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MAJURO — With fuel prices skyrocketing in the wake of the United States and Israel’s Feb. 28 attack on Iran, Marshall Islands President Hilda C. Heine declared a “state of economic emergency” for the country on March 26.

MIT researchers recently published a finding that should give every business leader pause.

In the islands, we are accustomed to seeing world events — particularly in Asia — affect our economies.

In the early 1990s I traveled to London to begin furnishing our new apartment there. The furniture was delivered and I realized that it might be safer to get help to stand up the heavy bookcase that needed to go in the study, rather than try and do that myself.

FINA SISU, Saipan — She took a viral Middle Eastern confection and turned it into one of Saipan’s most sought-after desserts—putting a once “hidden café” firmly on the map in the process.

Chocolate has been one of the most stable market segments within the global food and confectionary industry.

TONOAS, Chuuk — A Guam-based academic has led the publication of a map showing the key historic sites on the island of Tonoas, in the Federated States of Micronesia’s Chuuk state, and a complementary interactive web site — an initiative that is highlighting sites that are often overlooked in a destination best known for its underwater attractions.