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Some rental car companies sold off much of their fleets in response to the pandemic. Pictured is the Dollar and Thrifty rental car lot off of Lagoon Drive on Wednesday.

‘Perfect storm’ that led to extreme shortage of rental cars in Hawaii shows no signs of clearing

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Tourists are flocking back to Hawaii in rising numbers this year as key segments of the visitor industry — airlines, hotels, restaurants, resort shops and attractions — come back to life. Read more

ASSOCIATED PRESS / APRIL 20
A Delta Air Lines Airbus A321- 211 passenger plane takes off from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Off-duty flight attendant is detained after an in-flight struggle, Delta says

ASSOCIATED PRESS / 2019
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos speaks at the Amazon re:MARS convention in Las Vegas. The price to rocket into space next month with Bezos and his brother is a cool $28 million. That was the winning bid during the live online auction on Saturday, June 12.

Blue Origin auctions ride to fly in space with Jeff Bezos for $28M

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The Hawaii Tourism Authority has been instructed to hold off spending international marketing dollars until it has reached certain benchmarks to begin recovering efforts on that front. In the meantime, tourism is picking up in Waikiki. Umbrellas from the the Royal Hawaiian Hotel lined Waikiki Beach on June 1.

Hawaii Tourism Authority board commits to spend $35.5M in state funds

COURTESY CASTLE & COOKE HAWAII Castle & Cooke Hawaii announced Friday that 26 affordable multifamily condominiums in the Koa Ridge, Central Oahu, community, ranging from one- to three-bedroom units, have been released for sale at prices from $375,000 to $600,000. Pictured is an exterior view of Malina at Koa Ridge.

Lottery for affordable Koa Ridge homes begins

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Lauren S. Nahme

On the Move: Trinette Kaui; Lauren S. Nahme; Dr. Jill Hoggard Green;

NEW YORK TIMES / MAY 2021
People wait for rides at Los Angeles International Airport.

Prepare to pay more for Uber and Lyft rides

ASSOCIATED PRESS / MAY 24
The front of the New York Stock Exchange.

Stocks notch modest gains and a 3rd winning week for S&P 500

ASSOCIATED PRESS / MAY 7
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington.

Top U.S. regulators pledge to seek reforms for money markets

STAR-ADVERTISER / 2016

Hawaiian Airlines fixes website performance issues, but call center problems remain

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Vials of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, seen March 6, at a pharmacy in Denver. Federal regulators have told Johnson & Johnson that about 60 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine produced at a troubled Baltimore factory cannot be used because of possible contamination, according to people familiar with the situation.

FDA tells Johnson & Johnson 60 million doses from troubled plant can’t be used

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Waikiki Bazaar Inc. proposes to develop Hale Lau‘ula, a six-story structure, with a 16-unit, 28-bed boutique hotel or an eight-unit apartment building on its existing surface commercial parking lot.

From Waikiki parking lot to boutique hotel

Joey Barroso

On the Move: Joey Barroso and Reina Miyamoto

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Ala Moana Center.

Honolulu inflation heating up as prices have risen over the past year

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Santos Hilario Galvez, a Salvadoran who works as a builder at the Hope House, an organization that sponsors the use of cryptocurrencies in El Zonte beach, makes a purchase at a small store that accepts Bitcoin in Tamanique, El Salvador.

At El Salvador’s Bitcoin Beach, a glimpse of crypto economy

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The Amazon campus outside the company headquarters in Seattle sits nearly deserted on an otherwise sunny and warm afternoon during the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. Corporate and tech employees at Amazon won’t have to work in offices full time after coronavirus restrictions are lifted. The online retail giant said in a company blog post that those workers can work remotely two days a week. In addition, the employees can work remotely from a domestic location for four full weeks each year.

Amazon now says remote work OK 2 days a week

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A health care worker watched a rally, March 16, by New York State Nurses Association nurses from New York Presbyterian and Mount Sinai from an overpass at Mount Sinai Hospital, in New York. The Biden administration has exempted most employers from long-awaited rules for protecting workers from the coronavirus, angering labor advocates who have spent more than a year lobbying for the protections.

New federal COVID-19 safety rules exempt most employers

STAR-ADVERTISER / 2020

Consumer prices on Oahu rise less than U.S. average

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Tech View

Michael Taratko

Column: Colonial Pipeline ransomware offers lessons to be learned

Column: Bitcoin, cryptocurrency are not illegal in Hawaii

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Attila Seress

Column: Take steps to protect yourself from spoofing

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Hawaii Real Estate Sales

STAR-ADVERTISER / 2020 The association of homeowners in the 2-year-old Ke Kilohana condominium tower earlier this week appealed to the Hawaii Community Development Authority to help resolve claims that the building’s developer should rectify high maintenance costs after dramatically underestimating the expense for buyers.

Hawaii Real Estate Sales: May 3-7, 2021

STAR-ADVERTISER / 2020 The association of homeowners in the 2-year-old Ke Kilohana condominium tower earlier this week appealed to the Hawaii Community Development Authority to help resolve claims that the building’s developer should rectify high maintenance costs after dramatically underestimating the expense for buyers.

Hawaii Real Estate Sales: April 26-30, 2021

CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / 2018 The view from Kakaako shows Auahi Street in the foreground with Anaha, left, and Waiea, right, condominiums in the back. The board of directors representing homeowners at Waiea applied for a forgivable Payroll Protection Program loan, which is meant to help small businesses deal with the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.

Hawaii Real Estate Sales: April 19-23, 2021

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Wealth of Health

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Wealth of Health: Optimize your wellness in a post-pandemic world

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Wealth of Health: Botox for migraine headache can aid millions of sufferers

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Wealth of Health: Pandemic has left scars, but also opportunities

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