McDonald’s announced that $4,281 was raised as a result of their 2012 USVI McHappy Day Campaign, a company-wide initiative to raise funds to assist local children’s charities.

 A major revision in the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Surety Bond Guarantee (SBG) Program more than triples the eligible contract amount, from $2 million to $6.5 million, the agency will guarantee on surety bonds for both public and private contracts.

 The Caribbean Society of Hotel Association Executives re-elected Lisa Hamilton as president at its annual leadership conference held Jan. 16-18 at Comfort Suites on Paradise Island in the Bahamas.

 USVI Sotheby’s International Realty, a luxury real estate brokerage servicing St. John, St. Thomas and St. Croix, has brought the world’s attention to the U.S. Virgin Islands as a luxury real estate destination in a Wall Street Journal article.

 This year, in an effort to support recycling throughout the territory, Innovative is providing a recycling bin at its primary business office locations for customers who wish to discard their outdated
directories.

 The Virgin Islands Society of CPAs (VISCPAs) presents “Continuing Professional Education in Taxation.”

 Over 100 tennis players from the Virgin Islands, the Caribbean and several U.S. mainland states are expected to compete in the Choice Wireless VI Open Tennis Tournament, set for Feb. 15-18, 2013, and hosted by the St. Thomas Yacht Club (STYC).

 Scotiabank will recognize women in business from 5:30-7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 7, at Windward Passage Hotel or from noon to 2 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 8.

People who 'like' the bank's social media site can be eligible to win Paradise Jam tickets.

 This is the West Indian Company cruise ship schedule for November 2012.