Business

(NMC) — The CNMI Small Business Development Center at Northern Marianas College’s Tinian Campus is excited to announce its first-ever Small Business Night on Thursday, March 9, 2023, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Fiesta Grounds, Tinian. The event will showcase both seasoned and upcoming local entrep…

NEW YORK (Reuters) — Investors searching for safer areas in the U.S. stock market are finding that traditional shelters that held up in last year’s selloff, such as consumer staples, utilities and healthcare, may be more problematic this time. After rebounding sharply in January, the benchmar…

Smiley Cafe & Playland is the latest company to sign on as a Northern Marianas College ProaPerks Partner, joining many other businesses and organizations. More information about their special promotion for ProaPerks card holders can be found at www.marianas.edu/proaperks/. (NMC) — Smiley Cafe &…

ATKINS Kroll Inc. or AK, an Inchcape Company, celebrating 55 years of service in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, announced its selection of a construction partner for its new Saipan AK Toyota Lexus Automotive Sales and Service Center and Vehicle Repair Shop in Puerto Rico, Saipan.…

The CNMI Small Business Development Center at Northern Marianas College recently hosted a free training opportunity on exporting, and invited licensed business owners who are looking to start exporting their own products. The session covered basic exporting knowledge to help grow participants’…

THE monthly general membership meeting for the Saipan Chamber of Commerce will be held on Wednesday, March 1, 2023, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Queens Hall of Kensington Hotel. The guest speakers are U.S. Congressman Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan, who will share congressional updates, and Sen…

Namaste Beautiful Salon & Spa is the latest company to sign on as a Northern Marianas College ProaPerks Partner, joining many other businesses and organizations. More information about their special promotion for ProaPerks card holders can be found at www.marianas.edu/proaperks/. (NMC) — Namast…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Nearly all Federal Reserve policymakers rallied behind a decision to further slow the pace of interest rate hikes at the U.S. central bank’s last policy meeting, but also indicated that curbing unacceptably high inflation would be the “key factor” in how muc…

BARRIGADA HEIGHTS, Guam (Special Advertising Feature) — Foremost Foods, Inc. and Coca-Cola Beverage Co. (Guam) Inc. continue this year their time-honored tradition of recognizing longtime employees at the annual service awards presentation recently held at the corporate headquarters and distributio…

Marpac Resident Manager Guy Pudney, right, with his crew at Jonny’s Bar & Grill in Garapan to launch a promotion featuring $50,000 worth of giveaways on Tuesday evening.  Marpac staffers raffled off prizes at Jonny’s Bar & Grill on Tuesday evening as part of a new promo. Customers and patro…