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”

Trump Announces Deal With Mexico Averting Tariffs

Trump Announces Deal With Mexico Averting Tariffs

Cindy Saine at the State Department contributed to this report.    U.S. President Donald Trump said late Friday that the...

Two Execs Out as Uber Stock Sputters

Two Execs Out as Uber Stock Sputters

Uber is parting ways with two of its top executives less than a month after the company’s rocky stock market...

US Legislators Seek Answers on Boeing 737 Max Defect 

US Legislators Seek Answers on Boeing 737 Max Defect 

Two key U.S. legislators want answers from Boeing and federal regulators about why the company waited more than a year...

Trade War Clouds Outlook as Finance Chiefs Meet in Japan

Trade War Clouds Outlook as Finance Chiefs Meet in Japan

Finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in Japan this weekend will try to make headway on long-standing issues such...

Putin Says US Unilateralism Undermines Global Trade

Putin Says US Unilateralism Undermines Global Trade

Russian President Vladimir Putin has criticized the United States for using pressure and sanctions to maintain its economic supremacy. Speaking...

US Jobs Growth Slows Sharply

US Jobs Growth Slows Sharply

U.S. job growth slowed sharply in May and wages rose less than expected, suggesting the loss of momentum in economic...

Fiat Chrysler Drops Renault Merger Idea

Fiat Chrysler Drops Renault Merger Idea

Italian-U.S. carmaker Fiat Chrysler on Thursday pulled the plug on its proposed merger with Renault, saying negotiations had become “unreasonable”...

IMF: US Trade Wars Are Risk to America’s Economy

IMF: US Trade Wars Are Risk to America’s Economy

The U.S. economy could be weakened by escalating trade wars or a sudden downturn in global financial markets, the International...

Vietnam Businesses Push for Green Economy

Vietnam Businesses Push for Green Economy

Liz Hung supports a lot of the imaginative concepts being discussed to make Vietnam “greener” economically and in terms of...

US Productivity Grew at Solid 3.4% Rate in First Quarter

US Productivity Grew at Solid 3.4% Rate in First Quarter

U.S. productivity grew at a strong 3.4% rate in the January-March quarter, the best showing in more than four years,...

In Double Whammy, Fitch Downgrades Mexico and Moody’s Lowers Outlook

In Double Whammy, Fitch Downgrades Mexico and Moody’s Lowers Outlook

In a double blow for Mexico, credit ratings agency Fitch downgraded the nation’s sovereign debt rating on Wednesday, citing risks...

US Refiners to Trump: Tariffs on Mexico Could Raise Gas Prices

US Refiners to Trump: Tariffs on Mexico Could Raise Gas Prices

U.S. refiners warned the Trump administration that tariffs on imports from Mexico could deliver a punishing blow to refiners and...

Trump’s Cruise Ban Hits Cuba’s Private-Sector Workers

Trump’s Cruise Ban Hits Cuba’s Private-Sector Workers

Lazaro Hernandez, who has made a good living showing U.S. cruise ship passengers around Havana in his pink 1950s Chevrolet,...

World Bank: Iran Likely to Suffer Worse Recession Than Previously Thought

World Bank: Iran Likely to Suffer Worse Recession Than Previously Thought

This article originated in VOA’s Persian Service. WASHINGTON —The World Bank says Iran is likely to experience an even worse...

IMF Warns US-China Trade War Could Cut Global Economic Growth

IMF Warns US-China Trade War Could Cut Global Economic Growth

The trade war between the United States and China could cut world economic growth next year, the International Monetary Fund...

Experts: US-China Trade Tensions Could Impact Pyongyang Sanctions Support

Experts: US-China Trade Tensions Could Impact Pyongyang Sanctions Support

The escalating trade dispute between the United States and China could distract Beijing from dealing with nuclear North Korea and...

Uber Says IRS Probing its 2013-14 Tax Returns

Uber Says IRS Probing its 2013-14 Tax Returns

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is auditing Uber Technologies’s taxes for 2013 and 2014 and the ride-hailing company expects unrecognized...

How Vietnam Will Avoid Currency ‘Manipulator’ Label, Save its Economy

How Vietnam Will Avoid Currency ‘Manipulator’ Label, Save its Economy

Vietnam is likely to make concessions to the United States so it can escape a U.S. watch list of possible...

US Report Urges Steps to Reduce Reliance on Foreign Critical Minerals

US Report Urges Steps to Reduce Reliance on Foreign Critical Minerals

The U.S. Commerce Department on Tuesday recommended urgent steps to boost domestic production of rare earths and other critical minerals,...

Trump: ‘More Likely’ Tariffs Will Be Imposed on Mexican Products

Trump: ‘More Likely’ Tariffs Will Be Imposed on Mexican Products

VOA’s Michael Bowman contributed to this story. U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that it is “more likely” than not...

World’s Biggest Nutella Factory Blocked by French Workers

World’s Biggest Nutella Factory Blocked by French Workers

No more Nutella?! French workers are threatening as much, bringing the world’s biggest Nutella factory to a near-standstill in a...

Mexico Warns US Tariff Would Hurt Both Nations

Mexico Warns US Tariff Would Hurt Both Nations

Michael Bowman contributed to this report. Mexico warned Monday that President Donald Trump’s threatened new tariff on its exports to...