Central Pacific Bank debuts all-digital checking account
Central Pacific Bank today is launching the state’s first all-digital checking account. Read more
Central Pacific Bank today is launching the state’s first all-digital checking account. Read more
Maui Land & Pineapple Co. posted a narrower loss of $139,000 in the third quarter, but revenue jumped 43.6%, primarily due a spike in its land leasing operations. Read more
Central Pacific Bank more than tripled its net income in the third quarter, increased its dividend and repurchased more of its shares as it continued to distance itself from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more
Big Island-born Arnold Martines didn’t set out to pursue a career in banking. Read more
The state’s second-largest bank said today it earned $62.1 million, or $1.52 a share, to blow past analysts’ estimates of $1.33 a share. Read more
Hawaii, which like much of the country has been experiencing difficulty finding workers, saw its labor force shrink by 500 people to 646,850 last month from 647,350 in August. Read more
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Hawaii, which like much of the country has been experiencing difficulty finding workers, saw its labor force shrink by 500 people to 646,850 last month from 647,350 in August. Read more
Connie Lau, the longtime president and CEO of Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc., highest-paid female executive in the state, and a driving force behind the company’s move toward clean energy, is retiring at the end of this year. Read more
Statewide bankruptcies plunged 31.2% last month to their lowest total in 15 years as the economy remained resilient despite the end of Hawaii’s eviction moratorium. Read more
Hawaii’s largest public pension fund, which has been playing catch-up to dig out of a $14.6 billion shortfall, has achieved what is believed to be the best fiscal- year performance in its 95-year history. Read more
The Hawaii Law Enforcement Federal Credit Union will celebrate its grand opening next week of a larger and modernized headquarters and main branch that comes after more than four years of planning, design and construction. Read more
Hawaii’s unemployment rate dropped in August to a 17-month low of 7% — its seventh consecutive monthly decline — while job growth stalled due to a larger-than-typical summertime release of workers in the Department of Education. Read more
Hawaii’s unemployment rate dropped in August to a 17-month low of 7% — its seventh consecutive monthly decline — while job growth stalled due to a larger-than-typical summertime release of workers in the Department of Education. Read more
Hawaiian Telcom officially has its second owner in just over three years. Read more
Statewide bankruptcies nose-dived 20.2% last month to their lowest total in 16 years, but there’s mixed opinion on whether the ending of both the state’s eviction moratorium, and federal unemployment insurance and assistance programs, will bump up cases during the rest of the year. Read more
More than 30,000 unemployed Hawaii residents will lose their weekly federal benefits following today even as record-setting numbers from the delta variant continue to ravage the state. Read more
Cardax Inc. said Tuesday that it is refocusing its business strategy on its anti-inflammatory astaxanthin dietary supplement ZanthoSyn and restructuring its board of directors as it seeks to reduce its corporate cost structure. Read more
Hawaii auto sales were off to the races in the second quarter with new-vehicle registrations reaching the highest number in 14 years. Read more
Hawaii’s labor market proved to be resilient in the face of the surging COVID-19 virus as the unemployment rate in July plunged to a 16-month low of 7.3% and nonfarm payroll jobs jumped by 10,200 over the previous month. Read more
As recently as May 2020, the state’s unemployment rate stood at a record 21.9% during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more
Honolulu-based biopharmaceutical company Cardax Inc., which produces the anti-inflammatory dietary supplement ZanthoSyn, said Wednesday it is voluntarily suspending its reporting obligations with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Read more