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Cliff Slater was right

Honolulu rail transit is going to be a disaster. It is no surprise that the cost overrun is already estimated…

11 years ago

‘Getting the chair,’ but in a good way

From Norwich, Conn., we learn of a pawnbroker who took the old advice and made lemonade from his lemons. According…

11 years ago

Gold gyrates

The price of gold changes every day, sometimes by quite a lot -- a $25-an-ounce move is not unusual. But…

11 years ago

Slow motion stock market crash

The graceful swan dive by Wall Street -- the DJIA managed to get under 15,000 today before closing at 16,141,…

11 years ago

Save those receipts

A customer came in today with a Niihau shell necklace she was interested in selling.  We, of course, were interested…

11 years ago

How would you use old Maui High?

The county has published a bid notice seeking ideas to "use and repurpose" the old Maui High campus in Hamakuapoko.…

11 years ago

‘Pawn Stars Live!’ is dying

The attempt to parody the uber-popular reality show and sell tickets on the Las Vegas Strip has failed. The Las…

11 years ago

Warning to the west side

Have you been following Eileen Chao's coverage in The Maui News of the plan to close Molokini II, the child/adolescent…

11 years ago

Pawn your sneaks? Sure, why not?

You can do it in Harlem now. A 16-year-old kid with 200 pairs of sneakers had the idea. It works…

12 years ago

Ain’t nothin’ like the real thing

As Smokey Robinson so wisely taught us long ago. It appears that the magic of "Pawn Stars" is limited to…

12 years ago