Dump the D.O.E., Allow Vouchers I don’t believe it’s everyone’s responsibility (“Businesses Help Public Schools,” May). People and businesses meet their responsibilities by paying taxes. Why should parents who are already burdened paying private school tuitions be forced to pay…
Welcome to the 2011 Hawaii Business Top 100 Realtors list, based on total sales volume for transactions that closed in 2010. We ranked the top 25 on this page and listed all 100 alphabetically on the following pages. The accounting firm PKF…
If only it could be bottled – that special touch that makes a Realtor great, not just for a quarter, but year after year. In the second year of publishing the Top 100 Realtors, Hawaii Business began highlighting the leading…
Hawaii’s rapidly changing news media are facing two challenges at the same time: 1. How to gather and deliver news when, where and how people want it; and 2. How to pay for all that. The old ways of delivering…
OAHU Price: $22 million This 1.4-acre, beachfront estate on Kahala Avenue has an indoor pool, a helicopter landing area, a tennis court and access to a small boat. It also comes with some history: Its most famous guests include Jacqueline…
Local television news was once a great way to make money, but now its future is as clear as 3-D movies without the glasses. Revenues from advertising sales are up, but nowhere near what they were in the glory days…
Whether they are raw, salted, pepped up with Spam or one of 13 other flavors, macadamia nuts have been a great Hawaii snack since the first planting in 1881. Here’s an overview of Hawaii’s mac nut industry: 300 Pounds per…
There are a lot of reasons we visit our local coffeehouse: client meetings, free Wi-Fi or just the routine caffeine fix. For these purposes, your franchise coffee shop, with its roaring espresso machine and big Bunn brewers, works just fine.…
What it's worth? $5,678 If you’re always entertaining guests at home and want to make a good impression, forget about your boring china and antique vases. The Toto Neorest 600 Elongated Toilet/Bidet is a way to make a statement, says…
Dr. Ricardo Custodio, medical director at the Waianae District Comprehensive Health & Hospital Board Inc., wanted to support his wife’s passion for belly dancing, so he learned and perfected the art of Middle Eastern drumming. “I figured drumming would be…
The many benefits of yoga are especially valuable to children, and that’s why a new nonprofit is bringing yoga into public elementary schools. “I believe movement exercise and mindful activities such as yoga help to stimulate brain growth and development,…
