Kapalua Realty yesterday announced the opening of the second phase of Honolua Ridge at Plantation Estates, a residential community on Maui where 25 "agricultural homesites" ranging in size from three to 30 acres are being priced from $1.7 million to $7.3 million.

The homesites are part of the 23,000-acre Kapalua Resort community on Maui's northwest coast. The lots are set amid a working pineapple plantation overlooking the Kapalua Resort.

CHAMINADE HAS NEW REGENT CHAIR

Gary Liebl, the former chairman of QLogic Corp. and a Maui resident, was named chairman of Chaminade University's board of regents. Liebl replaces John Brogan, retired president of Starwood Hotels and Resorts-Hawaii, who had been regent chair for Chaminade since 2001.

NATION WORLD

10,000 MAY LOSE JOBS AT KODAK

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Eastman Kodak Co. said yesterday it is cutting as many as 10,000 more jobs as the company that turned picture-taking into a hobby for the masses navigates a tough transition from film to digital photography.

The lightning transition to a world without film is forcing an extreme makeover at the world's biggest maker of the product and coincided with the disclosure of a second-quarter loss. The company's shares dipped more than 2 percent.

STRIKE POSSIBLE AT NORTHWEST

MINNEAPOLIS — The clock is counting down on a possible strike by mechanics at Northwest Airlines Corp.

Faced with little headway on pay cuts the airline says it needs, federal mediators yesterday released Northwest and its mechanics union from contract talks, starting a 30-day cooling-off period.

The mechanics could strike at 12:01 a.m. EST on Aug. 20 unless they make a deal. The two sides are expected to keep meeting until the deadline.

Northwest, the nation's fourth-largest airline, has pledged to keep flying if there's a strike, using managers and mechanics from contractors.