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”

Drones Help Chinese Police Nab Escaped Fugitive

Drones Help Chinese Police Nab Escaped Fugitive

Police in China used drones to track down a fugitive human trafficker who had been on the lam for 17...

France Offers Conference on Sudan’s Debt if US Lifts Sanctions

France Offers Conference on Sudan’s Debt if US Lifts Sanctions

France will host a conference with Sudan’s international creditors to help Khartoum address debt issues as soon as the United...

Report: North Korea Using Companies Registered in Britain to Bypass Nuclear Sanctions

Report: North Korea Using Companies Registered in Britain to Bypass Nuclear Sanctions

 North Korean efforts to evade international sanctions have been aided by companies registered in Britain, according to an investigation by...

Bosnian Journalists Protest Office Attack, Demand Protection

Bosnian Journalists Protest Office Attack, Demand Protection

Dozens of journalists on Monday marched in Bosnia’s capital of Sarajevo after thugs forced a radio station to remove a...

Treasury Targets Russians Suspected of Meddling in Midterms

Treasury Targets Russians Suspected of Meddling in Midterms

The Treasury Department is targeting Russians suspected of trying to influence the 2018 U.S. midterm elections.   Treasury says, however,...

US Imposes New Sanctions Targeting Russian Troll Farm

US Imposes New Sanctions Targeting Russian Troll Farm

Washington has imposed sanctions on several entities and people associated with the Internet Research Agency and its financier, Yevgeny Prigozhin,...

After Deadly Fire, Greece to Move Migrants From Packed Camps

After Deadly Fire, Greece to Move Migrants From Packed Camps

Signaling a shift in policy, Greece’s government said Monday it would accelerate efforts to move thousands of refugees and migrants...

Small Piece of Melting Italian Glacier Accelerates

Small Piece of Melting Italian Glacier Accelerates

An expert monitoring a fast-moving glacier on the Italian side of the Mont Blanc massif says a small section has...

Storm in Central Europe Kills 2, Fallen Trees Disrupt Travel

Storm in Central Europe Kills 2, Fallen Trees Disrupt Travel

High winds swept across parts of central Europe on Monday, leaving two people dead, disrupting transport and causing power outages...

UK’s Johnson Denies Wrongdoing as Allegations Mount

UK’s Johnson Denies Wrongdoing as Allegations Mount

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced political opposition and personal allegations Monday as he tried to fulfill his pledge to...

Chirac Gets Full Military Honors as France Bids Him Farewell

Chirac Gets Full Military Honors as France Bids Him Farewell

Former French President Jacques Chirac was given full military honors on Monday as past and current world leaders gathered in...

Mass Protest in Moscow Demands Release of Political Prisoners

Mass Protest in Moscow Demands Release of Political Prisoners

Another mass demonstration took place Sunday in Moscow with protesters demanding the release of people who were jailed for participating...

Thousands of Anti-Kremlin Protesters Turn Out, Demanding End of Political Repression

Thousands of Anti-Kremlin Protesters Turn Out, Demanding End of Political Repression

The drizzle had stopped by the time anti-corruption crusader Alexei Navalny bounded to the stage to cheers in a packed...

Weakened, But Powerful Hurricane Lorenzo Heads for Azores

Weakened, But Powerful Hurricane Lorenzo Heads for Azores

Hurricane Lorenzo lost some force Sunday, weakening to a Category 4 storm after briefly escalating to Category 5 late Saturday.The...

UK’s Johnson Denies any Wrongdoing in Ties With US Tech Exec

UK’s Johnson Denies any Wrongdoing in Ties With US Tech Exec

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson denied wrongdoing Sunday over his links to an American businesswoman who allegedly received money and...

Mourners Say Goodbye to Late French President Jacques Chirac

Mourners Say Goodbye to Late French President Jacques Chirac

Thousands of mourners paid tribute Sunday to former French President Jacques Chirac, who died at 86.Chirac was lying in state...

Schiff: Intelligence Committee to Hear from ‘Whistleblower’

Schiff: Intelligence Committee to Hear from ‘Whistleblower’

The Democratic chairman of the House Intelligence Committee says it has reached an agreement to hear from a whistleblower whose...

Royal Advisers: The Queen Isn’t Amused

Royal Advisers: The Queen Isn’t Amused

Despite a personal apology from beleaguered Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Buckingham Palace sources say Queen Elizabeth is deeply frustrated at...

Pope Decries World’s Indifference to Migrants, Refugees

Pope Decries World’s Indifference to Migrants, Refugees

Pope Francis on Sunday decried “the culture of comfort” that leads to indifference in the face of a global migration...

Russian Opposition Stages New Moscow Rally After Summer of Protests

Russian Opposition Stages New Moscow Rally After Summer of Protests

Tens of thousands of Russians braved a cold rain to jam a central Moscow square as opposition groups sought to...

Conservatives Lead as Austrians Vote, but Coalition Partner Less Clear

Conservatives Lead as Austrians Vote, but Coalition Partner Less Clear

Austrians began voting Sunday in snap elections, in which the conservatives look set to triumph but face difficulties finding a...

French Police Use Tear Gas to Break Up Yellow Vest Protest 

French Police Use Tear Gas to Break Up Yellow Vest Protest 

French police repeatedly used tear gas and water cannons to break up a protest Saturday by nearly a 1,000 yellow...