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Big cat fight on Maui

There's a hot cat fight going on here on Maui. But ours is just the local edition of a cat…

12 years ago

Seedy maybe, but not dark

Reporters who show no interest in the millions of ordinary working people who patronize the nation's 13,000 pawnshops are endlessly…

12 years ago

The risk the pawnbroker takes

All lenders take a risk,  but pawnbrokers live with an unquantifiable risk that most other lenders do not have to…

12 years ago

Presidential diamonds

At Kamaaina Loan, we like to say we never know what will come over the counter next. But we have…

12 years ago

Gold: S.O.S.

There's a reader forum at the Kitco.com website where followers can discuss Kamaaina Loan's second favorite subject, the price of…

12 years ago

Like a deer in the headlights

Iraq has purchased 1.1 million -- yes, MILLION -- ounces of gold, according to Kitco. Analysts speculate that this quiet…

12 years ago

What are we waiting for?

There was a bill in the Hawaii Legislature this year that would have mandated electronic reporting of pawnshop transactions to…

12 years ago

Yes, we are regulated, duh

It seems the Michigan State Police raided a "pawnshop,"  and now the "pawnshop's" "customers" are   wondering if they will…

12 years ago

Pawning and banking in China

On the same day that The Maui News reported that China opened bidding for the first five private banks in…

12 years ago

Pawn shop treasure: Peace out

In a sense, this is old news, but a Nobel Peace Prize discovered in a pawn shop is headed for…

12 years ago