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”

US Protests Spying Suspect’s Treatment in Russian Jail

US Protests Spying Suspect’s Treatment in Russian Jail

The U.S. Embassy in Moscow says that it has officially protested the reported mistreatment of a U.S. national who is...

Malaysia Pits Palm Oil Against Fighter Jets in EU Trade Spat

Malaysia Pits Palm Oil Against Fighter Jets in EU Trade Spat

As the United States and China tussle over tit-for-tat tariffs, another trade spat between West and East is quietly playing...

European Countries Bake Under Early Summer Heat Wave

European Countries Bake Under Early Summer Heat Wave

European countries have been hit with an early summer heat wave, which has authorities scrambling to activate plans to protect...

Silicon Valley Looks for Hopeful Signs from Trump and Xi Meeting

Silicon Valley Looks for Hopeful Signs from Trump and Xi Meeting

With U.S. and Chinese leaders set to meet this week on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Japan, there...

At 5G Lab, Startups Get First Dibs on Ultra-Fast Network

At 5G Lab, Startups Get First Dibs on Ultra-Fast Network

5G wireless networks are touted as the fastest consumers have yet experienced. But beyond speed, what will the technology mean...

Denmark Becomes Third Nordic Country to Form Leftist Government This Year

Denmark Becomes Third Nordic Country to Form Leftist Government This Year

Denmark on Wednesday became the third Nordic country this year to form a leftist government after Social Democratic leader Mette...

Europe Set to Experience Scorching Heat Wave This Week

Europe Set to Experience Scorching Heat Wave This Week

A heat wave is set to descend upon Europe this week, weather so intense that a forecaster in Spain warned,...

Instagram Head Asserts That Company Does Not Spy on Users

Instagram Head Asserts That Company Does Not Spy on Users

Instagram is not spying on its users conversations, according to the social media company’s chief. In an interview on Tuesday with...

In World First, Facebook to Give Data on Hate Speech Suspects to French Courts

In World First, Facebook to Give Data on Hate Speech Suspects to French Courts

In a world first, Facebook has agreed to hand over the identification data of French users suspected of hate speech...

Press Freedom Deteriorating In Albania

Press Freedom Deteriorating In Albania

A mission of seven international press freedom organizations has published a preliminary report on the difficulties faced by journalists in...

Thousands of Refugees Flee as Inter-Ethnic Violence Flares in DR Congo

Thousands of Refugees Flee as Inter-Ethnic Violence Flares in DR Congo

The United Nations refugee agency reports around 7,500 Congolese refugees have fled to Uganda this month to escape escalating inter-ethnic...

Midwifery Students Use Augmented Technology to Improve Clinical Skills

Midwifery Students Use Augmented Technology to Improve Clinical Skills

Midwifery students in London are learning to bring new life into the world in a radically new way with the...

Conservationists: Venice Must be Put on UN Danger List, Ban Cruise Ships

Conservationists: Venice Must be Put on UN Danger List, Ban Cruise Ships

Venice should be put on the United Nations’ list of endangered cities and cruise ships should be banned from its...

Turkish Court Frees US Consulate Worker From House Arrest

Turkish Court Frees US Consulate Worker From House Arrest

A court in Istanbul has released an employee of the U.S. Consulate from house arrest for health reasons.   The...

Nanotechnology Creates Hope for Cheap Desalination Process

Nanotechnology Creates Hope for Cheap Desalination Process

It may be that the two major challenges to humanity’s future both involve water. When it comes to climate change,...

Analysts: Turkey Opposition Win Shows Country Still Capable of Competitive Polls

Analysts: Turkey Opposition Win Shows Country Still Capable of Competitive Polls

Mehmet Toroglu and Tan Cetin from VOA’s Turkish Service contributed to this storyTurkey’s opposition victory in the Istanbul mayoral election...

Italian Mafia Don Escapes From Uruguayan Prison

Italian Mafia Don Escapes From Uruguayan Prison

A notorious Italian Mafia boss has escaped from a prison in Uruguay where he was awaiting extradition to Italy. Rocco Morabito...

New Technology Helps Search Teams Find People in Wilderness

New Technology Helps Search Teams Find People in Wilderness

Yesenia D’Alessandro loaded a GPS tracking app on her cellphone and trudged into a remote Hawaii forest, joining more than...

Georgia Ruling Party Announces Reforms Amid Continued Protests

Georgia Ruling Party Announces Reforms Amid Continued Protests

Thousands of protesters demonstrated in Georgia’s capital for the fifth consecutive day Monday, calling for government reform, a snap election...

Serbia’s Defense Chief Crows About Russian Military Allies

Serbia’s Defense Chief Crows About Russian Military Allies

Live-ammunition drills the Serbian military is holding with Russian and Belarusian troops show Belgrade has allies in any future war...

Turkish Court Tries Businessman, Others Over 2013 Protests

Turkish Court Tries Businessman, Others Over 2013 Protests

Prominent Turkish businessman Osman Kavala and 15 other civil society figures went on trial on Monday accused of trying to...

Apple’s Workaround  Takes Bite Out of Tariffs

Apple’s Workaround Takes Bite Out of Tariffs

U.S. tech giant Apple has reportedly asked its major suppliers, mainly China-based manufacturers from Taiwan, to consider moving 15 to 30% of...