Former Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann strengthened his ties with labor yesterday, earning a key endorsement from the Hawaii Carpenters Union, which cited his chief executive experience and collaborative skills as reasons he should be governor.
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Fifty-one displaced workers from Nurserymens Exchange took up a new labor crusade last week, marching to Sacramento to hand-deliver a bill to Gov. Arnold Schwarzeneggers desk. The bill would extend time-and-a-half pay for farmworkers after eight hours a day and lift a decades-old overtime exemption for agriculture workers. Under existing law, overtime pay for farmworkers kicks in after 10 ...
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About 250 employees at Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children have accepted a new three-year contract that calls for 2 percent wage increases each year and improvements to health and pension benefits.
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Citing a lack of money to run a viable mayoral campaign, Donovan Dela Cruz opted yesterday to instead run for a vacant state Senate seat on Oahu's North Shore, the area he has represented for the past eight years on the City Council.
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#recaps Due to environmental and societal factors, the subjects of the most important sociological experiment of our timethe eight guidos on MTV's Jersey...
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HONOLULU----Bank of Hawaii Corporation today reported diluted earnings per share of $0.96 for the second quarter of 2010, which was up 48 percent from diluted earnings per share of $0.65 in the same quarter last year.
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HOUSTON, TX--(Marketwire - July 29, 2010) - Pride International, Inc. ( NYSE : PDE ) today reported income from continuing operations, net of tax, for the three months ended June 30, 2010 of $57.7 million, or $0.32 per diluted share. The quarterly results compared to income from continuing operations, net of tax, for the three months ended March 31, 2010 of $80.7 million, or $0.45 per diluted ...
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California made the list of finalists for a share of $4.35 billion in federal Race to the Top funds, landing among 18 states and the District of Columbia for the second round of grants, the Obama administration announced Tuesday. Education Secretary Arne... Washington DC - Education - Race to the Top - California - United States
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James Allen A memorial remembrance will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 1, at Covered Bridge Park in Westfir for James Ulas Ullie Allen of Vancouver, Wash., former longtime resident of Oakridge, who died July 8 of age-related causes. He was 87. He was born Aug. 21, 1922, in
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