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”

Pearson Goes ‘Digital First’ in US College Market

Pearson Goes ‘Digital First’ in US College Market

Pearson, the world’s biggest education company, will release all its titles for the United States college market in digital form...

Turkey’s Erdogan Says Russian S-400s Will Be Fully Deployed by April 2020

Turkey’s Erdogan Says Russian S-400s Will Be Fully Deployed by April 2020

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that the Russian S-400 missile defense system, parts of which have been delivered...

US Treasury Chief: Facebook Currency Plan Ripe for Illicit Use

US Treasury Chief: Facebook Currency Plan Ripe for Illicit Use

The Trump administration came out strongly Monday against Facebook’s ambitious plan to create a new digital currency, as the Treasury...

Von der Leyen Faces Crucial Vote in Quest to Lead EU Executive

Von der Leyen Faces Crucial Vote in Quest to Lead EU Executive

Germany’s Ursula von der Leyen faces a make-or-break vote on Tuesday in her quest to be the European Commission’s first...

France’s Macron Pledges to Relaunch Serbia-Kosovo Dialogue

France’s Macron Pledges to Relaunch Serbia-Kosovo Dialogue

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday he would to help relaunch talks to normalize ties between Serbia and Kosovo...

Spain PM’s Talk of Breakdown Raises Concern of Repeat Election

Spain PM’s Talk of Breakdown Raises Concern of Repeat Election

Spain’s caretaker prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, called an end on Monday to power-sharing talks with the only major political party...

Syria Likely to Turn to Russia for Fuel

Syria Likely to Turn to Russia for Fuel

The impounding last week off the coast of Gibraltar by British marines of an Iranian tanker loaded with oil destined...

German Defense Minister Resigns to Pursue EU’s Top Job

German Defense Minister Resigns to Pursue EU’s Top Job

German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen says she is resigning from Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Cabinet to focus on becoming...

Bitcoin Drops More Than 10% As Scrutiny of Cryptocurrencies Grows

Bitcoin Drops More Than 10% As Scrutiny of Cryptocurrencies Grows

Bitcoin slumped more than 10% over the weekend to a two-week low as fears of a crackdown of cryptocurrencies grew...

Codebreaker Alan Turing To Be Face of New British Banknote

Codebreaker Alan Turing To Be Face of New British Banknote

Codebreaker and computing pioneer Alan Turing has been chosen as the face of Britain’s new 50 pound note, the Bank...

Britain’s Top Diplomat: Iran Nuclear Deal Can be Saved 

Britain’s Top Diplomat: Iran Nuclear Deal Can be Saved 

British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said Monday that the international deal on Iran’s nuclear program “isn’t dead yet,” and that...

US Firms May Soon Be Allowed to Restart New Huawei Sales

US Firms May Soon Be Allowed to Restart New Huawei Sales

The U.S. may approve licenses for companies to restart new sales to Huawei in as little as two weeks, according...

Annual Bastille Day Showcases European Defense Solidarity

Annual Bastille Day Showcases European Defense Solidarity

Updated July 14, 2019, 8:40 p.m.PARIS — World leaders joined French President Emmanuel Macron for the country’s traditional Bastille Day...

More Than 2 Dozen Detained at Moscow Election Protest

More Than 2 Dozen Detained at Moscow Election Protest

Updated July 14, 5:50 pm Russian police have detained more than 25 demonstrators outside the Moscow Election Commission headquarters after...

Djokovic Defeats Federer in Longest Wimbledon Final

Djokovic Defeats Federer in Longest Wimbledon Final

Serbia’s Novak Djokovic outlasted Roger Federer of Switzerland in five sets (7-6 1-6 7-6 4-6 13-12) to capture his 5th...

Brexiters Blamed For Embarrassing Diplomatic Cables

Brexiters Blamed For Embarrassing Diplomatic Cables

Brexiters are being blamed for the leaking of cables written by Britain’s former ambassador to the U.S. in which the...

Moscow Protesters Demand Opposition Candidates Be Included on City-Council Ballots

Moscow Protesters Demand Opposition Candidates Be Included on City-Council Ballots

Around 1,000 people have gathered in central Moscow to demand that opposition candidates be included on ballots for the September...

Macron Showcases Europe Military Prowess at Paris Parade

Macron Showcases Europe Military Prowess at Paris Parade

President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday sought to showcase European military cooperation in France’s annual Bastille Day parade at a time...

Trump’s Withdrawal from Iran Nuclear Deal Was ‘Diplomatic Vandalism’

Trump’s Withdrawal from Iran Nuclear Deal Was ‘Diplomatic Vandalism’

The former British ambassador to the U.S. believed President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the Iranian nuclear deal was an act...

Spain’s Running of the Bulls Ends:  8 Runs, 8 Gorings

Spain’s Running of the Bulls Ends: 8 Runs, 8 Gorings

A bull broke from the pack and gored three runners Sunday during the final bull run of this year’s San...

India to Launch Mission to Land on Moon 

India to Launch Mission to Land on Moon 

In the early hours of Monday, India is set to launch a mission to an uncharted area of the moon,...

Wood: Tomorrow’s Skyscraper Construction Material?

Wood: Tomorrow’s Skyscraper Construction Material?

Tall buildings made of wood are beginning to pop up around the world, from the United States and Canada to...