Segal came to Honolulu in 1998 from Tokyo where he spent three years with Pacific Stars and Stripes, with his last position there as news editor. Prior to that he was business news editor of the Alameda Newspaper Group, whose flagship paper is the Oakland Tribune; and was assistant sports editor, assistant features editor and assistant business editor at The Sacramento Union. While in Sacramento, Segal wrote a twice-weekly TV/radio column and covered the Oakland A's and San Francisco Giants, including three World Series; as well as college football, college basketball and pro tennis.
Segal graduated from San Diego State University after receiving a Sigma Delta Chi journalism scholarship. He is an avid tennis player, swimmer and sports enthusiast. Segal is married with one daughter and one stepson.
Median prices of single- family homes and condominiums in neighbor island housing markets posted solid increases in November, even though sales were mixed compared to a year earlier on Kauai, Hawaii island and Maui. Read more
Oahu real estate prices in November matched all-time highs as properties spent little time on the market before being scooped up by hungry buyers. Read more
Hawaii’s economy is expected to slow in the second half of this year but still grow at a faster pace than earlier projected. Read more
When Hersh Singer laid down roots in the islands 42 years ago as president of Maui Divers of Hawaii, he set out to find the best way to market the company’s jewelry. Read more
Statewide bankruptcies continued their yearlong deep dive by tumbling 30.4% in October to their lowest total for that month in 15 years. Read more
Central Pacific Bank today is launching the state’s first all-digital checking account. Read more
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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
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
