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”

Ukraine Opens Probe Over Russia’s Railway Bridge to Crimea

Ukraine Opens Probe Over Russia’s Railway Bridge to Crimea

Ukrainian officials opened a criminal probe Wednesday after a passenger train from Russia arrived in Crimea via a new Russian-built...

Unmerry Christmas as French Transport Strike Enters Fourth Week

Unmerry Christmas as French Transport Strike Enters Fourth Week

Christmas Day brought no respite for travelers in France as a transport strike entered its fourth week, ruining the plans...

Pope Appeals for Peace, Reconciliation in South Sudan

Pope Appeals for Peace, Reconciliation in South Sudan

The heads of the Catholic and Anglican churches sent a special message Wednesday to the people of South Sudan expressing...

Pope Urges Faithful to be Transformed by Christ’s ‘Crazy Love’ for All

Pope Urges Faithful to be Transformed by Christ’s ‘Crazy Love’ for All

Pope Francis assured the faithful on Christmas Eve that God loves everyone — “even the worst of us” — as...

Russia Extends Detention of American Accused of Spying

Russia Extends Detention of American Accused of Spying

A Russian court on Tuesday extended the pre-trial detention of an American being held on espionage charges.Former U.S. Marine Paul...

Rocket Rideshare Provides Quick Access to Space for Small Satellites

Rocket Rideshare Provides Quick Access to Space for Small Satellites

One California-based rocket company is 3D-printing engines that can be quickly made in high volumes. Rocket Lab says these high-performing...

Putin Says Russia is Leading World in Hypersonic Weapons

Putin Says Russia is Leading World in Hypersonic Weapons

President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia has got a strong edge in designing new weapons and that it has...

Russia Frees 24 Japanese Fishermen Seized Near Disputed Islands

Russia Frees 24 Japanese Fishermen Seized Near Disputed Islands

Russia has released five Japanese fishing boats and their 24 crewmen after detaining them for a week for allegedly violating...

Queen Admits ‘Bumpy’ Year in Christmas Message

Queen Admits ‘Bumpy’ Year in Christmas Message

Queen Elizabeth II called 2019 “quite bumpy” in a Christmas message at the end of a chaotic year which saw...

Venice Flood Damage to St. Mark’s Cathedral Totals Millions

Venice Flood Damage to St. Mark’s Cathedral Totals Millions

“Every stone is a treasure,” says the technical director of St. Mark’s Basilica’s vestry board, indicating the prized gold-leaf mosaics...

Church of England Questions Ethics of Investment in AI

Church of England Questions Ethics of Investment in AI

The Church of England has launched a study into an existential question: do its investments in big-tech giants contradict the...

UN: Civilians Caught in Eastern Ukrainian Conflict

UN: Civilians Caught in Eastern Ukrainian Conflict

A report by the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights finds civilians in conflict-torn eastern Ukraine remain...

French Army Carries out First-Ever Drone Strike during Mali Operations

French Army Carries out First-Ever Drone Strike during Mali Operations

France’s armed forces said Monday it had carried out a drone strike for the first time, during operations in Mali...

Amid Western Condemnation, Putin Opens Crimea Bridge to Rail Traffic

Amid Western Condemnation, Putin Opens Crimea Bridge to Rail Traffic

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday took part in a ceremony officially opening a controversial bridge from mainland Russia to...

Scuffles Break Out as Protesters Invade Paris’ Train Station

Scuffles Break Out as Protesters Invade Paris’ Train Station

Protesters scuffled with police at Gare de Lyon station in Paris on Monday as a nationwide strike against plans by...

Notre Dame to Miss First Christmas Mass in 200 Years

Notre Dame to Miss First Christmas Mass in 200 Years

For the first time in more than 200 years, France’s historic Notre Dame Cathedral will be dark and silent for...

Croatia’s Presidential Hopefuls to Face Runoff Election

Croatia’s Presidential Hopefuls to Face Runoff Election

Croatia’s conservative president trailed her leftist rival in Sunday’s election, but garnered enough votes to force a runoff early next...

Polls Close in Croatia’s Presidential Election

Polls Close in Croatia’s Presidential Election

Polls have closed in Croatia Sunday evening after a presidential election in which no candidate is expected to win an...

‘Bull’s-Eye’ Landing in New Mexico for Boeing’s Starliner Astronaut Capsule

‘Bull’s-Eye’ Landing in New Mexico for Boeing’s Starliner Astronaut Capsule

Boeing Co’s Starliner astronaut spacecraft landed in the New Mexico desert on Sunday, the company said, after faulty software forced...

Strike Makes For Not-So-Merry Christmas Travel in France

Strike Makes For Not-So-Merry Christmas Travel in France

Holiday travelers across France scrambled for alternatives Sunday as an 18-day-old transport strike over pension reform saw train services slashed...

‘Qualification Passport’ Enables Refugees to Study, Work in Countries of Exile

‘Qualification Passport’ Enables Refugees to Study, Work in Countries of Exile

UNESCO, the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization reports it is expanding its so-called Qualification Passport program, which enables refugees...

Iran Rejects ‘Conditional Release’ for Iranian-British Woman

Iran Rejects ‘Conditional Release’ for Iranian-British Woman

The lawyer of an Iranian-British woman convicted on spying charges in Iran has asked that she be released after serving...