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Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:05:37 GMT
Amateurs to defend Burns Cup title (Honolulu Advertiser)
  • The Gov. John A. Burns Challenge Cup — Hawaii's version of the Ryder Cup — will Monday and Tuesday at Mid-Pacific Country Club.

  • Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:08:58 GMT
    Hawaii getting first-hand look at global warming? (ZDNet)
  • The beaches are shrinking in Hawaii. It is not clearly linked to global warming though some reports leap to make a connection.

  • Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:45:00 GMT
    Hualalai Resort Real Estate Achieves Record-Breaking $43 Million Sales Month and Year to Date (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
  • KONA, Hawaii----Hualalai Resort, an award-winning residential resort community situated on the North Kona Coast of the Big Island, announced today that it has closed on more than $43 million in real estate sold in August, making it the most successful sales month in the resort’s 13-year history.

  • Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:16:07 GMT
    Costco Wholesale opening first Manhattan store (Seattle Times)
  • Costco expects sales for the 110,000-square-foot East Harlem store — its 563rd worldwide — to reach $220 million a year, almost double the $131 million of its average location but still not approaching its biggest-volume warehouses in Hawaii and South Korea.

  • Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:38:38 GMT
    October foreclosure rate rises (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
  • Hawaii foreclosures rose in October to their third highest total of the year, more than doubling from the prior year, according to data released today by the online foreclosure marketplace RealtyTrac.

  • Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:48:15 GMT
    Group invites Filipinos to invest in Hawaii (Sun Star)
  • A Filipino business chamber based in Hawaii is encouraging Cebuano businessmen to invest in real estate there as the industry proved to be resilient when compared to other states in the United States. read more

  • Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:49:36 GMT
    CITY INSIDER / Newsom a man of few words - and appearances - this month (San Francisco Chronicle)
  • It has been 11 days since Mayor Gavin Newsom last appeared in public to, you know, speak. It was Oct. 30, and he was talking about the oil spill. He famously dropped out of the governor's race that afternoon, jetted to Hawaii without telling his staff and...

  • Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:08:47 GMT
    Hawaii leaders head overseas to promote business (KHNL News 8 Honolulu)
  • Hawaii leaders are heading overseas on a mission to promote business, but...

  • Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:44:47 GMT
    Economists see 2011 recovery (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
  • While the U.S. economy is improving, it will be 2011 before Hawaii experiences sustained recovery, according to economists at the 40th annual First Hawaiian Bank Business Outlook Forum.

  • Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:07:07 GMT
    CPF blames loss on deteriorating commercial real estate markets (Honolulu Advertiser)
  • Central Pacific Financial Corp. said today rising credit costs resulting from loans it made in the the deteriorating Hawaii and California commercial real estate markets contributed to a net loss of $183 million, or $6.38 per share, in the third quarter.

  • Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:44:37 GMT
    Pineapple all pau on Valley isle (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
  • Hawaii's once-rich agricultural industry has suffered another devastating blow. With the last remaining sugar company hanging on by a thread, Maui Land & Pineapple Co. said yesterday it would stop planting pineapple immediately and cease all pineapple operations by the end of the year.

  • Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:55:26 GMT
    Johnson — 25th (The Wenatchee World)
  • Ken and Annette Johnson of East Wenatchee celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary with a trip to Maui, Hawaii, in October. The couple were married during a surprise ceremony on the 30th wedding anniversary of his parents, Rose and Roger Johnson of Wenatchee.

  • Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:03:41 GMT
    Maui Land dropping pineapple production (Honolulu Advertiser)
  • Hawaii will be left with just one big grower of pineapple, Dole Food Co., and a handful of small farms next month when Maui Land & Pineapple ends production of what was once the state's single biggest cash crop.

  • Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:47:15 GMT
    Travel site lets others go gaga over Hawaii rentals (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
  • The Hawaii travel Web site HawaiiGaga.com is based in Victoria, British Columbia.

  • Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:50:00 GMT
    Aerial Photos Show off Hawaii's Spectacular Beaches and Attractions (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
  • When it comes to vacation planning, Hawaii visitors have a massive appetite for beach information. Now HawaiiGaga.com, one of Hawaii's premier travel Web sites, has partnered with Hawaiian Images Photography and Video to supplement its panoramic beach and attraction pictures with aerial photographs.