Crown Bay Marina will host the next St. Thomas-St. John Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 11.

Avayaand its business partner enVision Technologies have announced that Avaya has completed the acquisition of Nortel Enterprise Solutions and Nortel Government Solutions.

Choice Communications LLC has announced they have acquired the U.S. Virgin Islands division of Pennswoods.net, a local Internet company that provides dial-up service for the Virgin Islands.

The Uniform Debt-Management Services Act was signed into law by Governor John P. deJongh Jr. last Wednesday. The act was the result of a multi-year study into debt relief options for consumers. It is the first national effort at providing uniform rules to govern both consumer credit counseling services and debt settlement services.

McDonald's restaurants, operated by Arcos Dorados on St. Thomas and St. Croix, has reached a total of 1,778 Big Mac sandwiches sold as part of a campaign to raise funds for the earthquake victims in Haiti. Campaign runs through Friday, Jan. 22.

Dr. Frank Schneiger's "Source Manager's Journal" is a monthly column dedicated to finding solutions to the difficult organizational problems that affect government, most businesses and non-profit organizations. This week Schneiger examines the need to import talent to improve the Virgin Islands.

Frank Schneiger returns to the central question in the last installment of his three-part series: How can business, non-profit and government managers use history to strengthen their organizations?

Frank Schneiger looks at the uses and abuses of history from the U2 spy plane to the health care debate -- and doesn't like what he sees.

Local entrepreneur pampers your car; new Source feature let's you tout your favorite business.