Maui Business

Property values may be on the rise as we recently heard that the Wall Street Journal reported last week that San Francisco technology investor and entrepreneur Peter Thiel bought an oceanfront home on Maui for $27 million.

Bank of Hawaii today reported net income for the second quarter of 2011 was $35.1 million, down $7.2 compared to net income of $42.4 million in the first quarter of 2011.

Hawaii residents can save up to $13,500 by applying for rebates on new electric or hybrid electric/gasoline cars and chargers, and now the state has extended the application deadline to January 31, 2012.

Kaiser Permanente’s Kihei and Lahaina Clinics, and their primary care providers, have received the National Committee for Quality Assurance’s (NCQA) Physician Practice Connections (PPC) and Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Recognition at Level 3, the highest level, for its integrated and coordinated care delivery system.

Electric utilities and allied companies, customers and consultants will gather for the Pacific Coast Electrical Association Conference (PCEA) being held on the Big Island from August 31 to September 2.

More than 100 Native Hawaiian residents turned out Wednesday for a community meeting hosted by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

Today, Don Horner, First Hawaiian Bank chairman and chief executive officer, reported that net income for the first half 2011 was $107.1 million, up a modest 1% over the first half of 2010.

The County of Maui Planning Department announced the roll-out of a new email news service now available to the public called “Planning Department News”.

In cooperation with the East-West Center, and organized by the University of Hawaii, key higher education officials, scholars and experts from throughout the Asia-Pacific region will meet in Honolulu August 4-6 for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Conference on Quality in Higher Education.

The Hawaii Better Business Bureau (BBB) is cautioning cell phone users, when traveling abroad, to recognize that their data plan is constantly in use even when they think their phone is not.

An exciting new comprehensive training program called Export University is coming to Maui August 11 and promises to teach business owners the nuts and bolts of exporting while strategizing a personalized International Business Plan.

Alaska Airlines announced today it is expanding its service between San Diego and Hawaii with a daily nonstop flight to Honolulu and celebrated by giving away a planeload of free tickets.

The Hawaii State Department of Taxation is holding a series of workshops in August to educate the public on online tax filing and to review recent 2011 Legislative tax law changes.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs announced that nonprofit organizations across the state have only six chances left to attend mandatory workshops for its grants program.

Japan, Korea Focus of First APEC Opportunity Series Session

Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. (A&B) and Kaua’i Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) today jointly announced plans for a 6 megawatt utility-scale solar facility on Kauai’s sunny south shore.

The Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau (HVCB) is leading a sales team with representatives from all island counties to the Meeting Professionals International’s World Education Congress (MPI-WEC) in Orlando, July 23-26.

With the second group of Japanese survivors of the March 11 Japan earthquake/tsunami due to arrive today, First Hawaii Bank is extending its donation collection period for the Aloha Initiative to July 30.

For the eighth straight year, on October 19, Technology News Bytes (TNB) will host one of the largest tech expos in the state 2011 “Technology Internet Expo and Hawaii Social Media Summit”.

Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. announced yesterday that President Barack Obama recently appointed Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. (HEI) President and Chief Executive Officer Constance Lau to serve as a member of the National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC).