August 2008

Protect yourself from credit-card fraud

Robert D. Gilfoy

At 75, family-run Occidental Underwriters shows how a small business can transform an industry

Jolyn Okimoto Rosa

20-year career broadcast journalist reborn as savvy media entrepreneur

Jacy L. youn

How one company's belief in little plastic models could boost Hawaii's production and manufacturing

Casey Chin

How many times have you heard the cliche “There is no ‘I’ in team?” Well, state Sen. Sam Slom doesn’t believe it.

Shara Enay

Horror stories of unpolished professionals spurred Signe Godfrey to start Business Skills Academy, a course that teaches basic professional office skills that many would consider common knowledge.

Jason Ubay

Casey Chin

Umeke Market opened a new location this summer in downtown Honolulu. But unlike its Kahala store, the downtown location will focus more on food service rather than groceries.

Jason Ubay

Aug. 8, 2008, or 08/08/08. It’s the auspicious day many engaged couples have been anxiously awaiting to tie the knot.

Shara Enay

Big Island farmers are capitalizing on renewable energy production.

Karen Valentine

Faced with more than $4 a gallon for gas, we expected some isle residents to garage their cars for two-wheeled alternatives. What about Segways?

Casey Chin

Remember that fast-talking announcer on those whacky Micro Machines commercials back in the ’80s? Well, 17-year-old Jared Coleman-Stark, of Kauai, could’ve transcribed every syllable of that...

Shara Enay

Interested in installing some solar panels on your house to lower your power bills and maybe even sell some power to the local utility? Better check first if the utility is buying.

Jason Ubay

Doreen Griffith, managing partner, Grant Thornton

Jacy L. Youn

So you already have the inflatable massage chair, noise-canceling headphones and global cell phone. Well, we found a travel aid that beats them all.

Casey Chin

Putts are influenced by more than just the slope of the terrain

Kyle Galdeira

Price of avocados got you down? Seek out the City and County of Honolulu sponsored People’s Open Markets.

Jen Tadaki Catanzaratti

If you want to learn Hawaiian music but you're not into the ukulele, this book's for you.

Jason Ubay

Kelli Abe Trifonovitch

Americans snap nearly 30 million digital photos each year. A new online app aims to organize them all, using facial recognition software.

Shara Enay

Was mandating solar water heaters for new homes good policy?

Everett Dowling, President, Dowling Company Inc.

A portrait of Hawaii business life

You won't find bananas at Banana Leaf Pasta Cafe, just oodles of noodles

David K. Choo

What our readers have to say

Inside the minds of Hawaii’s most successful companies

Dennis Hollier

The standouts of the 2008 Top 250 list.

Shara Enay and Jason Ubay

Carl S. Bonham and Byron Gangnes