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”

Ex-NATO Chief: Georgia Should Join Alliance Without Russian-Occupied Territories

Ex-NATO Chief: Georgia Should Join Alliance Without Russian-Occupied Territories

This story originated in VOA’s Georgian Service. Former NATO secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen says Georgian officials should consider joining...

China Scolds Germany Over Meeting with Hong Kong Activist

China Scolds Germany Over Meeting with Hong Kong Activist

China has summoned Germany’s ambassador in Beijing after a recent meeting between Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong and Germany’s foreign...

Macron’s Courtship of Putin Alarming Russia’s Near Neighbors

Macron’s Courtship of Putin Alarming Russia’s Near Neighbors

Two years ago, France’s Emmanuel Macron was widely seen as the most bellicose of Western leaders when it came to...

Judge Wants to Send Prominent Russian Director’s Case Back to Prosecutors

Judge Wants to Send Prominent Russian Director’s Case Back to Prosecutors

A judge in the trial of Russian theater director Kirill Serebrennikov and his co-defendants wants to send the controversial embezzlement...

Player’s Agent Arrested in Money Laundering Soccer Probe

Player’s Agent Arrested in Money Laundering Soccer Probe

Police have arrested two people, including a player’s agent, as part of an international money laundering and corruption investigation in...

Russian Family Rescues and Raises Raccoons

Russian Family Rescues and Raises Raccoons

A family of animal lovers is looking after 12 abandoned raccoons in a rural area of the Rostov region in...

Apple Introduces New iPhone as it Seeks to Keep Up with Competitors

Apple Introduces New iPhone as it Seeks to Keep Up with Competitors

Facing growing competition from less expensive smartphone providers, Apple introduced its new versions of its iconic iPhone Tuesday at its...

Apple Takes on Netflix With a $5-a-month Streaming Service

Apple Takes on Netflix With a $5-a-month Streaming Service

Apple is finally taking on Netflix with its own streaming television service and, uncharacteristically for the company, offering it at...

France Making Progress in Epstein Probe, Launches Appeal

France Making Progress in Epstein Probe, Launches Appeal

French police are appealing for victims and witnesses to come forward to aid their probe into Jeffrey Epstein and anyone...

Scottish Court Rules British Parliament Suspension Unlawful

Scottish Court Rules British Parliament Suspension Unlawful

A Scottish court ruled Wednesday that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s move to suspend parliament was unlawful.The judges did not...

Putin Election Defeat Signals Uncertain Future  for Russia

Putin Election Defeat Signals Uncertain Future for Russia

Russian voters this week dealt the party of President Vladimir Putin a heavy blow in local elections that were marred...

Britain on Election Footing as Crisis Pits Parliament vs. Prime Minister

Britain on Election Footing as Crisis Pits Parliament vs. Prime Minister

Britain’s parliament has been officially suspended, just weeks before the country is to crash out of the European Union. Opposition...

Britain on Election Footing as Crisis Pits Parliament vs. Prime Minister

Britain on Election Footing as Crisis Pits Parliament vs. Prime Minister

Britain is getting set for a general election likely to be held in November, as the political crisis over the...

US Senators: Congress Likely to Restore Aid to Ukraine

US Senators: Congress Likely to Restore Aid to Ukraine

Republican and Democratic senators said Tuesday they expected the U.S. Congress would pass legislation restoring $250 million in military aid...

Britain Accuses Iran of Selling Adrian Darya 1 Tanker Oil to Syria

Britain Accuses Iran of Selling Adrian Darya 1 Tanker Oil to Syria

Britain’s foreign minister on Tuesday said Iranian tanker Adrian Darya 1 had sold its crude oil to the Assad regime...

Ukraine President Meets Tycoon Kolomoisky Amid Concerns Over Business Ties

Ukraine President Meets Tycoon Kolomoisky Amid Concerns Over Business Ties

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy met business tycoon Ihor Kolomoisky on Tuesday, the president’s office said, the first reported meeting since...

Facebook Bans Self-Harm Images in Fight Against Suicide

Facebook Bans Self-Harm Images in Fight Against Suicide

Facebook will no longer allow graphic images of self-harm on its platform as it tightens its policies on suicide content...

US Detainee Paul Whelan Declines Surgery for Medical Condition

US Detainee Paul Whelan Declines Surgery for Medical Condition

This story originated from FILE – A view of the pre-trial detention center Lefortovo, where former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan...

Bulgarian NGO Official Charged With Spying for Russia

Bulgarian NGO Official Charged With Spying for Russia

Bulgarian prosecutors charged the head of a non-governmental organization (NGO) on Tuesday with spying for Russia as part of a...

Russia-Ukraine Prisoner Swap: Step Toward Peace or False Dawn?

Russia-Ukraine Prisoner Swap: Step Toward Peace or False Dawn?

The prisoner swap between Ukraine and Russia Saturday has prompted hopes that Moscow and Kyiv are ready for serious talks...

Israeli Spyware Firm Adopts ‘Human Rights Policy’

Israeli Spyware Firm Adopts ‘Human Rights Policy’

An Israeli spyware company that has been accused of helping authoritarian governments stifle dissent says it has adopted “a new...

World Leaders Support French First Lady amid Brazil Insults

World Leaders Support French First Lady amid Brazil Insults

World leaders have offered their support to Brigitte Macron, the wife of France’s president, after a string of public insults...