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THE Saipan Chamber of Commerce is inviting local businesses to take part in a customer service workshop on June 28, Wednesday, at the Island Training Solutions training office on the 6th floor of the Marianas Business Plaza. According to a release from the chamber, the workshop will help staff lear…

Gold prices in India on Thursday witnessed a decline of Rs450 with a 10 grams of 22 carat gold costing Rs55,800 compared to Rs56,250 on Wednesday, according to figures by Goodreturns. Prices of one gram and eight grams of 22 carat gold have also declined Rs45 and Rs360, now costing at Rs5,580 and R…

TOKYO (Reuters) — More than nine out of 10 Japanese firms feel a sense of crisis about the country’s accelerating birthrate decline, with few hopeful that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government can arrest the fall, according to a Reuters monthly poll. Kishida unveiled a plan in March…

In photo, from left: Brent Deleon Guerrero, brand manager, Docomo Pacific; James Hofman, chief legal officer, Docomo Pacific; Clement Bermudes, commissioner, Department of Public Safety; Pauline Johnson, general manager, Docomo Pacific; Eugenio Villagomez, resident director, Department of Public Sa…

REUTERS — Meta Platforms Inc is set to face a record European Union privacy fine related to data transfer of Facebook’s EU users to U.S. servers for failing to comply with a warning by a top EU court, two sources familiar with the matter said. The penalty will be higher than the previous reco…

REUTERS — Delta Air Lines Inc is in talks with Airbus SE for a large wide-body aircraft order, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. The talks cover both A350 and A330neo twin-aisle jets but an agreement isn’t assured, the report added. There has been a re…

NEW YORK (Reuters) — A New York City woman sued Abbott Laboratories on Monday, accusing the healthcare company of misleading consumers into believing its PediaSure nutrition drinks were “clinically proven” to increase children’s height. In a proposed class action filed in Manhatta…

TOKYO (Reuters) — The U.S. dollar rose to a five-week high against major peers on Monday as the safe-haven currency benefited from inflation worries at home and growth concerns globally, extending gains after its biggest weekly increase since September. The Turkish lira sank to a two-month low afte…

SHANGHAI (Reuters) — Chinese smartphone maker Oppo said it will shut down its chip design unit, citing uncertainties in the global economy and the smartphone industry. The company, one of China’s best-selling domestic smartphone brands, said it will cease operations of its Zeku unit, which it…

LONDON (Reuters) — Man Group will be led by two women for the first time in its history by the end of this year, after the London-listed hedge fund group said its long-standing CEO Luke Ellis will be succeeded by current president Robyn Grew. Ellis, who first joined Man Group in 2010 and will retir…