March 2002

Cover Story

E=MC^2

David Rolf, executive director, Hawaii Automobile Dealers Association

An Economic Issue

Karen Ginoza, president, Hawaii State Teachers Association

Accountability Governor?

Ben Cayetano, governor, Hawaii

State Parent

Carol Nafus, president, Hawaii Parent Teacher Student Association

Public-Private Partnership

Roger Drue, chairman, Hawaii Business Roundtable

The New Chief

Patricia Hamamoto’s style is to work with what you have the power to change. She’s transforming the DOE from the inside out.

Class Action

How to Fix Hawaii's Public Schools

Features

Tossing Tradition

In the cohesive world of financial services, stocks and bonds are offered alongside checking accounts and insurance policies.

Tossing Tradition

In the cohesive world of financial services, stocks and bonds are offered alongside checking accounts and insurance policies.

One Size Doesn't Fit All

Money managers custom design portfolios for people with too much money and too little time.

Premium Promotions

When it comes to attracting customers, insurance companies get creative.

Windows XP – Time to Go for the Upgrade?

Neatly, With a Bow

Insurance wrap-ups save owners and contractors money.

Architecture firms in Hawaii

Travel Through Time

Despite the slowdown in tourism, the time-share market is invincible.

Departments

Japan Journal: Hunkered Down

Japan is a nation of savers who "hate" risk. But these days, nothing looks too safe.

Road Ahead: Reyn’s Man

The aloha shirt business comes in all sizes.

Hawaii Real Estate: Rebound Looms

Optimism prevails, But office vacancies are still on the rise. A turnaround isn’t expected for at least another year.

Hawaii Real Estate: Winter Condos on a Tropic Isle

Ricky Cassiday, Research Director, Prudential Locations

Law Watch: Sexual Harassment: A Wake-up Call

Jeffrey Harris, Torkildson Katz Fonseca Jaffe Morre & Hetherington

Dollars and Sense: Unraveling The Process of IRA Participation and Deductibility

Scott Butera, Salmon Smith Barney

In Focus: Power Player

Kauai Visitors Bureau’s Sue Kanoho packs a punch in more ways than one.

Hawaii Stocks: A Carrier-Neutral Data Center: Pihana Pacific Inc.

Randy Havre, Honolulu Venture

Hawaii E-Biz: Are you Certifiable?

Education never ends for the modern tech worker.

Hawaii E-Biz: Cure for the Common Virus

Is your computer system safe from hackers? Local businesses crack down on cyber crime.

Hawaii E-Biz: The Expanding Role of the UH Office of Technology Transfer and Economic Development

Hawaii E-Biz: Sounds Like A Plan

The Audio Visual Co. grows by almost 25 percent per year – thanks to a new business strategy.

Hawaii E-Biz: Fraud on the Copyright Office

Robert Carson Godbey, Jackson Godbey Griffiths

Hawaii E-Biz: Q&A with Peter Kay

Hawaii E-Biz: Surfwatch

Expectional E-commerce with local style

Hawaii E-Biz: Harvard Angel

Questions and answers with Robert Robinson, head of the University of Hawaii's Pacific Asain Center for Entrepreneurship and E-Business.

Hawaii E-Biz: Windows XP – Time to Go for the Upgrade?

Letters To The Editor: MailBag

Letters from our Readers

Periscope: Another Evolution

Room At The Top: Sandra Au Fong

Senior vice president and secretary, Market city shopping center

Waves and Wires: Considering Class Action

Dining with Dave: Moody Food

With a lunchtime menu that is slim and uninspired, it seems like Grumpy’s is spending a little too much time partying.

Features: Tossing Tradition

In the cohesive world of financial services, stocks and bonds are offered alongside checking accounts and insurance policies.

Features: Tossing Tradition

In the cohesive world of financial services, stocks and bonds are offered alongside checking accounts and insurance policies.

Features: One Size Doesn't Fit All

Money managers custom design portfolios for people with too much money and too little time.

Features: Premium Promotions

When it comes to attracting customers, insurance companies get creative.

Features: Windows XP – Time to Go for the Upgrade?

Features: Neatly, With a Bow

Insurance wrap-ups save owners and contractors money.

Features: Architecture firms in Hawaii

Features: Travel Through Time

Despite the slowdown in tourism, the time-share market is invincible.