Friday, May 25, at 5 p.m. is the deadline for submitting entries in the 2001 Advertising Club of the Virgin Islands "ADVI" awards competition.

The V.I. Human Resource Management Association has joined the Caribbean Employers' Confederation.

The "2001 Entrepreneurial and Investment Symposium" will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, May 24, and from 8:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Friday, May 25, at the Ritz-Carlton St. Thomas Hotel. This event will present professional service providers and business owners with an opportunity to participate in a series of discussions concerning asset diversification and best business practices critical to any successful profit-oriented organization.
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The V.I. Charteryacht League and the U.S. Coast guard have reached an understanding that could bring luxury charter vessels with a capacity of up to 12 passengers back to homeport in the territory.

KFC officials called the media out Tuesday morning to hear all about the colonel's new secret -- chicken that's juicier and tastier because it's been marinated -- and the local campaign to promote it.

A Minority Small Business Procurement Conference will be held May 22-25 at Marriott Frenchman's Reef Resort.

The State and Local Government Law Section of the American Bar Association is holding its annual spring meeting this week on St. Thomas. Among the topics to be addressed are disaster mitigation and public finance.

As part of National Teach Children to Save Day, employees from Chase Manhattan Bank will visit three local schools to teach students about managing their money.

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Carnival Cruise Lines,(NYSE: CCL), last week took delivery of its new $375-million cruise ship, the 88,500-ton Carnival Spirit.