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(SBDC) — The CNMI Small Business Development Center Network in collaboration with Northern Marianas College’s Office of Information Technology, hosted its second annual Friends of Business Summit on Thursday, April 4, 2024 at the Crowne Plaza, Saipan. The one-day summit gathered over 200 participan…

People display merchandise for pedestrians around Times Square, in New York, December 25, 2023. NEW YORK (Reuters) — Two other Federal Reserve officials on Friday added their voices to the wave of U.S. central bankers downplaying any urgency to cutting rates amid sticky inflation, with one warning …

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, April 1, 2024. (Reuters) — Wall Street’s main stock indexes advanced on Thursday as recent economic reports boosted the prospect of monetary policy easing later this year, while investors awaited policymakers to offer …

(CNMI SBDC Network) — The CNMI Small Business Development Center Network will host the 2024 Friends of Business Summit: CyberTech Edition today, Thursday, April 4, at the Crowne Plaza Resort Saipan from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. One of the cybertech summit’s key highlights is the showcasing of a mix of 20 p…

Passersby walk in front of an electric screen displaying Japan’s Nikkei share average outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan on March 21, 2024. SINGAPORE (Reuters) — Asian stocks rose on Tuesday while the dollar firmed, keeping the yen rooted near the 152-per-dollar level that has traders worrie…

An aerial view shows a crude oil tanker at an oil terminal off Waidiao island in Zhoushan, Zhejiang province, China, Jan. 4, 2023. SINGAPORE (Reuters) — Oil prices rose on Monday, adding to recent gains amid expectations of tighter supply from OPEC+ cuts, attacks on Russian refineries and as upbeat…

HONOLULU (BoH) — For the third consecutive year, Bank of Hawai‘i is named on a national ranking of “Most Trustworthy Companies in America” by Newsweek and is the only business in Hawaiʻi to appear on the list. A total of 700 companies across 23 industries are listed. In the banking industry, Bank o…

Black Friday shoppers stand in line for a Lululemon store as retailers compete to attract shoppers and try to maintain margins on Black Friday, one of the busiest shopping days of the year, at Woodbury Common Premium Outlets in Central Valley, New York, Nov. 24, 2023. WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S…

A man looks at a screen that displays trading information about shares of Truth Social and Trump Media & Technology Group, outside the Nasdaq Market site in New York City,  March 26, 2024. (Reuters) — Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group rose 11% in premarket trading on Wednesday, a day…

(CNMI SBDC Network) — As cyberattacks continue to escalate, particularly affecting critical government agencies and businesses in the Marianas, the call for proactive action to implement robust cybersecurity measures has never been more apparent, and more urgent.  In light of this pressing need, th…