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New Honolulu parking meters will be powered by the sun
21 May 2012 at 8:49pm
The City and County of Honolulu will launch a pilot project next month to replace its coin-operated parking meters with solar-powered meters that take credit cards. Motorists who use the new meters also will be able to add more time via their mobile phones, the city said in a statement Monday. ?These new meters will provide more payment options for the convenience of drivers, while still retaining the coin-payment capabilities of traditional meters,? Mayor Peter Carlisle said in a statement....
CareSource, other local firms to add jobs
by Joe Cogliano
21 May 2012 at 7:51pm
CareSource is planning to add 150 workers, but it is unclear where those jobs will be located. On Monday, the state approved tax incentives for the Dayton-based manager of Medicaid plans. The project site is yet-to-be determined, according to state officials. In 2011, CareSource ranked as the third largest company in the Dayton area with $2.8 billion in revenue. Other local companies that received Job Creation Tax Credits Monday include: · Corbus LLC, which expects to create 58 new jobs as a...
Standard & Poor's downgrades WPAHS bonds
by Kris B. Mamula
21 May 2012 at 7:31pm
Standard & Poor?s on Monday downgraded its long-term rating to B- from B+ on $737 million in bonds issued by the West Penn Allegheny Health System, 10 days after the ailing hospital network reported that overall losses had more than tripled to $76 million during the nine months ending March 31 when compared to the same period a year ago. S&P said the downgrade reflected ?deterioration in WPAHS?s overall finances,? according to the agency. The rating could have sunk still further if Highmark?s...
Cooperman named Portland treasurer
by Andy Giegerich
21 May 2012 at 7:00pm
The city of Portland has hired a new treasurer. Jennifer Cooperman brings loads of municipal and corporate experience to the position. She?ll oversee the city?s investment initiatives as serving as a senior financial analyst within Portland?s Office of Management and Finance. She also worked as deputy superintendent and policy director for the New York State Insurance Department. She?s also worked for Goldman Sachs and Cargill Inc.?s Minneapolis office. She replaces Eric Johansen, who...
D.R. Horton to ask Hawaii LUC for more time for Hoopili project
by Duane Shimogawa
21 May 2012 at 6:59pm
D.R. Horton ? Schuler Homes LLC will ask the Hawaii Land Use Commission for more time on its Hoopili project case. The LUC is expected to make a decision on Tuesday on the planned 11,750-home subdivision on 1,554 acres of land in Ewa. D.R. Horton is asking for approval to change the classification of prime agricultural land to urban. But according to Cameron Nekota, vice president for D.R. Horton?s Hawaii Schuler Division, the developer will ask for three more weeks so it can draft more legal...
'Hawaii Five-0' season two locations - Slideshow
21 May 2012 at 6:50pm
CBS aired the last episode of the second season of ?Hawaii Five-0? last week, and PBN took a look at some of the locations around Honolulu where the show was shot. Often the PBN staff can spot where the show was filmed, such as series star Alex O?Loughlin running across the street near the popular Honolulu restaurant Indigo, or the time guest star Ed Asner was involved in a shootout at the Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant at Aloha Tower Marketplace, or when Scott Caan teamed up with LL Cool...
Element Environmental wins $20M site-restoration contract
21 May 2012 at 6:42pm
Element Environmental LLC was recently awarded a three-year, $20 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple-award contract for the long-term monitoring and management of environmental restoration sites in Hawaii and Guam and other locations throughout the Pacific. The Aiea-based company also will perform work at sites on the Superfund national priorities list under the contract with the Navy Facilities Engineering Command Pacific, the company said in a statement.
Business plan competition gives Kauai agriculture a boost
by Duane Shimogawa
21 May 2012 at 6:41pm
Agriculture is alive and well on the Garden Isle. Initiatives such as the Kauai Coffee Agricultural Business Plan Competition are helping to stimulate this age-old sector by building diversified, healthy and profitable agri-businesses. The Kauai Economic Development Board and its Food & Agriculture Committee will announce the winners next Thursday for prizes ranging from $5,000 to $20,000. The purpose of the competition is to bring together and provide the best possible resources, including education...
Hawaii beaches score high in news magazine?s rankings
21 May 2012 at 6:33pm
Hawaii?s Neighbor Islands fared well in a new ranking of summer vacation destinations by U.S. News and World Report. The Big Island and Maui were ranked No. 1 and No. 2 for ?Best Beaches in the USA,? while Kauai and the Big Island came in at No. 2 and No. 3 on the list of ?Most Relaxing Beaches? behind No. 1 British Virgin Islands. Maui also made the list, No. 2, for ?Family Beach Vacations in the USA.? The U.S. News Best Vacations rankings identify top vacation spots based on a methodology...
Ecotality turns profit, sees revenue rise 215%
by Patrick O'Grady
21 May 2012 at 5:57pm
Ecotality Inc. turned a $1.2 million profit on record revenue in the first quarter, reaping the rewards of the growing rollout of electric vehicles and its charging system. San Francisco-based Ecotality (Nasdaq: ECTY), which has its major operations in Phoenix, reported the profit of about 4 cents per share on revenue of $13.7 million in the first quarter that ended March 31. That compared with a loss of $6.8 million on revenue of $4.3 million for the same quarter last year. Company officials...
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