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Business / In Brief • Mar. 14, 2013
March 14, 2013 Down to Earth stores to require GMO food labels Down to Earth Organic & Natural will begin requiring store products with ingredients containing genetically modified organisms to be labeled by 2018. more »»
Residents say no to Anahola green energy project
March 12, 2013 LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) — Local residents are pushing back against a renewable energy project planned for Kauai. The Garden Island says residents want to stop the Anahola Renewable Energy Project. more »»
Business / In Brief • Mar. 9, 2013
March 9, 2013 Modern Honolulu workers OK strike HONOLULU — A group of 260 union workers at the Modern Honolulu hotel in Waikiki have authorized leaders to call for a strike. more »»
Business / In Brief • Mar. 8, 2013
March 8, 2013 Median home price down in Honolulu HONOLULU — The Honolulu Board of Realtors said the median price of single-family homes on Oahu was down 4 percent to $600,000 in February, compared with the same... more »»
Officials seek Tokyo-Kona flights
March 7, 2013 HONOLULU — The Hawaii Tourism Authority is working to have Japan Airlines fly 10 flights from Tokyo’s Narita airport to Kailua-Kona this summer in hopes they sell well and lead the carrier to restor... more »» 
Names & Faces
March 7, 2013 * Joe Chee Jr. has been named Kihei Branch manager at Territorial Savings Bank. He is responsible for branch operations and residential mortgage production. more »»
Hawaii House, Senate vote to increase minimum wage
March 6, 2013 HONOLULU — The Hawaii state House and the Senate have approved separate proposals to raise the state minimum wage. more »»
Business / In Brief • Mar. 2, 2013
March 2, 2013 3 Walmart stores have solar power Three Walmart stores statewide — including the one in Kahului — have new solar power arrays on their rooftops. more »»
The Chamber View: Look within before adding any more fees and taxes
March 2, 2013 Each legislative session there are a number of bills that seek to increase the cost of doing business and this year is certainly no exception. more »»
Business / In Brief • Feb. 28, 2013
February 28, 2013 Volcano generates millions in spending HONOLULU — A new study finds that Kilauea volcano generates many millions of dollars in spending at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park each year. more »»
Business / In Brief • Feb. 22, 2013
February 22, 2013 Coffee farmers, contractors fined HONOLULU — The U.S. Department of Labor is fining seven Big Island coffee farms and farm labor contractors $42,000 for violating labor laws. more »»
Law OKs vendors at Honolulu festivals
February 21, 2013 HONOLULU (AP) — Vendors again will be allowed to sell their wares at nonprofit festivals held in Honolulu parks under a reinterpretation of an ordinance enacted last summer. more »»
Business / In Brief • Feb. 19, 2013
February 19, 2013 Hawaii chamber CEO to retire HONOLULU — The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii said that its CEO will retire in August after 12 years of leading the state’s largest business organizatio. more »»
Business / In Brief • Feb. 16, 2013
February 16, 2013 New jobless claims increased last week HONOLULU — State labor officials report that new jobless claims are down in Hawaii compared to the same time last year, but up when taking the short-view. more »»
The Chamber View: Businesses recognized, promoted and challenged
February 16, 2013 While things are always busy at the Maui Chamber of Commerce, we tend to be particularly busy at the beginning of the legislative session when so many new bills are heard and decisions are being mad... more »»
Business / In Brief • Feb. 15, 2013
February 15, 2013 Hawaiian Airlines to add Sendai flights HONOLULU — Hawaiian Airlines says it is planning a new route between Honolulu and Sendai, Japan. more »»
Business / In Brief • Feb. 14, 2013
February 14, 2013 Alaska Airlines gifts a million miles to Hawaii’s Make-A-Wish HONOLULU — Alaska Airlines is donating 1 million air miles to Make-A-Wish Hawai. more »»
Hawaii lawmakers move forward with anti-GMO bill
February 9, 2013 HONOLULU (AP) — Advocates of all-natural food in Hawaii scored a partial victory when the House Committee on Agriculture passed a measure to require labeling on genetically modified food. more »»
The Chamber View: Lawmakers poised to renege on tax promises
February 9, 2013 Here in Hawaii, do taxes go back down once they are raised? Surely they do if lawmakers agree to sunset the tax hike (revert it to its prior lower level) when passing the increase, right? Not... more »»
Business / In Brief • Feb. 7, 2013
February 7, 2013 Funds being sought for control of beetle HONOLULU — Hawaii lawmakers want to dedicate more than $1 million over the next two years to mitigate the effects of a beetle that is endangering the state’s... more »» |
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