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”

Global Refugee Forum Seeks Greater International Support for Forcibly Displaced

Global Refugee Forum Seeks Greater International Support for Forcibly Displaced

More than 2,000 Government, U.N., and business leaders as well as representatives from civil society and humanitarian agencies are gathering...

Greta Thunberg, German Railway Company in Tweetstorm

Greta Thunberg, German Railway Company in Tweetstorm

Climate activist Greta Thunberg and Germany’s national railway company created a tweetstorm Sunday after she posted a photo of herself...

UK Opposition Chief Corbyn ‘Sorry’ for Election Wipeout

UK Opposition Chief Corbyn ‘Sorry’ for Election Wipeout

Britain’s main opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn apologized Sunday for waging a disastrous campaign that handed Prime Minister Boris Johnson a...

Madrid Climate Talks End in Acrimony, Disappointment

Madrid Climate Talks End in Acrimony, Disappointment

The United Nations’ longest climate talks ever ended in Madrid Sunday with countries agreeing to increase carbon cutting commitments next...

This Little Piggy Went to Court: German Piglets ‘Sue Over Castration’

This Little Piggy Went to Court: German Piglets ‘Sue Over Castration’

Little piggies go to market, but in Germany they also go to court.In a legal first, animal rights activists have...

Albania Seeks Arrests for Guake Deaths in Collapsed Buildings

Albania Seeks Arrests for Guake Deaths in Collapsed Buildings

Albanian prosecutors have issued a series of arrest warrants on charges including murder and abuse of office over the deaths...

Queen to Set Out UK PM Johnson’s Agenda Thursday

Queen to Set Out UK PM Johnson’s Agenda Thursday

Queen Elizabeth on Thursday will set out Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s legislative agenda following his election victory, including a pledge...

Frustrated Climate Activists Dump Manure Outside Madrid Summit

Frustrated Climate Activists Dump Manure Outside Madrid Summit

Green activists dumped horse manure and staged a mock hanging outside the venue of a U.N. climate summit in Madrid on...

Johnson’s Win May Deliver Brexit But Could Risk UK’s Breakup

Johnson’s Win May Deliver Brexit But Could Risk UK’s Breakup

Leaving the European Union is not the only split British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has to worry about.Johnson’s commanding election...

‘Let The Healing Begin,’ British Prime Minister Says After Election

‘Let The Healing Begin,’ British Prime Minister Says After Election

Britain “deserves a break from wrangling, a break from politics and a permanent break from talking about Brexit,” British Prime...

Serbian Opposition Activists Block State TV-Radio Building Over Media Freedom Concerns

Serbian Opposition Activists Block State TV-Radio Building Over Media Freedom Concerns

Serbian opposition activists have blockaded the entrance of the building hosting the state Radio and Television service (RTS) in Belgrade...

Britain Takes Decisive Electoral Turn

Britain Takes Decisive Electoral Turn

Britons woke Friday to an utterly transformed political landscape following an electoral earthquake that has ripped up modern British politics,...

Johnson’s Landslide Victory Sets Britain On Course for January Brexit

Johnson’s Landslide Victory Sets Britain On Course for January Brexit

Britain looks certain to leave the European Union by the end of January after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson secured...

Russia Raises Concerns Over new US Ballistic Missile Test

Russia Raises Concerns Over new US Ballistic Missile Test

Russia said on Friday it was alarmed after the United States tested a ground-launched ballistic missile that would have been...

UK Conservatives Secure Historic Parliamentary Majority

UK Conservatives Secure Historic Parliamentary Majority

Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party has won a solid majority of seats in Britain’s Parliament — a decisive outcome...

Britain Brexit Bound as Johnson Set for Big Parliamentary Majority

Britain Brexit Bound as Johnson Set for Big Parliamentary Majority

Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party will win an overwhelming victory in Britain’s election with a majority of 86 seats...

Senate Passes Resolution Recognizing Armenian Genocide

Senate Passes Resolution Recognizing Armenian Genocide

The U.S. Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution that recognizes as genocide the mass killings of Armenians a century ago, a...

Ukraine Detains Suspects in Slaying of Top Journalist

Ukraine Detains Suspects in Slaying of Top Journalist

Ukrainian police have detained several people suspected of involvement in the slaying of journalist Pavel Sheremet, who died in a car...

Fire on Russia’s Only Aircraft Carrier Kills 1, Injures 11 

Fire on Russia’s Only Aircraft Carrier Kills 1, Injures 11 

Russia’s only aircraft carrier suffered a massive fire Thursday that killed one crew member, injured another 11 people and significantly...

Trump Lambasts Greta Thunberg, Time Magazine’s Person of the Year

Trump Lambasts Greta Thunberg, Time Magazine’s Person of the Year

U.S. President Donald Trump took aim at Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg Thursday, suggesting she has problems controlling anger.”So...

EU to Boost Measures to Protect Trade After WTO Impasse

EU to Boost Measures to Protect Trade After WTO Impasse

The European Union says it is taking measures to protect its trade interests in the ongoing row with the United...

European Central Bank Chief Sees Slowdown Bottoming Out

European Central Bank Chief Sees Slowdown Bottoming Out

Central banks in the United States and Europe say they’ve done their part to help the economy for now. The...