Guardian Insurance, the Virgin Islands largest automobile insurance carrier, announced that A.M. Best Co. has raised its financial strength rating and its issuer credit rating.

The Virgin Islands Small Business Development Center, the University of the Virgin Islands and the U.S. Small Business Administration celebrate Small Business Week from June 1-5.

The U.S. Small Business Administration's Web Chat series starts the new year with a focus on small businesses and the credit crunch.

FirstBank, First Express and First Insurance will be closed on Tuesday, Jan. 6.

Commissioner of Tourism Beverly Nicholson Doty will unveil the 2009 Marketing and Public Relations Initiatives for the territory at the November Membership Meeting of the USVI Hotel & Tourism Association.

The Virgin Islands Energy Office staff will conduct presentations at the St. Thomas-St. John Chamber of Commerce Business Expo, on Saturday, Nov. 1.

Innovative Telephone officials have announced that the Innovative Business Offices throughout the territory will be closed Monday, Oct. 13.

Pistarckle Theater will host the St. Thomas-St. John Chamber of Commerce's Business After Hours on Sept. 11, at which it will announce its 18th season.

In an ongoing series of columns, Frank Schneiger works to find solutions to the difficult organizational problems that affect government, most businesses and non-profit organizations.
This week Schneiger takes on the third of the Four Horsemen of the Managerial Apocalypse: Mistrust.

Hovensa L.L.C. has awarded scholarship grants to four recent graduates of Virgin Islands high schools to study at a U.S. college or university of their choice.