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Friday, June 1, 2018 |
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UHERO: Healthy county economies face growing pains
By UHERO @ 9:47 PM :: 3814 Views :: Economy
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...Tourism keeps surprising to the upside, even as visitor numbers strain infrastructure and communities....
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Thursday, May 31, 2018 |
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Hawaii Job Market Schizophrenic
By Selected News Articles @ 9:53 AM :: 6490 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...lowest unemployment AND lowest starting salaries....
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Wednesday, May 16, 2018 |
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VIDEO: Free Market Thinking is Good for You
By Video @ 2:57 AM :: 3958 Views :: Economy
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...Keli'i Akina and Professor Schoolland demonstrate how free market thinking is good for the economy and our personal lives....
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Saturday, May 5, 2018 |
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Hawaii Towns Ranked for Economic Diversity
By Selected News Articles @ 1:47 PM :: 5151 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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...America’s transformation is more than skin-deep — it’s economic, too....
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Friday, May 4, 2018 |
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UHERO: Hawaii set for more growth
By UHERO @ 4:59 PM :: 5021 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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...Tourism has surged again in the first part of 2018, extending one of the longest periods of sustained visitor growth. Construction, while volatile month to month, also remains on a high plateau....
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Friday, April 20, 2018 |
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Boom Over? Hawaii Construction Employment Drops
By News Release @ 2:03 PM :: 7379 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Rail
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...Hawaii lost 1.9 percent of construction jobs between February and March....
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Thursday, April 5, 2018 |
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Grassroot: Low unemployment masks Hawaii’s unhealthy economy
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:37 PM :: 6585 Views :: Economy, Hawaii State Government, Labor
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....Grassroot president says high taxes, regulations discourage higher-paying jobs....
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Wednesday, April 4, 2018 |
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Financial Literacy--Hawaii Ranks 41st
By Selected News Articles @ 2:12 PM :: 6807 Views :: Family, Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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...The housing-market collapse and following financial crisis reminded Americans of our obsession with debt and the dangers of quick access to finances for under-informed consumers....
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Sunday, March 4, 2018 |
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Republican Tax Cuts Pump $1.3B into Hawaii Economy
By UHERO @ 1:30 AM :: 7088 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...Democrat media unanimous: 'Nothing to see here'....
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Thursday, March 1, 2018 |
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VIDEO: Why economic freedom matters to Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:59 PM :: 7595 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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...José Torra, an economist and research director for Caminos de la Libertad in Mexico City....
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Thursday, February 1, 2018 |
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Hawaii Tourism Industry Set New Record Totals in 2017
By News Release @ 4:03 PM :: 5992 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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...$16.78 Billion in Visitor Spending; $1.96 Billion in Generated Tax Revenue; 9.38 Million Visitor Arrivals; 12.23 Million Air Seats Serving Hawai‘i; 204,000 Jobs Supported Statewide....
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Tuesday, January 30, 2018 |
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Hawaii: Economic Impact of Immigration
By Selected News Articles @ 1:13 PM :: 5101 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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...comparing the economic impact of foreign-born populations on the 50 states and the District of Columbia...
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Tuesday, January 30, 2018 |
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Captive Insurance Puts $1B into Hawaii Banks
By News Release @ 12:46 PM :: 5286 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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...Hawaii was ranked third in the U.S. based upon total premium, fourth in the U.S. for largest captive domiciles and eleventh in the world based on total number of active captive licenses....
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Friday, December 15, 2017 |
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UHERO: Hawaii’s Long Expansion Gets Global Economic Lift
By UHERO @ 3:38 PM :: 5985 Views :: Economy, Tourism
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...Improving global conditions provide a favorable environment for continued expansion in the Islands....
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Friday, December 15, 2017 |
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One Down—44 to go
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:21 PM :: 5341 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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...Hawaii's extremely modest creep up the ladder of economic freedom....
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Monday, November 27, 2017 |
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New DLIR Website Tracks Military Spending in Hawaii
By News Release @ 3:16 PM :: 6987 Views :: Economy, Military
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The Hawaii Defense Economy project is focused on enhancing understanding of the economic impact of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) contracts and grants....
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Thursday, November 23, 2017 |
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DBEDT: 9.5M Tourists Expected in 2018
By News Release @ 4:13 AM :: 6449 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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"...air seats will increase by 8.5 percent during the first three quarters of 2018....”
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Monday, October 30, 2017 |
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HR3990: Congress Moves to Limit Presidential Monument Authority
By News Release @ 9:06 PM :: 7876 Views :: Environment, Economy, Obama
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...“Congress never intended to give one individual the power to unilaterally seize enormous swathes of our nation’s public lands…."
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Tuesday, October 3, 2017 |
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Fastest Growing? Honolulu Ranks 333rd
By Selected News Articles @ 2:39 PM :: 5114 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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... Shortage of Affordable housing: Its not the demand, its the supply ....
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Friday, September 29, 2017 |
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UHERO: Economy Slowing, Despite Arrivals Boom
By UHERO @ 3:49 PM :: 4524 Views :: Economy
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...the consequence of a flattening construction path and the natural effects of tightening labor markets....
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Friday, September 22, 2017 |
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Oahu Construction Boom Ending: What Excuse Will HART Use Next?
By UHERO @ 4:04 PM :: 7497 Views :: Honolulu County, Economy, Rail
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...number of significant condo and retail projects have wrapped up on Oahu, while fewer new buildings have broken ground, resulting in an overall reduction in construction activity and employment....
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Saturday, August 12, 2017 |
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DBEDT: Hawaii Economy Slowing
By News Release @ 3:58 PM :: 5766 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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...After two years of consecutive growth above 2 percent, Hawaii’s economy grew by 0.9 percent during the first quarter of 2017....
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Tuesday, August 1, 2017 |
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Matson: Construction-Related Shipments Down
By Michael Hansen @ 11:59 PM :: 5908 Views :: Economy, Jones Act
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...lower construction related cargo to Hawaii as the boom of high-rise condominium developments in Honolulu has begun to ebb....
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Tuesday, June 6, 2017 |
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2017’s Best State Economies–Hawaii 39th
By Selected News Articles @ 11:47 PM :: 7647 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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...48th – Percentage of Jobs in High-Tech Industries....
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Thursday, June 1, 2017 |
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Paris Protocol: Devastating Economic Costs, Essentially Zero Environmental Benefits
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:59 PM :: 10324 Views :: Energy, Environment, Economy
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...policies like those resulting from the Paris agreement will have little impact on global temperatures....
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Wednesday, May 31, 2017 |
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Honolulu Construction Employment Down 1%–Maui up 8%
By News Release @ 9:35 PM :: 9238 Views :: Economy, Labor, Rail
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...boom over, Honolulu down 300 jobs....
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Friday, May 19, 2017 |
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UHERO County Forecast: Economies Still Growing, But Slowing
By UHERO @ 11:59 PM :: 5808 Views :: Economy, Tourism
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Prospects are good for continued growth in each of Hawaii’s four counties, if at a slower pace than in recent years....
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Friday, May 12, 2017 |
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Hawaii Politicians Steering a Course for Economic Decline like Bankrupt Puerto Rico
By News Release @ 10:03 PM :: 4899 Views :: Economy
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...Hawaii's elected officials have been pursuing the same economic policies which led Puerto Rico, Detroit and Greece to become economic basket cases....
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Saturday, May 6, 2017 |
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UHERO: Hawaii economy begins Trump Era in fine form
By UHERO @ 4:38 PM :: 4450 Views :: Economy
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...the economic outlook for Hawaiʻi, which remains favorable, despite tremendous uncertainty about future U.S. policy....
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Friday, April 28, 2017 |
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And the Winner is—Not Hawaii
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:57 PM :: 6415 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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The most recent version of Rich States, Poor States has been released, and once again, Hawaii ends up on the wrong end of that title....
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Tuesday, April 18, 2017 |
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Rich States-Poor States: Hawaii Ranks 43rd
By News Release @ 10:13 PM :: 7747 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...after the Legislature finishes raising taxes, Hawaii will be back up to 50th....
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Monday, April 17, 2017 |
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Video: Free Market Solutions for Hawaii's Economy
By Video @ 11:51 PM :: 4790 Views :: Economy
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Affordable housing, homelessness, the high cost of living, and unfunded state worker liabilities. These are just a few of the serious problems facing Hawaii's economy....
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Friday, March 3, 2017 |
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UHERO Fears Trumpmonster: “Many things could go wrong in Washington”
By UHERO @ 3:51 PM :: 4677 Views :: Economy
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"...Trump and the Republican Congress could disrupt health care, government employment, and public services...."
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Wednesday, February 8, 2017 |
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Economy: DBEDT Drops 2017 Growth Projection to 1.8%
By News Release @ 9:44 PM :: 6833 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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“The downward adjustment in Hawaii’s economic growth for 2017 was mainly due to the new projection on visitor expenditures for 2017”
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Sunday, January 15, 2017 |
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UHERO Adjusts Economic Forecast Upward Thanks to Trump
By UHERO @ 1:37 AM :: 4936 Views :: Economy
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...we have adjusted upward modestly our forecast for gross domestic product in 2017 to 2019....
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Friday, December 16, 2016 |
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UHERO Panic Attack: Trump More Dangerous than China
By UHERO @ 2:47 PM :: 5077 Views :: Economy
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...China (is not) as large a risk as the possibility of policy errors by the incoming Trump administration....
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Thursday, December 1, 2016 |
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Harbors Division Fee Hike designed to boost $77M OHA Slush Fund?
By Andrew Walden @ 11:48 PM :: 11797 Views :: Economy, OHA, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...OHA milked $12,684,000 from Harbors Division in 2015....
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Saturday, November 26, 2016 |
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Are capitalism and spirituality incompatible?
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:44 PM :: 7814 Views :: Economy, Religion
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Free markets can help the rich, but what about the poor?
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Saturday, November 19, 2016 |
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What the Trump presidency might mean to Hawaii’s economy
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:25 AM :: 5931 Views :: Economy
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...a prosperous society is where the rich get richer and the poor get richer....
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Saturday, October 1, 2016 |
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Wednesday, August 31, 2016 |
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DBEDT: Hawaii economy continues to expand
By News Release @ 7:00 PM :: 5651 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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Wednesday, July 13, 2016 |
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CNBC: Top States for Business—Hawaii Ranks 49th
By Selected News Articles @ 7:52 PM :: 6633 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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...costs are the highest in the nation....
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Sunday, June 19, 2016 |
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Video: How Free is Hawaii Economically?
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:13 PM :: 5494 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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Hawaii Ranked in Bottom Five States for Economic Freedom....
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Sunday, June 12, 2016 |
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Hawaii Economy 10th-Worst in USA
By News Release @ 8:53 PM :: 6129 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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...2016’s States with the Best & Worst Economies....
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Wednesday, June 1, 2016 |
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Honolulu Third-Fastest Construction Job Growth
By News Release @ 3:31 PM :: 8727 Views :: Development, Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor
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Honolulu Metro Area Hits All-Time April Construction Employment High as Employers add 5,000 New Jobs....
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Monday, May 23, 2016 |
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Hawaii: Worst State to make a Living
By Selected News Articles @ 3:44 AM :: 8481 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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...For the sixth year in a row Hawaii was named the worst state to make a living for its 68.6 percent higher cost of living than the national average....
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Sunday, May 22, 2016 |
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UHERO Releases County Economic Forecasts
By News Release @ 5:46 PM :: 6274 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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Hawaii’s four counties are moving steadily forward, accommodating new visitors, restoring lost jobs, and growing household incomes....
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Monday, May 9, 2016 |
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UHERO: Hawaii Innovation Matters
By UHERO @ 9:17 PM :: 6010 Views :: Economy, Small Business
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Innovation is the key to economic growth and prosperity....
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