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”

Post-Brexit US-UK Trade Deal Under Threat

Post-Brexit US-UK Trade Deal Under Threat

U.S. Democratic party lawmakers are threatening to kill any free trade deal Britain strikes with the Trump administration, if a...

UN: People Rescued at Sea Must Not Be Used as Political Hostages

UN: People Rescued at Sea Must Not Be Used as Political Hostages

The U.N. refugee agency is repeating its appeal to European nations to allow the immediate disembarkation of people stranded aboard...

Facebook Rolls Out Tool to Block Off-Facebook Data Gathering

Facebook Rolls Out Tool to Block Off-Facebook Data Gathering

Soon, you could get fewer familiar ads following you around the internet — or at least on Facebook.Facebook is launching...

Lufthansa Boss Sees Only ‘Dozen’ Long-Haul Airlines in Future

Lufthansa Boss Sees Only ‘Dozen’ Long-Haul Airlines in Future

Only a dozen airlines will eventually share the aviation market for major international routes, predicts Lufthansa’s CEO, while a possible...

Silence at Russian Nuclear-Monitoring Stations Fuel Fears Over Extent Of Deadly Blast

Silence at Russian Nuclear-Monitoring Stations Fuel Fears Over Extent Of Deadly Blast

Days after a mysterious explosion at a Russian naval test site caused radiation detectors to briefly spike, several monitoring stations...

Constitutional Crises Are Making European Monarchs Relevant Again

Constitutional Crises Are Making European Monarchs Relevant Again

Europe’s monarchs, long relegated to ceremonial duties, lavish weddings and tabloid gossip fodder, are suddenly on the verge of becoming...

Spanish Charity Ship Threatens to Defy Italian Authorities

Spanish Charity Ship Threatens to Defy Italian Authorities

The Open Arms charity says it is willing to defy Italian authorities and dock their migrant ship at Lampedusa.The boat...

As World Watches Hong Kong, Twitter and Facebook Take Down Accounts Associated with Chinese Government    

As World Watches Hong Kong, Twitter and Facebook Take Down Accounts Associated with Chinese Government    

After Hong Kong saw one of its biggest protests yet over the weekend, a social media war has broken out...

Plans Detailed for First US Mission to Land on Moon Since Apollo

Plans Detailed for First US Mission to Land on Moon Since Apollo

The first American spacecraft expected to land on the moon in nearly 50 years will be a robotic moon lander...

Polish Opposition Unites in Bid to Wrest Senate From Ruling Nationalists

Polish Opposition Unites in Bid to Wrest Senate From Ruling Nationalists

Polish opposition parties have joined forces to try to win a majority in the upper house of parliament, the Senate,...

Presidents of France, Russia Meet to Discuss World Conflicts

Presidents of France, Russia Meet to Discuss World Conflicts

Updated 9 pm, Aug. 19.French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks in southern France where they...

Radiation Monitoring Stations Offline After Mysterious Russian Blast

Radiation Monitoring Stations Offline After Mysterious Russian Blast

Four radiation monitoring stations in Russia have gone offline after a mysterious blast at a Russian missile testing facility on...

With Eyes On Election, Netanyahu Calls For Closer Ties With Ukraine

With Eyes On Election, Netanyahu Calls For Closer Ties With Ukraine

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, locked in a tight election campaign, has kicked off a two-day visit to Ukraine highlighting...

Russian Panel Eyes Alleged Foreign Interference in Protests

Russian Panel Eyes Alleged Foreign Interference in Protests

Russia’s lower house of parliament has set up a commission to examine alleged cases of foreign interference in connection with...

Johnson Heads to Europe, Calls for New Brexit Negotiations

Johnson Heads to Europe, Calls for New Brexit Negotiations

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will head to Berlin and Paris this week in a bid to persuade German and...

8,000 People Evacuated as Wildfire Sweeps Spain’s Canary Islands

8,000 People Evacuated as Wildfire Sweeps Spain’s Canary Islands

Authorities on Spain’s Canary Islands have confirmed the evacuation of more than 8,000 people Sunday and Monday as a massive...

Danish PM: Trump’s Idea of Buying Greenland is ‘Absurd’

Danish PM: Trump’s Idea of Buying Greenland is ‘Absurd’

Greenland is not for sale and U.S. President Donald Trump’s idea of buying the semi-autonomous Danish territory in the Arctic...

Iran Tanker Sails From Gibraltar

Iran Tanker Sails From Gibraltar

An Iranian oil tanker seized in Gibraltar for violating EU sanctions sailed from Gibraltar’s waters Sunday after the British colony’s...

A Digital Setting For A Classical Violin Concert

A Digital Setting For A Classical Violin Concert

Imagine listening to a violin concert in one of New York City’s majestic cathedrals or in the National Arboretum, surrounded...

The Next Unicorn Startup Might Be in a US Government Lab

The Next Unicorn Startup Might Be in a US Government Lab

Every day, cutting-edge research is being performed in government and university labs across the country. Tech transfer is the process...

Apple CEO Warns Trump About China Tariffs, Samsung Competition

Apple CEO Warns Trump About China Tariffs, Samsung Competition

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he has spoken with Apple Inc’s Chief Executive Tim Cook about the...

Leaked UK Memos Warn of Food, Drug Shortages in Brexit Chaos

Leaked UK Memos Warn of Food, Drug Shortages in Brexit Chaos

Secret British government documents have warned of serious disruptions across the country in the event that the U.K. leaves the...