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”

Power Plants Create Giant Water Battery

Power Plants Create Giant Water Battery

California is a leader in renewable energy, and the state has pledged to use only clean sources for electricity, including...

Putin to Meet Pope in Shadow of Ukraine Crisis

Putin to Meet Pope in Shadow of Ukraine Crisis

Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold talks with Pope Francis on Thursday, a day before Ukraine’s Catholic leaders meet at...

EU’s Eastern Bloc Left Out in Top Jobs Deal

EU’s Eastern Bloc Left Out in Top Jobs Deal

Eastern European states ended up empty-handed in the EU top jobs bonanza after they expended all their political capital in...

Ben Gurion Incident Exposes West’s Vulnerability to GPS Disruption

Ben Gurion Incident Exposes West’s Vulnerability to GPS Disruption

This story originated in VOA’s Ukrainian service. A spate of GPS disruptions at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport has confirmed...

Russian Government Mum After Deadly Sub Fire

Russian Government Mum After Deadly Sub Fire

Russian officials have come under intense public scrutiny for their response to a submarine fire that left 14 dead. Some...

Security High in Rome for Putin Visit

Security High in Rome for Putin Visit

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in Rome on an official state visit Thursday. He will meet with the prime minister...

Volcano on The Island of Stromboli Erupted

Volcano on The Island of Stromboli Erupted

A volcano on the island of Stromboli erupted on Wednesday, throwing ash high into the sky, the National Institute of...

Silicon Valley Puzzled as Trump Eases Restrictions on US Sales to Huawei

Silicon Valley Puzzled as Trump Eases Restrictions on US Sales to Huawei

U.S. technology companies are struggling to determine where they stand in regards to selling products to Huawei Technologies Company, the...

A Vision of the Future of Reality, Enhanced by Technology

A Vision of the Future of Reality, Enhanced by Technology

With cellphones becoming more sophisticated, internet becoming faster, and VR headsets becoming cheaper, we are at the precipice of a...

Tensions Over Migrants Simmer In Sweden’s Rural Far Right Stronghold

Tensions Over Migrants Simmer In Sweden’s Rural Far Right Stronghold

Once renowned as a tolerant and open society, Sweden has seen a marked shift to the right. The Sweden Democrats...

Tensions Simmer in Sweden’s Rural Far-Right Stronghold

Tensions Simmer in Sweden’s Rural Far-Right Stronghold

The town of Hörby seems a peaceful slice of the Swedish idyll: a market square, an ornate church, a few...

Kremlin Says Details of Sub Fire Cannot Be Made Public

Kremlin Says Details of Sub Fire Cannot Be Made Public

The Kremlin on Wednesday said details of a fire that killed 14 crew on a deep-water submersible will not be...

Lagarde’s ECB Nomination Thrusts IMF into Early Succession Race

Lagarde’s ECB Nomination Thrusts IMF into Early Succession Race

The nomination of Christine Lagarde as European Central Bank president on Tuesday has thrust the International Monetary Fund into an...

Artificial Intelligence Designs Flu Drug in Australia

Artificial Intelligence Designs Flu Drug in Australia

Scientists in Australia say they have used artificial intelligence to develop a powerful new vaccine against the flu.   The team...

Italy Court Lifts House Arrest on German Captain, Says She Was Protecting Life

Italy Court Lifts House Arrest on German Captain, Says She Was Protecting Life

An Italian judge ruled on Tuesday that the captain of a charity ship had not broken the law by crashing...

UK Bank Chief: Trade War May ‘Shipwreck’ Global Economy

UK Bank Chief: Trade War May ‘Shipwreck’ Global Economy

Bank of England Governor Mark Carney warned Tuesday that the British economy is barely growing in the wake of mounting...

Signatories to Iran Nuclear Deal Voice Concern Over Tehran’s Breach of Uranium Stockpile

Signatories to Iran Nuclear Deal Voice Concern Over Tehran’s Breach of Uranium Stockpile

WASHINGTON – VOA Persian’s Katherine Ahn contributed from Washington.The remaining signatories to the 2015 international pact to restrain Iran’s nuclear...

Fire on Russian Submersible Kills 14

Fire on Russian Submersible Kills 14

Fourteen sailors have died in a fire on a deep-sea submersible, the Russian military says.The fire broke out Monday while...

US Threatens $4 Billion in Additional Tariffs on EU Goods

US Threatens $4 Billion in Additional Tariffs on EU Goods

The United States is threatening to impose tariffs on $4 billion in European Union (EU) goods over a lengthy dispute...

Germany Fines Facebook $2.3 Million under Hate Speech Law

Germany Fines Facebook $2.3 Million under Hate Speech Law

German authorities say they have issued Facebook with a 2 million-euro ($2.3 million) fine under a law designed to combat...

OPEC Confident Non-Members Will Back Oil Cut Extension

OPEC Confident Non-Members Will Back Oil Cut Extension

OPEC members sat down Tuesday with other major oil producing nations to finalize a plan to cut production for another...

Suspected Russian-Made Missile Falls on Northern Cyprus

Suspected Russian-Made Missile Falls on Northern Cyprus

Turkish Cypriot officials say a stray Russian-made missile fell just outside Nicosia during Israeli airstrikes on Syria on Sunday.The missile...