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”

Virgin Galactic Says It’ll Fly Italian Air Force Researchers

Virgin Galactic Says It’ll Fly Italian Air Force Researchers

Virgin Galactic says it has been contracted by the Italian air force for a suborbital research flight aboard its winged...

Europe Praises Ukraine Deal, But Opposition Sees a Betrayal

Europe Praises Ukraine Deal, But Opposition Sees a Betrayal

Russia and European powers, eager to end a protracted military conflict in war-torn eastern Ukraine, welcomed a new accord between...

One Year After Khashoggi Murder, Still Looking for Accountability

One Year After Khashoggi Murder, Still Looking for Accountability

Asli Pelit from VOA’s Turkish Service contributed to this report.The killing of prominent Saudi dissident and Washington Post columnist Jamal...

Want to Buy Leftover Food at a Discount? There’s an App for That

Want to Buy Leftover Food at a Discount? There’s an App for That

According to the United Nations, a third of the world’s food is either lost or wasted every year. Two startups...

Google Rolls Out Updated Privacy Tools for YouTube, Maps

Google Rolls Out Updated Privacy Tools for YouTube, Maps

Google is rolling out more tools for users to control their privacy settings.The company and other tech giants are facing...

Big Tech’s Eco-pledges Aren’t Slowing its Pursuit of Big Oil

Big Tech’s Eco-pledges Aren’t Slowing its Pursuit of Big Oil

Employee activism and outside pressure have pushed big tech companies like Amazon, Microsoft and Google into promising to slash their...

US Senators Press Pompeo, Mnuchin for Russia Human Rights Sanctions

US Senators Press Pompeo, Mnuchin for Russia Human Rights Sanctions

This story originated in VOA’s Russian Service. WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of 11 U.S. senators is calling on the...

Johnson Says Britain Has ‘Compromise’ Brexit Deal

Johnson Says Britain Has ‘Compromise’ Brexit Deal

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is putting forth what he calls a “compromise” proposal for Britain’s exit from the European...

Ukraine’s Ex-President Discussed Investments with Giuliani

Ukraine’s Ex-President Discussed Investments with Giuliani

Ukraine’s former president said Wednesday he discussed investments with President Donald Trump’s attorney, Rudy Giuliani, in 2017, but that he...

Police: Finnish Attacker Acted Alone, suspected of Murder

Police: Finnish Attacker Acted Alone, suspected of Murder

Finnish police said Wednesday they believe a man who killed a woman and wounded nine other people while wielding a...

Romanian Government to Face No-Confidence Vote Saturday

Romanian Government to Face No-Confidence Vote Saturday

Romania’s Parliament says a no-confidence vote on the government of Prime Minster Viorica Dancila is set for Saturday.The decision was...

Rouen Residents Demand Government Action After Massive Fire In Chemical Plant

Rouen Residents Demand Government Action After Massive Fire In Chemical Plant

Thousands of people protested Tuesday in the northern French city of Rouen to denounce the consequences for health and the...

UN: Migrant, Refugee Death Toll in Mediterranean Tops 1,000 for 6th Year

UN: Migrant, Refugee Death Toll in Mediterranean Tops 1,000 for 6th Year

More than 1,000 migrants and refugees have died in the Mediterranean Sea this year, the sixth year in a row...

Final Proposal: UK PM Johnson to Unveil Brexit Offer to EU

Final Proposal: UK PM Johnson to Unveil Brexit Offer to EU

Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Wednesday unveil his final Brexit offer to the European Union and make clear that...

Kosovo to Elect New Parliament Amid Anger Over Graft, Unemployment

Kosovo to Elect New Parliament Amid Anger Over Graft, Unemployment

Voters in Kosovo will pick a new parliament on Sunday in a snap election dominated by rampant corruption, sky-high unemployment...

Ukraine Agrees to Election in Separatist-controlled East

Ukraine Agrees to Election in Separatist-controlled East

Ukraine on Tuesday signed much-anticipated accords with separatists from the country’s east, Russia and European monitors that agree a local...

Court: FCC Can Dump Net Neutrality, But Can’t Bar State Laws

Court: FCC Can Dump Net Neutrality, But Can’t Bar State Laws

The Federal Communications Commission could dump rules that keep internet providers from favoring some services over others, but couldn’t bar...

Hurricane Lorenzo to Bring 70-Foot Waves to Azores

Hurricane Lorenzo to Bring 70-Foot Waves to Azores

A hurricane packing a punch rarely witnessed in the mid-Atlantic Ocean is bearing down on the Azores Islands, placing emergency...

Ukraine Leader Says He Doesn’t Know Why US Aid Was Frozen

Ukraine Leader Says He Doesn’t Know Why US Aid Was Frozen

Ukraine’s president said Tuesday that no one explained to him why millions of dollars in U.S. military aid to his...

Italians Ask Pompeo to Spare Tariffs on Parma Ham, Parmesan

Italians Ask Pompeo to Spare Tariffs on Parma Ham, Parmesan

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday faced pleas from Italian farmers not to impose tariffs on local produce...

Ukraine President Woos Tom Cruise

Ukraine President Woos Tom Cruise

Ukraine’s leader isn’t just trying to charm U.S. President Donald Trump — he’s set his sights now on Tom Cruise,...

Man Kills 1, Wounds at Least 9 at Finland Shopping Center

Man Kills 1, Wounds at Least 9 at Finland Shopping Center

A man with a knife-like weapon killed one person and wounded at least nine others Tuesday at a shopping center...