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”

Boeing Says ‘Sorry’ for Max Crashes, Seeking Renewed Trust

Boeing Says ‘Sorry’ for Max Crashes, Seeking Renewed Trust

Boeing executives apologized Monday to airlines and families of victims of 737 Max crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia, as the...

Environmental Activists Put Off Drone Protests at London Airport

Environmental Activists Put Off Drone Protests at London Airport

A group of British environmental activists have postponed their plan to ground flights at London’s Heathrow Airport. Extinction Rebellion had...

Boeing CEO Admits Mistake in Handling Warning-System Problem

Boeing CEO Admits Mistake in Handling Warning-System Problem

The chief executive of Boeing said the company made a “mistake” in handling a problematic cockpit warning system in its...

Factbox – Who Stands to Lose If Swiss-EU Treaty Talks Fail

Factbox – Who Stands to Lose If Swiss-EU Treaty Talks Fail

More than four years of negotiations have failed to yield a breakthrough on a new treaty between Switzerland and the...

Facebox – Who Stands to Lose If Swiss-EU Treaty Talks Fail

Facebox – Who Stands to Lose If Swiss-EU Treaty Talks Fail

More than four years of negotiations have failed to yield a breakthrough on a new treaty between Switzerland and the...

UK Tories Warned Not to Crown Boris Johnson Without a Fight

UK Tories Warned Not to Crown Boris Johnson Without a Fight

Candidates seeking to become Britain’s next prime minister are warning that the Conservative Party needs a real contest, rather than...

Erdogan: Russian S-400s to Arrive in Turkey in July, NTV Says

Erdogan: Russian S-400s to Arrive in Turkey in July, NTV Says

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he expected Russian S-400 missile defense systems to start arriving in Turkey in the first...

Diplomats: Europeans Weigh Sanctions on Venezuela’s Maduro

Diplomats: Europeans Weigh Sanctions on Venezuela’s Maduro

Major European nations are considering imposing sanctions on Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro and several top officials for their recent crackdown on...

US Official Urges Ending Kosovo Trade Taxes Against Serbia

US Official Urges Ending Kosovo Trade Taxes Against Serbia

A U.S. State Department official has called for an end to Kosovo’s taxes on Serbian goods so that European Union-mediated...

Virginia City to Divest Budget Funds From Fossil Fuels

Virginia City to Divest Budget Funds From Fossil Fuels

Officials in Charlottesville, Virginia, have voted to divest the city’s operating budget investments from any entity involved in the production...

Boris Johnson to EU: I Won’t Pay Unless Deal Improved

Boris Johnson to EU: I Won’t Pay Unless Deal Improved

Former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is stepping up his campaign to be Britain’s next prime minister by challenging the European...

Trade Experts Unruffled About Rare Earth Minerals Supply

Trade Experts Unruffled About Rare Earth Minerals Supply

Rising trade tensions between the U.S. and China have sparked worries about the 17 exotic-sounding rare earth minerals needed for...

G-20 Finance Leaders’ Goal: Adapt to Turmoil in Trade, Tech

G-20 Finance Leaders’ Goal: Adapt to Turmoil in Trade, Tech

Financial leaders of the Group of 20 gathered Saturday to brainstorm ways to adapt global finance to an age of...

With Mexico Deal Done, US Urges China to Resume Trade Talks

With Mexico Deal Done, US Urges China to Resume Trade Talks

One down, still others to go. President Donald Trump claimed a victory after Washington and Mexico agreed on measures to...

Federally Insured Banks Largely Off-Limits to Cannabis Business

Federally Insured Banks Largely Off-Limits to Cannabis Business

In May, Arkansas became the latest state to cash in on the sale of medical marijuana. Lines of people wrapped...

US, China Talk Trade at G-20 Finance Meeting

US, China Talk Trade at G-20 Finance Meeting

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Saturday that he plans to speak privately with China’s central bank governor about trade...

FedEx Ends Amazon’s FedEx Express Plane Service

FedEx Ends Amazon’s FedEx Express Plane Service

FedEx Corp. Friday decided not to renew its contract with Amazon.com Inc. for U.S. cargo delivery through FedEx Express, the...

Trump Announces Deal With Mexico Averting Tariffs

Trump Announces Deal With Mexico Averting Tariffs

Cindy Saine at the State Department contributed to this report.    U.S. President Donald Trump said late Friday that the...

Two Execs Out as Uber Stock Sputters

Two Execs Out as Uber Stock Sputters

Uber is parting ways with two of its top executives less than a month after the company’s rocky stock market...

US Legislators Seek Answers on Boeing 737 Max Defect 

US Legislators Seek Answers on Boeing 737 Max Defect 

Two key U.S. legislators want answers from Boeing and federal regulators about why the company waited more than a year...

Trade War Clouds Outlook as Finance Chiefs Meet in Japan

Trade War Clouds Outlook as Finance Chiefs Meet in Japan

Finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in Japan this weekend will try to make headway on long-standing issues such...

Putin Says US Unilateralism Undermines Global Trade

Putin Says US Unilateralism Undermines Global Trade

Russian President Vladimir Putin has criticized the United States for using pressure and sanctions to maintain its economic supremacy. Speaking...