Home sales up for 43rd month in a row
Buyers snapped up properties quickly last month, pushing sales of existing houses and condominiums on O'ahu to another monthly increase and marking the 43rd consecutive month of rising sales. |
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Fairmont buys stake in Kea Lani Hotel
Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, a Canadian owner and operator of luxury hotels, has acquired a majority interest in the partnership that owns the Kea Lani Hotel at the Wailea Resort on Maui. |
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Isle firms to increase recruiting of former residents
State government and high-technology business leaders will hold five job fairs on the Mainland in March, hoping to attract skilled former islanders back to their home state. |
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Maui Land & Pine income off sharply in 2000
Maui Land & Pine reported its annual net income and revenues sank as continued losses in the company's pineapple operations offset gains in its Maui resort operations. |
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Amazon.com rethinks severance terms
Laid-off hourly workers at Amazon.com will now be able to receive extra severance benefits without signing an agreement prohibiting them from speaking ill of the company. |
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Record flight delays in 2000
More than a quarter of flights last year on major airlines arrived late — the worst record in five years, the Transportation Department said yesterday. |
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Hawai'i business briefs
Roberts Hawaii names president; Revenues down, Cyanotech says; Cheap Tickets names new CEO. |
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Gloomy factory report raises spectre of recession
There was more bleak news for the U.S. economy yesterday as a closely watched gauge of factory activity fell to its lowest level since the end of the 1990-91 recession. |
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