Business

(Reuters) — For a second straight month, U.S. job growth proved to be bitterly disappointing in September, coming in more than 300,000 jobs short of what many economists had penciled in. That’s after August’s report initially came in almost half a million jobs below economists’ co…

SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE/HONG KONG (Reuters) — China Evergrande Group offshore bondholders are concerned that it is close to defaulting on debt payments and want more information and transparency from the cash-strapped property developer, their advisers said. Evergrande, which could trigger one of China&…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The White House is considering a wide ranging oversight of the cryptocurrency market to combat the growing threat of ransomware and other cybercrimes, a spokeswoman said on Friday. “The NSC and NEC are coordinating across the interagency to look at ways we can ensure th…

(Reuters) — An apparent truce in the U.S. debt-ceiling standoff in Congress has offered some relief to Wall Street investors on edge about a possible debt default, but analysts are left assessing the risk of a repeat crisis as the year closes out. The heads of major banks and financial institutions…

HAGÅTÑA (IHFG) — I Hagan Famalåo’an Guåhan Inc. has launched the project, I Metkao Famalao’an Guahan Para Sinestienen Ekunomiha (The Women of Guahan’s Marketplace for a Sustainable Economy), which aims to strengthen indigenous women’s economic capacity with three objectives: creating a virtual coop…

(MVA) —  The  Marianas  Tourism  Education  Council and the Marianas Visitors Authority kicked off their annual school presentations on tourism with students at Dr. Rita S. Inos Jr./Sr. High School on Monday, Oct. 4. Thirty-seven students representing the entire 10th grade of the school joined the …

(NMC) — Chelu Alynez Enterprise 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 (not valid with any other discount.) Chelu Alynez…

LONDON (Reuters) — Oil hit a multi-year high on Wednesday above $83 a barrel, supported by OPEC+’s refusal to ramp up production more rapidly against a backdrop of concern about tight energy supply globally. The market later unwound those gains due to an American Petroleum Institute or API re…

LONDON (Reuters) — The dollar rose on Wednesday amid jitters that surging energy prices could spur inflation and interest rate hikes, and as traders awaited U.S. jobs data for clues on the timing of Federal Reserve policy tightening. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand lifted its official cash rate for…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen will appear before the U.S. Congress on Tuesday, where she is set to sharply criticize her former employer as “one of the most urgent threats” facing the country, and to demand transparency about its operations. Haugen, a form…