Pacific Business News articles from December 1992

Pacific Business News archives from December 1992

Bankruptcies surge.
December 28, 1992... Neighbor Isles set the pace Hawaii bankruptcies for 1992 are expected to pass the 1,400 mark by Dec. 31, shattering the 1991 record high of 1,085 filings. The rate of bankruptcy filings increased 31 percent this year compared with last...

Kmart bags Castle Park site. (K Mart Corp.)
December 28, 1992... Kmart Corp. has purchased for $10.6 million the lease to the former Castle Park amusement center site, where it will build 220,000 square feet of retail space. A 120,000-square-foot Kmart store -- the retailer's fourth in Hawaii -- is...

Del Monte seeks land. (Del Monte Fresh Produce Hawaii Inc.)
December 28, 1992... Del Monte Fresh Produce Hawaii Inc. is seeking land to replace a 900-acre pineapple plot in Central Oahu that is scheduled for development. Hawaiian Trust Co. Ltd. and Schuler Homes Inc. plan to build about 3,000 residential units north of...

St. Francis awaits City blessing. (St. Francis Medical Center)
December 28, 1992... The city is reviewing St. Francis Medical Center plans for expansion, the first phase of which is estimated to cost about $50 million. That estimate includes the construction of a new office facility and parking structure and expansion work...

Niu Valley center sold. (Niu Valley Shopping Center)
December 28, 1992... The ownership of Niu Valley Shopping Center in East Oahu quietly changed hands in late October for $12.8 million. Sky Court Hawaii Inc., which is Japan-based, sold in fee simple the five-acre neighborhood center to the Trustees of the Hawaii...

State job growth keeps growing. (Hawaii)
December 28, 1992... "The state government grew by 14,100 jobs" between 1986 and 1991, according to Tax Foundation of Hawaii executive director Lowell Kalapa. Published reports that the state government "added nearly 9,400 jobs between 1986 and 1991" represented...

Fast food chains take checks, plastic. (KFC-Hawaii; Burger King Corp.)
December 28, 1992... As part of expanded services Cold hard cash is no longer a prerequisite to dining at two of Hawaii's fast-food restaurant chains. KFC-Hawaii and Burger King each take MasterCard, Visa and Discover credit cards and checks at designated...

Kelley: tourism is everybody's business. (Richard Kelley, chairman of Hotel Operating Company of Hawaii Ltd.)
December 28, 1992... The state's businesses, government agencies and private citizens must work together to enhance and ensure the long-term growth of tourism in Hawaii, said Richard "Doc" Kelley, chairman of Outrigger Hotels Hawaii. He presented a seven-point...

Fireboat gets 'final' fix. (Moku Ahi) (Hawaii Transporter)
December 28, 1992... Repairs now under way to the $3 million Moku Ahi fireboat are expected to make the vessel fully functional for the first time since it arrived in Hawaii three years ago. The fireboat was delivered to Honolulu Harbor in late 1989 to replace...

Tower developer hits home stretch. (Aloha Tower Associates)
December 28, 1992... The partnership picked to refurbish the waterfront area at Aloha Tower is working to solidify financial backing following recent approval of the development agreement. Eric Smith, development director for developer Aloha Tower Associates,...

Taiwan-owned firm buys Hemmeter's Villa Kahala. (L and L USA; Chris Hemmeter)
December 28, 1992... A California company owned by Taiwanese nationals last week purchased for $12 million Villa Kahala, the beachfront mansion of former Hawaii developer Chris Hemmeter. Tracy Bradley, broker-in-charge of the Hawaii Kai branch of Bradley...

More condo auction action. (Vista Waikola markets forty-five units)
December 28, 1992... Another Big Island developer has opted to unload inventory via auction. Forty-five Vista Waikoloa condominium units will be auctioned simultaneously on the Big Island and in California Jan. 30. The year-old, 122-unit Vista Waikoloa is a...

Hotel tax boosts state revenues. (Hawaii)
December 28, 1992... Hawaii's hotel tax has little negative impact on hotel revenues, according to a study conducted by a team of economics professors from the University of Hawaii-Manoa. The study, reported in the December issue of National Tax Journal,...

Hawaii Explosives & Pyrotechnics Inc.: giving clients a bang for their buck. (Company Profile)
December 28, 1992... Donald and Charlene Pascual, owners of Big Island-based Hawaii Explosives & Pyrotechnics Inc., literally provide clients with a bang for their buck. Initially, the company started in 1980 to specialize in dynamite work and then it flared out...

Chinatown project unveiled.
December 28, 1992... Chinatown's character is being blended into a $23 million low-rise project that will provide more commercial space and residential units in the historic area of Downtown Honolulu. The Kekaulike revitalization project -- a three-building...

Crazy Shirts adds stores.
December 28, 1992... Crazy Shirts Inc. is in the process of expanding, despite some temporary setbacks caused by Hurricane Iniki. The company opened three new outlets in Hawaii and on the Mainland since September. But that number is matched by the number that...

Parking ban extended.
December 28, 1992... The state has proposed that the Office of Veterans Affairs extend the ban on parking commercial vehicles at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl, Hawaii's top visitor attraction. The six-month trial ban began in June but...

KHCS gets 'A' bond rating. (Kapiolani Health Care System)
December 28, 1992... Kapiolani Health Care System has received an "A" rating from both Standard & Poor's and Moody's bond rating services, positioning it in the top third of all hospitals in the nation. The major benefit of these strong ratings is that...

C&C Homes eyes Mainland markets. (Castle and Cooke Homes Inc.)
December 28, 1992... The Dole Food Co. Inc. stock offering in its home-building subsidiary could allow it to aggressively pursue the Hawaii and Mainland housing markets, according to Randy Havre, president of J.B. Havre Inc. The offering in Castle & Cooke Homes...

Bonds boost Isle economy. (Focus On Financial Services)
December 28, 1992... Timing is everything, the saying goes, especially when it comes to the issuance of $200 million in state-backed general obligation bonds next year. The timing of such issues, which can save or cost the state millions of dollars, will be...

Bank regs revamped. (Focus on Financial Services) (Industry Overview)
December 28, 1992... The state this year took a small step in permitting interstate banking and a larger step in rewriting Hawaii's 60-year-old banking and financial procedures statutes. As of April, new regulations were enacted that permit "a bank that's about...

State warns of investment swindles. (Focus on Financial Services)
December 28, 1992... Magazine subscribers beware. Financial publication mailing lists provide targets for investment scam artists. Mailing lists of such publications are bought and sold every day, said Neal K. Aoki, securities enforcement attorney for the state...

Credit unions move with market. (Focus on Financial Services) (Industry Overview)
December 28, 1992... Hawaii's credit unions are arranging an increased number of home equity lines of credit as members take advantage of federal tax laws. In previous years, the interest accrued on consumer loans was tax deductible, said Dennis Tanimoto,...

Eximbank sponsors export program. (Export-Import Bank of the United States) (Focus on Financial Services)
December 28, 1992... Honolulu-based Factor One Funding Resources, the state and The Export-Import Bank of the United States are teaming up to offer a credit insurance program designed to help local businesses reduce the risk of exporting. The bank, which is also...

Banks use new products to court customers. (Bank of Hawaii; First Hawaiian Bank) (Focus on Financial Services) (Industry Overview)
December 28, 1992... Hawaii's two largest financial institutions are racing to keep up with today's upwardly mobile lifestyles by offering specialized services to business customers. Bank of Hawaii and First Hawaiian Bank have each introduced services in the...

Hurricane tax deductions. (Focus on Financial Services)
December 28, 1992... Although tax deductions are not what first comes to mind as one surveys damage from Hurricane Iniki, financial relief may be obtained by taking a deduction for at least a part of damage or casualty loss, according to the Hawaii Society of...

Firm fills void in high-end land deals. (Milestone Partners Ltd.) (Focus on Financial Services)
December 28, 1992... Owners of "Boardwalk" type properties in the Hawaii land game are finding that many large real estate investment banks have downsized and are focusing on their own activities. Such streamlining efforts have left some buyers of high-end real...

In financial industry: deregulation prompts human resources development. (Focus on Financial Services)
December 28, 1992... For decades, America's businesses and industries have been investing in research and development with much greater emphasis placed on the aspects of research rather than development, especially when you think of development in terms of human...

Lenders back Wailuku Main Street. (Wailuku Main Street Association Inc.) (Focus on Financial Services)
December 28, 1992... Eight financial institutions recently teamed up with Wailuku Main Street Association Inc. by forming a $10 million loan pool program to revitalize the Maui town and its businesses. Similar efforts are being made in small towns nationwide to...

Bank of America ATMs in 7-Elevens statewide. (Bank of America Hawaii) (Focus on Financial Services)
December 28, 1992... Bank of America Hawaii will expand its network of automated teller machines in local 7-Eleven convenience stores next month. The thrift currently has its Versateller ATMs in seven of the chain's stores. The expansion will place machines in...

Despite fed budget cuts: SBA expansion eyed. (Small Business Administration) (Focus on Financial Services)
December 28, 1992... As government departments nationwide await deep budget cutbacks, the U.S. Small Business Administration is likely to be spared, according to one local agency official. "I don't think Congress would stop Small Business Administration...

Mutual funds welcome new investors. (Focus on Financial Services)
December 28, 1992... With the ranks of first-time mutual fund investors continuing to swell, Fidelity Investments is taking steps to make it easier for first-time investors to get started. "Fundamental changes in the economic landscape are contributing to the...

Ala Moana stalls; tenants buy time. (Ala Moana Center's expansion put on hold)
December 21, 1992... Ala Moana Center tenants ordered to move by January because of a huge building project there have received lease extensions, putting the expansion on indefinite hold. The Nature Co. had its lease extended until further notice, said a company...

Brewer: Big Isle big plans. (C. Brewer and Company Ltd.; Hawaii Island)
December 21, 1992... C. Brewer & Co. Ltd. is looking to reclassify about 300 acres of East Hawaii sugar land to develop a 1,000-unit residential community. The county is reviewing a C. Brewer request to reclassify plantation land north of Hilo from agricultural...

Benetton sale closes. (Maru Imai Hawaii Inc.'s acquisition of 10 Benetton stores)
December 21, 1992... The Benetton stores in Hawaii and Guam have been sold to Marui Imai Hawaii Inc., a subsidiary of Japanese department store owner Marui Imai Inc. The agreement with former owner Bradley Holdings Ltd., provided for the acquisition of 10...

State sets Tower deadline. (Hawaii's waterfront development contract with Aloha Tower Associates)
December 21, 1992... The group redeveloping the waterfront at Aloha Tower has been given a Sept. 30 deadline to start construction or the development agreement will be terminated. The agreement reached last week does not require any lease premiums by Aloha Tower...

Japanese bat for business. (baseball team's visit boosts Hawaii's tourist industry)
December 21, 1992... The winners of Japan's national baseball championship for the last three years have gone to bat for Hawaii's tourism industry. The arrival of the Seibu Lions at the Big Island's Mauna Kea Beach Hotel and the Hawaii Prince Hotel in Waikiki...

New FCC rules limit 'cold calling.' (regulating phone solicitors)
December 21, 1992... Businesses that conduct "cold calling" -- namely telemarketing firms -- are the target of new Federal Communications Commission rules aimed at regulating telephone solicitors. The rules became effective Dec. 20 as part of the Telephone...

Lahaina Grill set for Dec. 26 reopening.
December 21, 1992... Like a Christmas gift that arrived a day late, David Paul's Lahaina Grill is set to be opened Dec. 26 after a $400,000 expansion that more than doubled the restaurant's dining capacity. The reopening won't come a moment too soon, according to...

Fashion funds fishmonger's life. (Sean Ginella of Ginella's Fresh Exports Hawaii) (Company Profile)
December 21, 1992... Ginella's Fresh Exports Hawaii When it comes to recognizing business opportunities, Sean Ginella knows how to mix and match: He has parlayed a complaint from a sushi bar owner in the Rockies and contacts established from a modeling stint into...

State eyes HEI bond issue: to finance capital improvement projects for subsidiaries. (Hawaii; Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc.)
December 21, 1992... The state is expected to issue $60 million in special revenue bonds for Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc.'s three utility subsidiaries by year's end. The bonds -- to be issued for Hawaiian Electric Co. Inc., Maui Electric Co. Inc. and Hawaii...

Kauai hotels court kamaainas.
December 21, 1992... Kauai resorts that survived Hurricane Iniki are targeting Hawaii business people and residents as winter visitors while waiting until March to attract tourists. Plantation Hale, the 150-room resort condominium near the Wailua River, has been...

Isle retailers face flat holiday sales. (Hawaii) (Industry Overview)
December 21, 1992... Attention Hawaii retailers: The usual flurry of last-minute Christmas shopping this week probably will be not enough to push 1992 holiday spending numbers past last year. Of the major malls on Oahu, Windward Mall seems to have gotten the...

Hawaii firm to import petrol-eating bacteria. (Alpha Pacific Biosystems Inc.)
December 21, 1992... A Honolulu firm received permission last week from the state Department of Agriculture to import microorganisms to clean petroleum-contaminated soil and water. Alpha Pacific Biosystems Inc. uses a combination of naturally occurring...

Sumitomo seeks more CPB stock. (Sumitomo Bank Ltd.)
December 21, 1992... Japan-based Sumitomo Bank Ltd. this month applied to the U.S. federal government for permission to acquire added shares in CPB Inc., holding company for Central Pacific Bank. The acquisition will allow Sumitomo to retain its ownership...

AMEX, Classic Hawaii eye eastern Mainland markets. (joint marketing deal betweeen American Express Travel Related Services Company Inc. and Classic Systems Inc.)
December 21, 1992... Classic Hawaii and American Express Vacations are set to implement a joint marketing agreement next month aimed at attracting more eastern U.S. travelers to Hawaii. The agreement takes effect Jan. 1. Classic Hawaii, a subsidiary of Classic...

Soiled site showdown. (contamination suit against Oshiro Service and U-Drive)
December 21, 1992... Glenn S. Oshiro, operator of Oshiro Service & U-Drive, is standing his ground in tiny Lanai City. But there's a problem: He has no lease on that ground, which became contaminated by a leaky gasoline storage tank. In September a county fire...

Home prices increasing despite sluggish market. (real estate market) (Industry Overview)
December 21, 1992... Despite the sluggish Isle real estate market, the median price paid for a single-family home in November jumped to $370,000, up 12.1 percent from the same period a year earlier. The median price paid for a condominium during the month was...

Isle firms stand to reap foreign investment bonanza. (Hawaii)
December 21, 1992... Only yesterday, foreign investment was somewhat controversial in Hawaii. Our present economic downturn, however, is helping business appreciate the benefits of investment, whatever the source. In an effort to help Hawaii companies seek out...

Stay: red tape snags remediation. (permit for Stay and Sons Inc.'s soil remediation business)
December 21, 1992... The $20 state permit that Robert Stay obtained to clean contaminated soil has cost him more than $40,000 in "bureaucratic red tape" and took a year to secure. Stay, owner of Stay & Sons Inc., is searching for a new site to operate a soil...

Liberty House launches expansion projects.
December 21, 1992... In football terms, it could be said t hat Liberty House shifted to a hurry-up offense in 1992. In 1992, it focused on its department and resort store count, said Barbara Tunno, vice president of sales promotion. The company quietly...

Nautilus tour operator plans fleet expansion. (Nautilus Subsea Adventures Inc.)
December 21, 1992... A Kewalo Basin semisubmersible operator plans to expand his fleet of ocean-viewing vessels to at least five. "My intent is to work backward," said Ted Bush, president of Honolulu-based Nautilus Subsea Adventures Inc., who started the Oahu...

Big Island heliports planned.
December 21, 1992... Two helicopter tour operators are proposing to build separate heliports on opposite sides of the Big Island. Kalapana Helicopters Inc. and Kenai Air Hawaii Inc. each are preparing draft environmental assessments for their respective...

Demolition slated at airport terminal site. (Honolulu International Airport)
December 21, 1992... Demolition work at Honolulu International Airport will begin next month to make way for the new $600 million International Terminal Building. Transcend Inc. won the bidding for the estimated four-month project with a projected cost of...

Loophole opens illicit bids. (investigation of bidding procedures in Honolulu, Hawaii)
December 14, 1992... A loophole in City & County of Honolulu bidding rules may have allowed contractors to pocket illicit profits. Complaints have prompted an investigation that could change bidding procedures for municipal projects. If exploited, the loophole...

Tropical streamlines. (merger of Tropical Rent A Car Systems and USA-Rent-A-Car)
December 14, 1992... Tropical Rent A Car Systems Inc.'s recent merger with a Mainland agency is leading to a streamlining of services. The reorganization, however, is coming at the expense of 50 to 60 jobs here. Since a merger in May with Tampa, Fla.-based USA...

Phone users get reprieve. (customers of GTE Hawaiian Telephone Company Inc.)
December 14, 1992... Parts and service for a widely used business telephone system will be available for years, despite claims to the contrary by GTE Hawaiian Tel. During the past year, GTE has told Hawaii business customers that it will not service the Paragon...

Rehab eyes expansion. (Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific)
December 14, 1992... Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific is proposing a four-story addition to its Liliha facility along with 20 temporary residential units and a new parking structure. The 52,000-square-foot addition -- to be built between the existing...

Home sales stalled. (Industry Overview)
December 14, 1992... Nearly $200 million in Oahu real estate sales are jeopardized by a temporary moratorium on new homeowner insurance policies imposed by some carriers, sources said. The Honolulu Board of Realtors' Multiple Listing Services indicates about...

Great American leaves Isles. (Great American Insurance Co.; Hawaii)
December 14, 1992... Another insurance company is abandoning Hawaii. Cincinnati-based Great American Insurance Co. has issued notices of non-renewal to its local policyholders. The company currently writes about 40 property and casualty policies with premiums...

Creative juices flow. (Grapevine Productions Inc.) (Company Profile)
December 14, 1992... While in law school, Sydney Smith was given the task of finding five lawyers who would pick the same career again. She couldn't and decided to move to Maui to pursue another line of work. Eventually, Smith and Bonnie Friedman -- a veteran...

Developer bankruptcy threatens Waikoloa Palms. (Holmby-Taisei Development Co.; condominium project)
December 14, 1992... Ongoing litigation among the two development partners and the financier for Waikoloa Palms threatens to derail the $165 million Big Island condominium project. The battle returned to Honolulu Nov. 27 when a California court transferred to...

Convenience chains shrink. (Seven-Eleven Hawaii Inc.; ABC Discount Store)
December 14, 1992... Hawaii's two largest convenience store chains shrank a bit in recent weeks. The 7-Eleven Hawaii Inc. store at 4-361 Kuhio Highway in Wailua on Kauai ceased operations Nov. 16. And the ABC Discount Store at 430 Lewers St. in Waikiki closed...

Shinn threatens Ch. 11. (foreclosure suit against Michael Shinn)
December 14, 1992... Honolulu developer Michael Shinn stands to lose two trophy properties in a $2.65 million foreclosure suit filed by First Hawaiian Bank. He mortgaged the Kahala and Waialae-Nui properties to secure a line of credit and two commercial loans with...

Tour firm peddles Big Isle to cyclists. (Backroads Bicycle Touring; Hawaii Island)
December 14, 1992... A Mainland travel company that leads bicycle tours worldwide is peddling the Big Island to its clients more than ever. The lure of the tropics and the appeal of the Island's roads is too strong to resist, said Backroads executive Shannon...

Hayami buys Chuck E. Cheese. (Wayne Hayami; Pizza Time Theatre Inc.)
December 14, 1992... The Chuck E. Cheese's pizzeria in Aina Haina Shopping Center was recently purchased by a local buyer for an undisclosed price. Wayne Hayami, former chief financial officer of E.K. Fernandez Entertainment, bought the 12,034-square-foot pizza...

Amos cooks up cookie venture. (Wally Amos; Uncle Noname Cookie Co.)
December 14, 1992... Wally Amos said he feels like a kid with a new toy -- forced though he has been to invent it because of an ownership dispute over his name. "I'm excited, I'm stoked," he said about his new joint venture called The Uncle Noname Cookie Co....

Manoa Innovation Center opens.
December 14, 1992... The state this week is set to open the Manoa Innovation Center, a $12 million project aimed at diversifying Hawaii's economy with high-technology businesses. The 46,000-square-foot high-tech complex officially opens Dec. 15, boasting 90...

Kona caterer goes retail. (Bluewater Cuisine)
December 14, 1992... Catering is considered a luxury item, one that clients often cut when the economy falters. But Bluewater Cuisine Catering of Kailua-Kona has found a way around the lingering recession. The 13-year-old firm, the largest and oldest full-service...

Wendy's plans Chinatown flagship. (Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers Inc.; Chinatown Gateway development in Honolulu, Hawaii)
December 14, 1992... Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers plans to re-enter Hawaii's fast-food market this spring with a restaurant in the Chinatown Gateway development in Downtown Honolulu. A 20-year lease agreement was signed Dec. 4, said Dean Schofield, the agent...

Shark attacks take a bite out of Island businesses.
December 14, 1992... In light of recent shark attacks here, ocean sports businesses are divided on what poses the greater threat: the tiger sharks or continuing publicity. Publicity generated by two attacks off Oahu since October is well-warranted and ocean...

Visitor industry unscathed. (Industry Overview)
December 14, 1992... Shark attacks here have so far not had a significant impact on the visitor industry, tourism officials said. Despite extensive front-page exposure in Hawaii, most of the nation remains oblivious to recent attacks. "As far as the visitor...

Castle & Cooke goes 'affordable' at Mililani Mauka. (Castle and Cooke Residential Inc.)
December 14, 1992... Castle & Cooke Residential Inc., Mililani's primary housing developer, is waiting for the other shoe to drop in the local real estate market. When Hawaii real estate projections showed a slow-down in the buying market, Castle & Cooke...

AES Barbers Point adopts 'honeycomb' management.
December 14, 1992... Executives at AES Barbers Point Inc. power plant needed only to turn to the board of directors of its parent company for blueprints to its management system. AES Corp. board member Robert H. Waterman Jr. has made a career of instructing...

The Immigration Act of 1990: attracting foreign investors?
December 14, 1992... The Immigration Act of 1990, which was enacted to attract foreign investment to the United States, has been a major disappointment in Hawaii and the rest of the nation. The law states that permanent residence could be granted to foreign...

ElectroGames opens third store. (ElectroGames Plus)
December 14, 1992... 'Tis the season to open a new outlet at ElectroGames Plus, a major home video game store chain in Hawaii. "In one month, we do about 30 percent of our business," said president Allen Lissauer. "During the Christmas season, people buy more...

Lanai layoffs prompt training survey. (Dole Food Company Inc.)
December 14, 1992... A survey of Lanai employers will help the state determine the types of training needed to help those laid off from Dole Lanai Plantation. Officials from the state Department of Labor & Industrial Relations traveled to Lanai Dec. 10 to conduct...

Parking shortage hits Downtown businesses. (Downtown Honolulu, Hawaii)
December 14, 1992... Downtown merchants are up in arms over the damage the shortage of parking is doing to their businesses. Each working day, 57,000 workers head into Downtown Honolulu, which has only 15,700 available parking stalls, for an average of 3.63 cars...

Fed Ex plans facility for HNL cargo consolidation. (Federal Express Corp.; Honolulu International Airport)
December 14, 1992... Federal Express Corp. is set to build a $10 million air cargo facility at Honolulu International Airport aimed at consolidating the overnight delivery giant's Oahu operations. The state is issuing special facility bonds to fund the project....

Bankoh forecast denies economic recession. (Bank of Hawaii)(includes related article on First Hawaiian Bank's economic forecast)
December 14, 1992... Bank of Hawaii stood alone last week, basing an optimistic economic forecast for 1993 on the premise Hawaii has not been in recession. "No, I don't think we've had one," bank chief economist David Ramsour said last week. "I think we've had...

Wal-Mart targets Mililani. (Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to open branch in Mililani, Hawaii)
December 7, 1992... Hawaii retailers should brace themselves for another shakeup: Wal-Mart, the Arkansas-based retail giant, is finalizing plans to open in the Town Center of Mililani. "We have been working with them for a while, and we are very excited at the...

Travel agency shuffle. (sale of Pacific Travel Associates and Pacific Travel Inc. to World Class Travel Inc.)
December 7, 1992... A new Honolulu travel agency has risen from the assets of the defunct Pacific Travel Associates and Pacific Travel Inc. The sale of the two entities' assets took place last month, said Noble Turner, vice president of World Class Travel Inc.,...

Paris show boon for Isles. (Salon International de L'alimentation boosts sales of Hawaii food companies)
December 7, 1992... European orders are inundating local food firms that took the opportunity to display their Hawaii-made products at the Salon International de L'alimentation trade show in late October. "I don't have enough time to follow up on my leads right...

Lanai Co. rebuilds harbor breakwater. (breakwater of Kaumalapau Harbor)
December 7, 1992... The breakwater at Kaumalapau Harbor, the only commercial port on Lanai, was largely wiped out by Hurricane Iniki, severely hampering shipping operations. Lanai Co., a subsidiary of Dole Food Co. Inc., is rebuilding the badly damaged...