Here’s an different data source that could yield some interesting nuggets. From the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and The Center for Public Integrity–A database with ownership information on companies formed in ten offshore jurisdictions (including the Cook Islands and Singapore) over nearly 30 years up through 2010. Think “tax shelters”? These data come with [...]
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With all the attention being given to the FCC’s decision to reject a waiver that would have allowed Sandwich Isles Communications to collect additional millions for its services provided to residents of Hawaiian Home Lands, you might be interested in reading through the agency’s decision. You can read the decision here. What’s remarkable is that [...]
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Civil Beat’s Nick Grube seems to be the only reporter to flag the bankruptcy filing by Synagro and worries that it could derail Honolulu’s efforts to upgrade sewage treatment facilities at Sand Island. The company’s sewage treatment technology, central to the city’s Sand Island upgrades, has been controversial for years and, as Grube points out, [...]
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A protracted legal dispute between the County of Hawaii and the developer previously selected to develop an affordable workforce housing project in Waikoloa will have to be settled in arbitration, the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled this week. According to the Hawaii Tribune-Herald: Hawaii County attorneys sued UniDev in 2009, alleging fraud, intentional misrepresentations and negligence [...]
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Antique Alley, a unique resource of modern cultural history and artifacts, is being evicted. The store on the ground floor at 1347 Kapiolani is owned and operated by Pake Zane and Julie Lauster. It has been the one stable business in a building that has seen numerous others come and go over the past 25 [...]
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A small “movers & shakes” news brief in West Hawaii Today confirmed that David Bock, editor of the Hawaii Tribune-Herald, took over “day-to-day operations of the newsroom” of WHT on April 25, the same day longtime editor Reed Flickinger was laid off. Bock will be the “roving news director” managing the two newspapers on opposite [...]
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This in from an old friend regarding Safeway Stores price guarantee: Hi Ian, Thank you for telling us of the semi-secret policies of Safeway. Today my wife got a good sized bucket of ice cream FREE, after being overcharged and getting the store clerk to read the policy. Fantastic!! Thank you again, Take care Thanks [...]
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Star-Advertiser reporter Al Yonan put a spotlight on corporate CEO pay today. It’s packed with detail, although not much that might be construed as criticism. Someone had the idea of comparing CEO’s pay to the total market capitalization of their companies, a comparison that I suppose is supposed to suggest these outlandish salaries are really [...]
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