Tourism in Hawaii at the Plaza Club

Hosts Jay Fidell and Alisa Onishi provide an overview of the Tourism in Hawaii Program. Featuring: Rick Egged (Waikiki Improvement Association) David Uchiyama (Hawaii Tourism Authority), Greg Dickhens (Kyo-ya), Rob Solomon (Outrigger Enterprise Group), Rob Stephenson (Molokai Chamber of Commerce), Allison Schaefers (Honolulu Star-Advertiser), Mike Carr (Battleship Missouri), Chris Resich (Mary Charles & Associates), Randy […]

The New Symphony gets Ready for It’s First Concert

Hosts Jay Fidell and Duke Oishi provide an overview of the return of Hawaii’s Symphony orchestra. Featuring: David Austin (ThinkTech Hawaii), Clairinetists Jim Moffitt and Norm Foster, Concertmaster Iggy Jang, Percussionist Steve Dinion, Assistant Concertmaster Judy Barrett, Principal Bassoonist Paul Barrett, Violinist Tim Leong, Principal Oboist Scott Janusch, Double Bassists Jeff Stone and John Gallagher, […]

Innovation Adventures in the New Kakaako

Hosts Jay Fidell and Duke Oishi provide an overview of innovations in Kakaako. Featuring: Bill Spencer (Hawaii Venture Capital Association), Rechung Fujihira and Tony Stanford (TheBoxJelly.com),Charlie Holdaway (Holatron Systems). Original Air Date February 12, 2012. Episode 74. The hosts for this episode were Duke Oishi, Jay Fidell. The hosts for this episode were Duke Oishi, […]

How Healthy Is Healthcare In Hawaii

Hosts Jay Fidell and Alisa Onishi provide an overview of the ThinkTech/Hawaii Venture Capital Association luncheon examining the state of healthcare in Hawaii. Featuring: Ginny Presller (Hawaii Pacific Health), Beth Giesting (Governor’s Office on Health Care), Thomas Tsang (Health Care Senior Advisor to the Governor), Carol Andrews (Health Insurance Exchange), Bruce Anderson (Hawaii Health Systems […]

HVCA Presents: Entrepreneur of the Year Awards

Hosts Jay Fidell and Lisa Maruyama provide an overview of the Hawaii Venture Capital Association “Entrepreneur of the Year” Awards. Featuring: Governor Neil Abercrombie, Bill Spencer (HVCA), Anton Krucky (Tissue Genesis), Galen Ho (CBI Polymers), Olin Lagon (Kanu Hawaii), Rob Yonovefr (See/Rescue), Hunter & Traci Downs (Archinoetics), Rechung Fujihira & Tony Stanford (The Box Jelly). […]

The SEE-IT Exhibition Takes its Place at APEC

Hosts Jay Fidell and Lisa Maruyama provide an overview of the See-It Exhibition at APEC. Featuring: Avatar Reality, BAE Systems, Hawaiian Electric Company, ICES, WM Keck Observatory, Makai Ocean Engineering, NOAA Pacific Islands Region, Oceanit, Pacific Biodiesel, Pisces, Referentia systems, Robotics Organizing Committee, See/Rescue, Skai Ventures, Sopogy, UH College of Engineering, UH Institute for Astronomy, […]

Newsmorphosis Redux One Year Later

Hosts Jay Fidell and Duke Oishi provide an overview of the Newsmorphosis Redux program. Featuring: Steve Petranik (Hawaii Business), Chris Conybeare (Hawaii Media Council), Jim Dooley (Hawaii Reporter), Barbara Tanabe (Hoakea Communications), Kyle Tanouye (Talisman LBS), Lucy Young-Oda (Star Advertiser), David Tumilowicz (Hawaii Business), Kevin Bumgarner (Pacific Business News), Rick Blangiardi (Hawaii News Now), Jeff […]

Our Honolulu Aquarium: Connecting Us with the Wonders of the Ocean

Hosts Jay Fidell and Andrew Anderson provide an overview of the work of the Honolulu Aquarium. Featuring: Andrew Rossiter (Director, Waikiki Aquarium), Andy Winer (NOAA), Dean Spencer (Waikiki Aquarium), Ceila Smith (Botanist, University of Hawaii). original Air Date August 28, 2011. Episode 50. The hosts for this episode were Andrew Anderson, Jay Fidell. The hosts […]

The Reemergence of Symphonic Music In Hawaii

Hosts Jay Fidell and Alisa Onishi provide an overview of the reemergence of symphonic music and the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra. Featuring: Jim Moffitt (Clarinet/Bass Clarinet), Norm Foster (Clarinet/E-Flat Clarinet), Iggy Jang (Concertmaster), Steve Dinion (Percussion), Judy Barrett (Assistant Concertmaster), Paul Barrett (Bassoon), Tim Leong (Violin) and Ken Robbins and Vicky Cayetano (members of the Board). […]

The New PUC: What Will Happen Now?

Hosts Jay Fidell and Lisa Maruyama provide an overview of the new Hawaii Public Utilities Commission. Featuring: Mina Morita (PUC Chair), Cat Awakuni (PUC Chief Counsel), Josh Strickler (PUC Chief Researcher), Jeff Ono (The Consumer Advocate), Carl Freedman (Energy Policy Forum). Original Air Date August 7, 2011. Episode 47. The hosts for this episode were […]

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Biden’s China Tariffs Are the End of an Era for Cheap Chinese Goods

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- Bernhard Warner, Michael J. de la Merced and Sarah Kessler
How Companies Dodge Tariffs

Protectionist trade policies are popular on both the left and right. But some economists say they’re likely to backfire. [...]

- Maya King and Katie Glueck
In His Beloved Philadelphia, Biden Faces Wariness From Black Voters

Even in the president’s favorite political stomping ground, his standing has slipped with Democrats who will be vital to a repeat victory, interviews with nearly two dozen Black voters showed. [...]

- Rick Rojas and Maya King
Biden Flipped Georgia in 2020. This Year Could Be Different.

His narrow win there in 2020 was seen as a sign of Georgia’s emergence as a battleground state. But in 2024, President Biden faces a changed landscape there. [...]

- Roger Cohen
A Would-be Assassin Stirs Europe’s Violent Ghosts

Political violence and polarization stalk Europe today, with ominous echoes of the past. [...]

Russia could increase Ukraine attacks, says Zelensky

Moscow continues to make military gains in the Kharkiv region as Ukraine struggles with resources. [...]

Boil water notice mostly lifted in Devon

South West Water says about 2,500 homes will have to keep boiling water due to a parasite. [...]

Attacked Navalny ally will 'never give up' fight

Leonid Volkov says his fight against Vladimir Putin will never end. [...]

Unpaid carers being forced to repay £250m to DWP

One claimant unknowingly overpaid Carer's Allowance said the debts she incurred have brought 'considerable financial strain'. [...]

Thunderstorm weather warning issued by Met Office

Forecasters have warned some areas could see up to 50mm (2in) of rain and flooding on Saturday. [...]

Cologne needed a minor miracle to survive going into the last game of the season, with no guarantee that a win would be enough to save them. Instead, they collapsed [...]

President Salome Zourabichvili had earlier told DW that she would reject the contentious legislation as a "symbol." The veto, however, can be overridden by another vote in parliament. [...]

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has pledged federal "solidarity" after the western state of Saarland was hit by flash flooding and landslides. He toured some of the affected areas with the [...]

Germany's Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank had been expected to provide guarantees for the construction of a gas-processing plant that was to be operated by Gazprom. [...]

Premier Robert Fico is in a stable but serious condition after a shooting attack, Slovakia's health minister says. The suspected shooter is reported by media to be a 71-year-old former [...]

- John Helton
Boeing's troubled Starliner spacecraft launch is delayed again

A helium leak pushed back a planned launch to May 25. Boeing's program that would shuttle astronauts to and from the International Space Station has been plagued with problems. [...]

- Ron Elving
Pete McCloskey's life reminds us how politics long in the past live on in the present

McCloskey's story has both deep roots and burgeoning relevance. He died this month at 96 and had long been out of the limelight, but the issues he had been willing [...]

- The Associated Press
Dabney Coleman, who starred in '9 to 5' and 'Tootsie', dies at 92

Dabney Coleman, the mustachioed character actor who specialized in smarmy villains like the chauvinist boss in "9 to 5" and the nasty TV director in "Tootsie," has died. [...]

- Sarah Donaldson
Ohio reviewing race-based scholarships after Supreme Court affirmative action ruling

Higher education officials in Ohio are reviewing race-based scholarships after last year's Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action. [...]

- Michael Scaturro
Other countries have better sunscreens. Here's why we can't get them in the U.S.

Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the U.S. and we need all the protection we can get. So why is it so hard to get newer, more effective [...]

- Victoria Bisset

Canadian police used DNA testing to link Gary Allen Srery, who died in 2011, to the killing of two girls and two women in the 1970s. They say there may [...]

- Siobhán O'Grady, David Stern, Isabelle Khurshudyan

Andriy Yermak, a former lawyer and film producer who runs Volodymyr Zelensky’s wartime presidential office, is arguably the most powerful chief of staff in Ukraine’s history. [...]

- Justine McDaniel

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- Justine McDaniel

Parents had no idea their children were being given the sleep aid at a home day care in New Hampshire, police said. [...]

- CiarÁn Fahey | AP

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