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”

Dutch Farmers, Construction Workers Protest Pollution Policy

Dutch Farmers, Construction Workers Protest Pollution Policy

Farmers and construction workers protested across the Netherlands early Wednesday, driving in slow-moving convoys during the morning rush hour to...

Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot Sign Deal for 50-50 Merger

Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot Sign Deal for 50-50 Merger

The boards of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and PSA Peugeot on Wednesday signed a binding merger deal creating the world’s fourth-largest...

Turkey’s President Blasts Lack of Support for ‘Operation Peace Spring’

Turkey’s President Blasts Lack of Support for ‘Operation Peace Spring’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lashed out Tuesday at Western nations for their lack of support for his so-called Operation...

At Geneva Refugee Forum, African Nations Hope for Support

At Geneva Refugee Forum, African Nations Hope for Support

African governments and refugee activists hope a ground-breaking refugee forum will deliver much-needed funding and voice to a region whose...

Erdogan, Putin Hold More Discussions on Libya

Erdogan, Putin Hold More Discussions on Libya

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin about Libya as Ankara prepares for the possible...

US Deports Convicted German Killer

US Deports Convicted German Killer

The U.S. this week deported a German man convicted in the high-profile killings of his girlfriend’s parents 35 years ago,...

Kremlin Endorses New Restrictions Against ‘Foreign Agent’ Media

Kremlin Endorses New Restrictions Against ‘Foreign Agent’ Media

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed legislation this week increasing fines and penalties against so-called “foreign agents” working in mass media — part of a...

US Congress Approves Russia-Europe Gas Pipeline Sanctions

US Congress Approves Russia-Europe Gas Pipeline Sanctions

The U.S. Senate voted Tuesday to slap sanctions on companies working on Russia’s Nord Stream pipeline, sending a bill to...

Tech Company Takes on Food Waste

Tech Company Takes on Food Waste

According to a United Nations study, the world produces enough food waste to feed as many as 2 billion people...

Did It Keep Its Flavor? Stone-Age ‘Chewing-Gum’ Yields Human DNA

Did It Keep Its Flavor? Stone-Age ‘Chewing-Gum’ Yields Human DNA

Danish scientists have managed to extract a complete DNA sample from a piece of birch pitch more than 5,000 years...

Europe Postpones Launch of Planet Mission, Seeks Soyuz Fix

Europe Postpones Launch of Planet Mission, Seeks Soyuz Fix

European space officials on Tuesday postponed the launch of a three-year mission to study planets in other solar systems shortly...

Turkey: Opposition Mayor, Others Arrested Over Ties to Coup

Turkey: Opposition Mayor, Others Arrested Over Ties to Coup

Turkish authorities have arrested a mayor from Turkey’s main opposition party over his alleged links to a U.S.-based Muslim cleric,...

Eight Migrants Die Trying to Reach Spain in 24 Hours

Eight Migrants Die Trying to Reach Spain in 24 Hours

Spanish police retrieved a body from a boat off the southern coast on Tuesday, the eighth migrant killed at sea...

UK’s Johnson Seeks to Rule out Brexit Delay Beyond 2020

UK’s Johnson Seeks to Rule out Brexit Delay Beyond 2020

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is signalling that he won’t soften his Brexit stance now that he has a majority...

As Global Refugees Exceed 70 Million, UN Forum Aims to Secure New Funding

As Global Refugees Exceed 70 Million, UN Forum Aims to Secure New Funding

A three-day summit on tackling the world’s refugee crisis got under way Monday in Geneva, Switzerland. Thousands of delegates —...

Geneva Refugee Summit Grapples With Issues of Equity

Geneva Refugee Summit Grapples With Issues of Equity

They keep on coming — fleeing the killing fields of war-torn countries in the Middle East and Africa, escaping the...

Putin Signs Amendments Allowing Large Fines for ‘Foreign Agents’ Law Violations

Putin Signs Amendments Allowing Large Fines for ‘Foreign Agents’ Law Violations

Russian President Vladimir Putin on December 16 signed amendments to the Administrative Violations Code that allow hefty fines for violating...

France, UK say They Look Beyond Brexit in Mali Cooperation

France, UK say They Look Beyond Brexit in Mali Cooperation

Sharing the cockpit of a helicopter on sizzling tarmac, French and British air force chiefs vowed to pursue the joint...

Turkey Deploys Surveillance Drone in Northern Cyprus

Turkey Deploys Surveillance Drone in Northern Cyprus

Turkey has dispatched a surveillance and reconnaissance drone to the breakaway north of ethnically divided island nation of Cyprus amid...

‘Butcher of Bosnia’ Mladic Appeal Date Set for March

‘Butcher of Bosnia’ Mladic Appeal Date Set for March

A U.N. tribunal will hear arguments in March in the appeal of former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic, convicted...

Spokesman: British PM to Present Brexit Bill to MPs on Friday

Spokesman: British PM to Present Brexit Bill to MPs on Friday

Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government intends to present a bill to parliament on Friday to enable Britain to leave the...

UN Forum to Seek Solutions for World’s Displaced

UN Forum to Seek Solutions for World’s Displaced

The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, is holding a first-ever forum in an effort to drum up international support for...