Business

MARIANAS Medical Center and Pacific Labs LLC. is the latest company to sign on as a Northern Marianas College ProaPerks Partner, joining many other businesses and organizations. All card-carrying members of the NMC ProaPerks program can now receive a 10% discount (except for medication and any rela…

THE Hotel Association of the Northern Mariana Islands reported 33 percent average occupancy rate among its 11 member hotels for October 2021.  The figure is over seven times higher compared to October 2020, with 14,074 room nights sold this October compared to 2,118 rooms last October. The occupanc…

THE CNMI  Small  Business  Development  Center  invites  you  to  register for a free virtual training on “How to Write a Business Plan” slated for Friday, November 12, 2021 from 2:00pm-4:00pm. In this training, participants will learn the Three “M’s” of a Business Plan: Mon…

(Reuters) — The U.S. Federal Reserve looks at a wide range of indicators in gauging how close the economy is to reaching full employment, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said on Tuesday, as he reiterated the benefits of targeting workers who often remain on the sidelines. “When we assess whether we a…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. producer prices increased solidly in October, driven by surging costs for gasoline and motor vehicle retailing, suggesting that high inflation could persist for a while amid tight supply chains related to the pandemic. The producer price index for final demand rose 0.6% …

FOR the fourth consecutive year, Bank of Guam has earned MarCom Awards in marketing and communications excellence, for which there were 6,000 entries from submissions in 41 countries for the 2021 MarCom International Awards Competition. The Association of Marketing and Communications Professionals,…

SYDNEY (Reuters) —  Bitcoin rose to a two-and-a-half-week peak on Monday and ether climbed to a fresh record as cryptocurrencies ride higher on a wave of momentum, flows, favorable news and inflation fears. Bitcoin was last up about 3% at $65,121 and ether, which underpins the ethereum network, sat…

BOSTON/GLASGOW (Reuters) — A week into the United Nations’ high-profile climate conference in Glasgow, executives and financial analysts said they are optimistic the talks will lead to changes needed for business to play a bigger role in tackling climate change. The business observers pointed…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. Federal Reserve’s hoped-for surge of people into the U.S. job market fell short again in October, with the labor force participation rate now flat for 15 months and continued broad wage gains reflecting what’s become perhaps the key supply “bottlene…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Two U.S. senators have introduced bipartisan legislation that seeks to make it harder for Amazon.com and other tech giants to make acquisitions. The office of Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee’s antitrust panel, said on Friday that…