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”

5.8 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Istanbul, 8 Slightly Injured

5.8 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Istanbul, 8 Slightly Injured

A 5.8 magnitude earthquake shook Istanbul on Thursday, slightly injuring eight people and sending school children and residents into the...

France’s Retirement Overhaul: Macron’s Greatest Challenge?

France’s Retirement Overhaul: Macron’s Greatest Challenge?

The fate of Emmanuel Macron’s presidency of France may lie in the fate of his planned overhaul of the retirement...

Surge in Migration Throws Greek Islands Back Into Crisis

Surge in Migration Throws Greek Islands Back Into Crisis

There’s no room left at Europe’s largest refugee camp.New arrivals on the Greek island of Lesbos have to fend for...

Ex-French President Chirac, Who Stood Up to US, Dies at 86

Ex-French President Chirac, Who Stood Up to US, Dies at 86

Jacques Chirac, a two-term French president who was the first leader to acknowledge France’s role in the Holocaust and defiantly...

Fire Rages at French Chemical Plant; Schools Closed

Fire Rages at French Chemical Plant; Schools Closed

An immense mass of black smoke is rising over Normandy as firefighters battle a blaze Thursday at a chemical plant,...

Source: US Justice Department to Open Facebook Antitrust Investigation

Source: US Justice Department to Open Facebook Antitrust Investigation

The U.S. Justice Department will open an antitrust investigation of Facebook Inc., a source familiar with the matter said Wednesday.It...

French #MeToo Founder Fined for Defamation

French #MeToo Founder Fined for Defamation

The woman who launched France’s #MeToo movement against sexual harassment has been ordered to pay damages to the man she...

UK Car Production Rises for First Time in 15 Months

UK Car Production Rises for First Time in 15 Months

British car production increased by an annual 3.3% in August, the first rise in 15 months, helped by several factories...

Brexit Brings About Political Role Reversal

Brexit Brings About Political Role Reversal

As lawmakers from Britain’s main Labour opposition party crowded around televisions in the coastal town of Brighton, where they’re holding...

Amazon Unveils New Alexa Gadgets

Amazon Unveils New Alexa Gadgets

Amazon on Wednesday unveiled a cornucopia of new gadgets as it extended the reach of Alexa from automobiles and homes...

Lawyer: Boeing Settles 1st Lion Air Cases With MAX Families, $1.2 million per Victim

Lawyer: Boeing Settles 1st Lion Air Cases With MAX Families, $1.2 million per Victim

Boeing has reached settlements with 11 families of victims from October’s Lion Air crash, the first agreements following two deadly...

Compromise Keeps US in Universal Postal Union

Compromise Keeps US in Universal Postal Union

After two days of intense negotiations, the Universal Postal Union has reached a compromise agreement on mailing rates that has...

Literature, Short Films Created for Mobile Devices Hooks 50 Million Subscribers

Literature, Short Films Created for Mobile Devices Hooks 50 Million Subscribers

A tech company is offering literature and short films created specifically for mobile devices. They already have 50 million monthly...

‘We Were Dragged Into This’: What Ukrainians Think About The Trump Scandal

‘We Were Dragged Into This’: What Ukrainians Think About The Trump Scandal

On Sept. 24, in Washington, Speaker Nancy Pelosi stepped up to a podium and announced that the U.S. House of...

Bulgarian Economist Selected as New Leader of IMF

Bulgarian Economist Selected as New Leader of IMF

A Bulgarian economist who grew up when her country was a communist nation has been selected to be the next...

Trump, Zelenskiy to Meet amid Impeachment Inquiry

Trump, Zelenskiy to Meet amid Impeachment Inquiry

President Donald Trump is meeting Wednesday in New York with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy amid reports the U.S. leader pushed...

Banker Tied to Money Laundering Found Dead in Estonia

Banker Tied to Money Laundering Found Dead in Estonia

Estonian police said Wednesday they found the body of the former head of Danske Bank in Estonia who was at...

New Climate report: Oceans Rising Faster, Ice Melting More

New Climate report: Oceans Rising Faster, Ice Melting More

Due to climate change, the world’s oceans are getting warmer, rising higher, losing oxygen and becoming more acidic at an...

Hooked: New App Offers Literature, Short Films Created for Mobile Devices

Hooked: New App Offers Literature, Short Films Created for Mobile Devices

A tech company is offering literature and short films created specifically for mobile devices. They already have 50 million monthly...

Experts Say No Reason to Fear AI Will Cut Jobs

Experts Say No Reason to Fear AI Will Cut Jobs

The growing use of artificial intelligence and automation in work places is creating challenges as well as benefits for businesses,...

British PM Johnson Faces Fight for Political Survival

British PM Johnson Faces Fight for Political Survival

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is fighting for his political survival following a ruling from Britain’s Supreme Court Tuesday that...

British PM Johnson Faces Fight for Political Survival

British PM Johnson Faces Fight for Political Survival

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is fighting for his political survival following a ruling from Britain’s Supreme Court Tuesday that...