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The MS Artania enters the Port of Saipan on Feb.  26, 2024. The MS Artania is welcomed with indigenous Chamorro and Carolinian dances at the Port of Saipan on Feb. 26, 2024. The cruise ship has 1,039 passengers and 531 crewmembers aboard, taking advantage of the opportunity to tour Saipan for the d…

Flags fly over the Federal Reserve building on a windy day in Washington, D.C., May 26, 2017. WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. Federal Reserve officials, facing economic conditions they say lack any clear historical parallel to guide them, continued pushing back this week against a near-term start to in…

(SCC) — The Saipan Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce its 1st quarter professional development training, focused on knowing and understanding your risks, more than just an insurance discussion. This training session is scheduled for Thursday, March 14, 2024, from 9 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. The ev…

BKV Corp Chief Executive Officer Chris Kalnin speaks to employees at the inauguration of its commercial carbon capture and sequestration project, in Bridgeport, Texas, Dec, 7, 2023. BRIDGEPORT, Texas (Reuters) —  For nearly a year, U.S. natural gas producers have slammed the brakes on production as…

HAGÅTÑA, Guam (Special Advertising Feature) — Bank of Guam continues its trailblazing journey into 2024, announcing the launch of banking services for the cannabis industry on Guam and the Northern Marianas. With the launch of Cannabis Banking, Bank of Guam now becomes the first local financial ins…

Travelers walk with their luggage outside the Beijing railway station during the Spring Festival travel rush following the eight-day Lunar New Year holiday, in Beijing, China Feb. 18, 2024. BEIJING (Reuters) — Tourism revenues in China during the Lunar New Year holidays that ended on Saturday surge…

People shop in a supermarket as rising inflation affects consumer prices in Los Angeles, California, June 13, 2022. WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. producer prices increased more than expected in January amid strong gains in the costs of services such as hospital outpatient care and portfolio managemen…

People cross a road in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, June 3, 2021. TOKYO (Reuters) — Japan unexpectedly slipped into a recession at the end of last year, losing its title as the world’s third-biggest economy to Germany and raising doubts about when the central bank would begin to exit its decade-lo…

Representation of bitcoin cryptocurrency is seen in this illustration taken on Jan. 11, 2024. LONDON (Reuters) — The total amount of money invested in bitcoin surpassed $1 trillion on Wednesday for the first time since November 2021 as inflows to U.S. spot bitcoin exchange traded funds continued to…

(SBDC) — The CNMI Small Business Development Center Network is thrilled to announce the 2024 Friends of Business Summit Cybertech Edition, a pioneering event in collaboration with Northern Marianas College’s Office of Information Technology. This one-day summit is set to take place on Thursda…