Business

(NMC-CTI) — The CNMI Innovation Incubator Program is continuing its mission to strengthen the entrepreneurial landscape in the Northern Marianas. The program will launch its first of its series of strategic business training sessions on Dec. 13, 2025, with a workshop on Business Planning and Strate…

(Reuters) — An acute global shortage of memory chips is forcing artificial intelligence and consumer-electronics companies to fight for dwindling supplies, as prices soar for the unglamorous but essential components that allow devices to store data. Japanese electronics stores have begun limiting h…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. manufacturing contracted for the ninth straight month in November, with factories facing slumping orders and higher prices for inputs as the drag from import tariffs persisted.

TOKYO/NEW DELHI/PARIS (Reuters) — Global airlines scrambled to fix a software glitch on Airbus A320 jets on Saturday as a partial recall by the European planemaker halted hundreds of flights in Asia and Europe and threatened U.S. travel over the busiest weekend of the year.

(Reuters) — AI-powered shopping tools helped drive a surge in U.S. online spending on Black Friday, as shoppers bypassed crowded stores and turned to chatbots to compare prices and secure discounts amid concerns about tariff-driven price hikes.

(Reuters) — For Matt Hassett, founder of New York-based sleep wellness brand Loftie, the year-end holiday rush has always kept him on his toes.

BEIJING/SINGAPORE (Reuters) — Oil prices climbed on Wednesday after sliding to a one-month low in the previous session, though an expected supply glut and a potential Russia-Ukraine peace deal capped gains.

NEW YORK (Reuters) — Unprecedented numbers of Americans are expected to hit stores this Black Friday, but they are likely to curtail their spending as they find fewer bargains from tariff-hit retailers.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President Donald Trump campaigned on a pledge to lower consumer prices that skyrocketed during Joe Biden’s term, but he is now facing the same hard reality that dogged his predecessor: Once prices rise, they seldom fall, and Americans hate higher prices.

TAMUNING, Guam (GEDA) — Seven Palau-based businesses were in Guam last week as part of a Palau Inbound Trade Mission hosted by the Guam Economic Development Authority and in partnership with the Western United States Agricultural Trade Association or WUSATA to provide opportunities for Guam busines…