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Center to help small business

Honolulu entrepreneurs looking for help have a new source of assistance: the Small Business Resource Center, a partnership between the city's Office of Economic Development and the federal Small Business Administration.

The center, which opened yesterday at the Chinatown Gateway Plaza on Nu'uanu Avenue, will offer one-stop help for entrepreneurs who want to start, improve or expand their companies, city and federal officials say.

The center, on the street level at 1041 Nu'uanu Ave., is open 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. For more information, call the center at 522-8130.

Kubota takes helm at PixiNet

Stan Kubota will take over from Lou Coschigano as president and CEO of Honolulu-based Internet service provider PixiNet, the company said yesterday.

Kubota, the chairman of PixiNet, was one of the founders of the company in 1994. Coschigano will do consulting work for new companies in Hawai'i, PixiNet said in a statement.