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”

Russia Raises Concerns Over new US Ballistic Missile Test

Russia Raises Concerns Over new US Ballistic Missile Test

Russia said on Friday it was alarmed after the United States tested a ground-launched ballistic missile that would have been...

UK Conservatives Secure Historic Parliamentary Majority

UK Conservatives Secure Historic Parliamentary Majority

Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party has won a solid majority of seats in Britain’s Parliament — a decisive outcome...

Britain Brexit Bound as Johnson Set for Big Parliamentary Majority

Britain Brexit Bound as Johnson Set for Big Parliamentary Majority

Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party will win an overwhelming victory in Britain’s election with a majority of 86 seats...

Senate Passes Resolution Recognizing Armenian Genocide

Senate Passes Resolution Recognizing Armenian Genocide

The U.S. Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution that recognizes as genocide the mass killings of Armenians a century ago, a...

Ukraine Detains Suspects in Slaying of Top Journalist

Ukraine Detains Suspects in Slaying of Top Journalist

Ukrainian police have detained several people suspected of involvement in the slaying of journalist Pavel Sheremet, who died in a car...

Fire on Russia’s Only Aircraft Carrier Kills 1, Injures 11 

Fire on Russia’s Only Aircraft Carrier Kills 1, Injures 11 

Russia’s only aircraft carrier suffered a massive fire Thursday that killed one crew member, injured another 11 people and significantly...

Trump Lambasts Greta Thunberg, Time Magazine’s Person of the Year

Trump Lambasts Greta Thunberg, Time Magazine’s Person of the Year

U.S. President Donald Trump took aim at Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg Thursday, suggesting she has problems controlling anger.”So...

EU to Boost Measures to Protect Trade After WTO Impasse

EU to Boost Measures to Protect Trade After WTO Impasse

The European Union says it is taking measures to protect its trade interests in the ongoing row with the United...

European Central Bank Chief Sees Slowdown Bottoming Out

European Central Bank Chief Sees Slowdown Bottoming Out

Central banks in the United States and Europe say they’ve done their part to help the economy for now. The...

Future of Brexit at Stake in Britain Election

Future of Brexit at Stake in Britain Election

Voters in Britain are casting ballots Thursday in an early general election that may bring a long-awaited resolution to the...

Greta Thunberg Becomes Time’s Youngest Person of the Year

Greta Thunberg Becomes Time’s Youngest Person of the Year

Environmentalists and climate change activists worldwide are hailing Time magazine’s decision to make Greta Thunberg its 2019 Person of the...

After Talks Tackling the War in East Ukraine, What Next for the Donbass?

After Talks Tackling the War in East Ukraine, What Next for the Donbass?

The leaders of Russia and Ukraine met for the first time in three years in an attempt to end the...

Here are the States Where Robots Rule

Here are the States Where Robots Rule

The use of robots in the U.S. workplace more than doubled from 2009 to 2017, the bulk of them in...

EU Leaders Offer Money to Reluctant East to Push 2050 Climate Neutrality

EU Leaders Offer Money to Reluctant East to Push 2050 Climate Neutrality

European Union leaders on Thursday will push to agree to make their bloc climate neutral by 2050, luring reluctant eastern...

China Reportedly Threatens Tiny Faroe Islands Over Huawei

China Reportedly Threatens Tiny Faroe Islands Over Huawei

Danish media are reporting that the Chinese government threatened to cancel a trade deal with the tiny Faroe Islands if...

Russia, Ukraine Make Progress But No Breakthrough in Peace Talks

Russia, Ukraine Make Progress But No Breakthrough in Peace Talks

With the leaders of Russia and Ukraine having met in Paris for their first talks in nearly three years aimed...

Kosovo Declares Nobel Laureate Handke Unwelcome

Kosovo Declares Nobel Laureate Handke Unwelcome

Kosovo declared Peter Handke persona non grata Wednesday in the latest protest against his induction as a Nobel literature laureate, barring the Austrian...

China Reportedly Threatens Tiny Faeroe Islands Over Huawei

China Reportedly Threatens Tiny Faeroe Islands Over Huawei

Danish media are reporting that the Chinese government threatened to cancel a trade deal with the tiny Faeroe Islands if...

Will Boris Johnson’s Early Election Gamble Pay Off? 

Will Boris Johnson’s Early Election Gamble Pay Off? 

With a day to go before Britons head to the polls to vote in their third general election in under...

Trump Meets Russian FM Under Cloud of Impeachment

Trump Meets Russian FM Under Cloud of Impeachment

Russia’s foreign minister is back in Washington to discuss nuclear arms control, the wars in Syria and Ukraine, as well...

US to Enhance Cybersecurity Ahead of Elections

US to Enhance Cybersecurity Ahead of Elections

As the 2020 U.S. elections draw closer, ensuring their transparency and protecting them from foreign manipulation has become paramount for...

French Workers Need to Work Until Age 64 to Get Full Pension

French Workers Need to Work Until Age 64 to Get Full Pension

French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said the minimum retirement age will remain 62, but workers will have to work until...