IHOP Corp. announced an agreement with Union MAK Corp., a California gourmet hamburger restaurant chain operator, to open six IHOP restaurants in Hawai'i over the next nine years.

There is one IHOP restaurant on Maui operated by another franchisee who plans to open a second location in January at Windward Mall on O'ahu.

IHOP, also known as the International House of Pancakes, has about 1,100 restaurants in 48 states and Canada.

Hawaiian Airlines appoints new chief financial officer

Hawaiian Airlines today announced the appointment of Peter Ingram as the company's chief financial officer, effective Dec. 1.

Ingram succeeds Steve Jackson, who has filled the CFO role since August 2004. Ingram previously worked for 11 years at AMR Corp., the parent company of American Airlines and American Eagle Airlines. Since 2002, he has served as vice president of finance and CFO for American Eagle Airlines.

Hoku Scientific executives to preside over Nasdaq opening

The executive management team of Hoku Scientific Inc. will preside over the opening of the Nasdaq exchange on Monday, the company announced today.

"Our opening of the NASDAQ market recognizes our company as one of the best performing initial public offerings of 2005. We are honored by the invitation from NASDAQ, and remain focused on growing our business as a leading NASDAQ listed company," said Dustin Shindo, chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of Hoku Scientific.

Hoku Scientific is a designer, developer and manufacturer of membrane electrode assemblies and non-fluorinated membranes for proton exchange membrane fuel cells.