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And the winnah . . . is dead

And wait till you hear what he won. According to WESH.com in Florida: Broward County authorities say the winner of…

13 years ago

A gold rush in Ghana

According to Bloomberg News, Chinese miners have http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-08/ghana-s-gold-sparks-conflict-with-illegal-chinese-miners.html rushed to Ghana. Just as with American 49ers in California, the environmental results…

13 years ago

A bad recipe for our reefs

The Maui News http://mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/565706/Task-force-s-plan-in-place-to-save--mend-coral-reefs.html?nav=10reports that after a lot of work, a local group in alliance with NOAA has come up…

13 years ago

Wonk alert! A hot issue in the pawn world

All pawnshops are regulated by the states, and some municipalities add additional regulations. The national government is not involved. But…

13 years ago

More pawn reality TV

According to Zap2it, truTV is about to introduce yet another pawn shop reality show, Hard Core Pawn: Chicago: Hardcore Pawn:…

13 years ago

That other reality TV pawn shop

Right. While we're working on turning Kamaaina Loan into a reality TV show, that other shop in Las Vegas is…

13 years ago

Pawn 101: You can take me to the fair

(with apologies to Lerner & Lowe) The Friday afternoon of Maui Fair week is always busy at Kamaaina Loan. The…

13 years ago

Gold bugs bitten in Texas

From the Dept. of Always Deal with People You Know and Trust (Especially if You are Going to Give Them…

13 years ago

Credit score shenanigans

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (according to a http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-25/consumers-given-different-credit-scores-than-lenders-cfpb-says.html report by Bloomberg News) has found that in about one case out…

13 years ago

We have regular stuff for sale

Last week we mentioned that we have weird stuff for sale, for example, an irradiated dime. But we also have…

13 years ago