Mokulele expands service to Big Island
Mokulele Airlines will begin service from the Waimea-Kohala Airport to Maui and Oahu on Saturday.
Kailua-Kona-based Mokulele replaces Pacific Wings, which announced in March that it would end service to Waimea.
Flights will leave in the morning and stop in Kahului on Maui before taking off again for Honolulu.
170 employers seeking workers at Job Fair
Today’s Job Quest Job Fair at Neal Blaisdell Center will feature as many as 176 employers looking to hire workers.
The event is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is $3 general and $1 for students with school ID, seniors 55 and older, and military with ID. There will be 20-minute briefings from featured companies throughout the day.
Hawaiian Airlines, Island Air, Solar City, Hawaii Pacific Health and apparel retailer H&M are among companies looking to fill vacancies. Free professional head shots will be provided for job seekers that can be used on their LinkedIn profile pages.
Honolulu ranks sixth in family destinations
Honolulu is No. 6 among the 10 best U.S. cities for family vacations, according to the Family Vacation Critic website.
Research by the online family travel planning guide, a unit of TripAdvisor Inc., shows that 40 percent of parents say the most difficult part of planning a city vacation is finding a hotel that caters to families that also fits within the budget.
The next-biggest challenges are choosing the best attractions to see, locating good restaurants that welcome children, and getting around the city.
Besting Honolulu, according to survey respondents, were New York City at No. 1, followed by Washington, D.C., at No. 2; No. 3, San Francisco; No. 4, Chicago; and No. 5, New Orleans.
Ranked after Honolulu at No. 7 was San Antonio; No. 8, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; No. 9, San Diego; and No. 10, Boston.
Read short reviews of each city at is.gd/tcLLjH.
Barnwell names president of oil, gas unit
Barnwell Industries Inc. has named Lloyd Arnason president and chief operating officer of Barnwell Canada Ltd., Barnwell’s oil and gas subsidiary in Calgary, Alberta.
Arnason is an engineer with more than 30 years’ experience at large and small oil and gas companies in the region. "We welcome him to Barnwell and look forward to his help in running our largest subsidiary and continuing his distinguished career in the industry," said Morton Kinzler, Barnwell chairman and CEO, in a statement.
Arnason succeeds Warren Steckley, who has left the company "to pursue other interests," Kinzler said. He had served Barnwell for 15 years.
Honolulu-based, publicly traded Barnwell is involved in oil and natural gas exploration, land investment, residential real estate and drilling operations in the U.S. and Canada.
U.S. factory output rises 0.7 percent
WASHINGTON » U.S. factories increased output in August by the most in eight months, helped by a robust month at auto plants. The gains are a hopeful sign that manufacturing could help boost economic growth in the second half of the year.
Manufacturing production rose 0.7 percent last month from July, the Federal Reserve said Monday. That’s the biggest increase since December. It followed a 0.4 percent decline in July. Automakers increased production 5.2 percent, after a 4.5 percent decline in July. And factories stepped up production of other goods, including computers and electronics, furniture and business equipment.
Push for Yellen to lead Fed gaining steam
WASHINGTON » Janet Yellen told friends in recent weeks that she did not expect to be nominated as the next chairman of the Federal Reserve. Although she had been the Fed’s vice chairman since 2010 and would make history as the first woman to hold the job, President Barack Obama’s aides made clear throughout the summer that he wanted Lawrence Summers, his former chief economic adviser.
Now it appears the president may have to circle back to Yellen after Summers withdrew from consideration Sunday, bowing to the determined opposition of some Senate Democrats. On Monday, Yellen became the front-runner by elimination, officials close to the White House said.
Summers supporters, including many of the president’s closest advisers, had raised some concerns about Yellen in recent months. Perhaps most importantly, they said institutions benefited from fresh leadership and argued that Yellen’s crucial role in creating the Fed’s current policies could inhibit her ability to make necessary changes.
On the Move
The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii has promoted Geri Walker to chief financial officer and vice president of administrative services. She joined the chamber in 2007 as a controller and office manager, and previously served as research administrator with Pacific Health Research Institute. Walker also has 25 years of experience in financial and accounting positions, including at Alcm/the JSM Group and HTH Corp. and KPMG.
Walter B. Menzel was elected director of Stockholders of Cyanotech Corp. at the group’s annual meeting last month. He is president of WM Group as well as a contract provider of creative, management, implementation and marketing services for entrepreneurial enterprises and organizations. Menzel is also founding executive director of Peter Michael Foundation, a cancer research underwriter for leading medical centers and a consultant to Ecopia Farms for marketing and branding.
The American Heart Association and American Stroke Association Hawaii Division has announced these appointments to the 2013-2014 Hawaii Divison Board of Directors: Gordon Bruce, Kimberly Miyazawa Frank, Jayson Harper, Howard Lee, Kazuma Nakagawa, Barbara A. Petrus, Mark Yamakawa and Milton Yasunaga.
