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”

World Leaders Gather For Climate Summit

World Leaders Gather For Climate Summit

World leaders are gathering Monday in New York for a United Nations summit on climate change as scientists warn much...

YouTube ‘Milestone’ Highlights Vietnam Growth and Growing Pains

YouTube ‘Milestone’ Highlights Vietnam Growth and Growing Pains

The Vietnamese comedy channel FAP TV has become the first YouTube account to hit the 10 million subscribers mark in...

Tour Company Thomas Cook Collapses, Global Bookings Canceled

Tour Company Thomas Cook Collapses, Global Bookings Canceled

British tour operator Thomas Cook collapsed after failing to secure rescue funding, and travel bookings for its more than 600,000...

Report: Iran to Release Seized British Tanker

Report: Iran to Release Seized British Tanker

The British oil tanker seized by Iran in July will soon be released, the semi-official Fars news agency reported Sunday.The...

Trump Insists He Did Nothing Wrong in Call with Ukrainian Leader

Trump Insists He Did Nothing Wrong in Call with Ukrainian Leader

U.S. President Donald Trump admitted talking about corruption with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, but stopped short of saying they talked...

Sigmund Jaehn, 1st German in Space as 1970s Cosmonaut, Dies

Sigmund Jaehn, 1st German in Space as 1970s Cosmonaut, Dies

Sigmund Jaehn, who became the first German in space at the height of the Cold War during the 1970s and...

Travel Firm Thomas Cook Teeters on Edge as Talks Continue

Travel Firm Thomas Cook Teeters on Edge as Talks Continue

More than 600,000 vacationers who booked through tour operator Thomas Cook were on edge Sunday, wondering if they will be...

Swiss Hold High-Altitude Wake For Lost Glacier

Swiss Hold High-Altitude Wake For Lost Glacier

Dozens of people dressed in black went on a “funeral march” up a steep Swiss mountainside on Sunday to mark...

EU’s Juncker: Irish Border Controls Needed in No-Deal Brexit

EU’s Juncker: Irish Border Controls Needed in No-Deal Brexit

Jean-Claude Juncker, chief of the European Union’s executive arm, says border controls will be placed on the Irish border if...

A Unique Seattle Rehab Helps People Overcome Internet Addiction

A Unique Seattle Rehab Helps People Overcome Internet Addiction

Smartphones have quickly evolved from being a way to make an untethered phone call to service as portable hand-held personal...

Greek Police Arrest Suspect in 1985 TWA Hijacking, Killing of Navy Diver

Greek Police Arrest Suspect in 1985 TWA Hijacking, Killing of Navy Diver

Greek police said Saturday they have arrested a suspect in the 1985 hijacking of a flight from Athens that became...

Denmark Hopes to Set Example With Ambitious Carbon-Cutting Program

Denmark Hopes to Set Example With Ambitious Carbon-Cutting Program

A senior Danish official says his country hopes to set an example for the world with an ambitious scheme to...

Trump Denies Pressuring Ukraine to Probe Company Linked to Biden’s Son

Trump Denies Pressuring Ukraine to Probe Company Linked to Biden’s Son

U.S. President Donald Trump is denying he said anything “wrong” in a telephone conversation with the new president of Ukraine...

More than 100 Arrested in Paris ‘Yellow Vest’ Protests

More than 100 Arrested in Paris ‘Yellow Vest’ Protests

Over a hundred demonstrators were arrested at yellow vest protests in Paris on Saturday as about 7,500 police were deployed...

Could Smart Mirrors Get Consumers Offline and Into Shops?

Could Smart Mirrors Get Consumers Offline and Into Shops?

With online shopping becoming more and more popular, traditional retail stores are doing everything they can to get shoppers to...

Naftogaz Chief: Ukraine Can Still Supply Gas to Europe in Early 2020 Without Russia Deal

Naftogaz Chief: Ukraine Can Still Supply Gas to Europe in Early 2020 Without Russia Deal

The head of Ukraine’s state-owned oil company says Kyiv will remain able to supply Europe with natural gas from its...

Dozens Arrested in Paris ‘Yellow Vest’ Protests

Dozens Arrested in Paris ‘Yellow Vest’ Protests

Dozens of demonstrators were arrested at yellow vest protests in Paris on Saturday as more than 7,000 police were deployed...

Trump Renews Threat to Dump IS Fighters at Europe’s Border

Trump Renews Threat to Dump IS Fighters at Europe’s Border

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday renewed threats to dump captured Islamic State fighters on Europe’s doorstep if countries there...

Paris Police Gird For Weekend Protests Over Macron, Climate

Paris Police Gird For Weekend Protests Over Macron, Climate

Paris is deploying thousands of police to protect landmarks and government buildings as yellow vest groups, unions and environmental activists...

Google Plans to Invest 3 Billion Euros in Europe

Google Plans to Invest 3 Billion Euros in Europe

Google is planning to invest 3 billion euros to expand its data centers across Europe in the next two years.The...

Harry and Meghan Make 1st Official Tour as Family in Africa

Harry and Meghan Make 1st Official Tour as Family in Africa

Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, along with their infant son, Archie, are making their first official tour as a...

Ukraine Preparing More Troop Withdrawals

Ukraine Preparing More Troop Withdrawals

Hints of another exchange of prisoners, talk of a bilateral withdrawal of combat soldiers and heavy weaponry from the 450-kilometer...