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For a second straight month, sales of previously owned condominiums on Kaua'i were in the single digits in September as rising global economic troubles weighed down Hawai'i's residential real estate market. More

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COOS BAY, Ore.— After 50 years of major advancements in automotive, aviation and maritime engineering, an Oregon shipyard decided it was time to tinker with the design of a cargo barge that hasn't changed much in the past half century. More

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Hawai'i's energy consumption continued to fall in recent months as consumers and businesses reduced usage amid rising prices. More

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Hawai'i stocks weren't immune from the stock market's slide today, with all 11 issues in The Honolulu Advertiser-Bloomberg Hawai'i Index losing ground. More

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LONDON — The devastating financial flu that has sent the American economy reeling is contagious, making the rest of the world look sick too. More

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HARRISBURG, Pa. — Mars Inc. has closed a $23 billion deal to purchase chewing-gum giant Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., the companies said yesterday, making the combined business the world's largest candy maker. More

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Terri Ann Motosue is a managing partner at Carlsmith Ball LLP handling business development and recruiting. She is one of three female managing partners at the firm. More

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Unionized workers at Hawaiian Telcom have overwhelmingly ratified a three-year contract that includes wage increases of 5 percent over the term of the deal. More

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:48:00 -1000

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve said yesterday it will provide as much as $900 billion in cash loans to squeezed banks in an urgent effort to break through a dangerous credit clog that threatens the economy and has unhinged financial markets around the globe. More