTok Ban for Government Workers

US Senator Proposes TikTok Ban for Government Workers

A U.S. senator is introducing legislation that would ban government employees from using the social media app TikTok on their...

Over 100 Guests Cleared to Leave Tenerife Hotel on Coronavirus Lockdown

Over 100 Guests Cleared to Leave Tenerife Hotel on Coronavirus Lockdown

None of the remaining 700-plus guests at a hotel in Spain’s Canary Islands on lockdown over the coronavirus have shown...

TASS: Russia Conducts First Ship-Based Hypersonic Missile Test

TASS: Russia Conducts First Ship-Based Hypersonic Missile Test

Russia successfully test-launched its Tsirkon (Zircon) hypersonic cruise missile from a military vessel for the first time early last month,...