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A missile is launched during an air defense drill in an undisclosed location in Iran, in this handout image obtained on Jan. 12, 2025. Iranian Army/West Asia News Agency/Handout via REUTERS NEW YORK/GDANSK (Reuters) — Investors were on edge as financial markets reopened on Sunday, with crude oil pr…

(Reuters) — President Donald Trump approved Nippon Steel’s $14.9 billion bid for U.S. Steel on Friday, capping a tumultuous 18-month effort by the companies that survived union opposition and two national security reviews. Trump signed an executive order saying the tie-up could move forward i…

Joseph Leepan Tenorio Deleon Guerrero  HERMAN’S Modern Bakery, one of the oldest businesses in Micronesia, has announced the appointment of Joseph Leepan Tenorio Deleon Guerrero as its new general manager. Herman’s has been serving the Northern Marianas and the rest of the Micronesia region since 1…

(CNMI SBDC) — The CNMI Small Business Development Center Network at Northern Marianas College is excited to announce the return of its highly anticipated annual event, Christmas in July — a festive summertime marketplace bringing together small business vendors and local shoppers across Saipan, Tin…

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, June 5, 2025.  REUTERS (Reuters) — U.S. stock index futures were subdued on Tuesday as investors awaited the outcome of a second day of trade talks between the United States and China aimed at cooling a tariff dispute that h…

The application deadline for the CNMI Innovation Incubator program is on Friday, June 13, 2025. For more information and to access the application guide, visit www.cnmisbdc.com/innovationincubator/. NMC photo (NMC) — Entrepreneurs and early-stage business owners in Saipan, Tinian, and Rota have unt…

Miners are seen at the Bayan Obo mine containing rare earth minerals, in Inner Mongolia, China on July 16, 2011. REUTERS WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President Donald Trump said on Friday that Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to let rare earth minerals and magnets flow to the United States, a move tha…

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, June 4, 2025. REUTERS NEW YORK (Reuters) — After months of Wall Street gyrations to the twists and turns of U.S. trade policy, signs suggest stock investors are becoming more resilient to developments and cautiously defaulti…

Workers process hake at a Chilean fishing company in Talcahuano, Chile, May 20, 2025. REUTERS GENEVA (Reuters) — Global trade tensions could disrupt ocean goods trade and will push up the price of seafood in the United States, a major importer of fish, according to a report from the United Nations …

OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann and MCM members pose for a photo after the opening ceremony of the 2025 Ministerial Council Meeting at the OECD Headquarters in Paris, France, June 3, 2025. REUTERS PARIS (Reuters) — Global economic growth is slowing more than expected only a few months ago as…