Hawaii Stocks

SYMPRICECHANGEVOLUME

August 2008

Cover Story

Features

Institutional Knowledge

Institutional Knowledge

Inside the minds of Hawaii’s most successful companies

2008 Movers and Shakers

2008 Movers and Shakers

The standouts of the 2008 Top 250 list.

Pricey Oil One More Burden for Struggling Economy

Pricey Oil One More Burden for Struggling Economy

Departments

Small Business: Bank On It

Protect yourself from credit-card fraud

Small Business: Generational Savvy

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

Small Business: Late Bloomer

20-year career broadcast journalist reborn as savvy media entrepreneur

Small Business: Super Modeling

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

Small Business: 5 Steps to Building an Effectve Team

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

Now: Professional Needs

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.

Now: The Flight Less Traveled

Now: Appetite for Expansion

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.

Now: Lucky 8s

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

Now: Local Power

Big Island farmers are capitalizing on renewable energy production.

Now: Riding Out Gas Prices

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?

Now: Not Your Type-ical Teen

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...

Now: Greening Pains

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.

HB Life: My Favorite Things

Doreen Griffith, managing partner, Grant Thornton

HB Life: Butlers Without Borders

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.

HB Life: The Grain Game

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

HB Life: Flash Market

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

HB Life: Steel the Island Way

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

Editor's Desktop: Saluting Our Silver Veterans

Innovation: Picture Perfect Software

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

Spin Zone: Was mandating solar water heaters for new homes good policy?

Was mandating solar water heaters for new homes good policy?

Talk Story: Everett Dowling, President, Dowling Company Inc.

Everett Dowling, President, Dowling Company Inc.

Parting Shot: Office Views

A portrait of Hawaii business life

Parting Shot: Going Bananas

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

Letters to the Editor: Letters 08/08

What our readers have to say

Features: Institutional Knowledge

Inside the minds of Hawaii’s most successful companies

Features: 2008 Movers and Shakers

The standouts of the 2008 Top 250 list.

Features: Pricey Oil One More Burden for Struggling Economy