Janis Magin

2 weeks ago | bizjournals.com | Joshua Mann |Janis Magin

New broad tariffs on imports to the U.S. are expected to push consumer prices higher — and investors are already backing away from the most exposed public companies. Hawaii's publicly traded companies have posted steep losses over the past two days as investors reacted to the Trump administration's tariff plan, with stock prices falling by double digits for some companies. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 5.5%, or 2,231 points, on Friday, a day after losing nearly 4% or 1,679 points.

3 weeks ago | bizjournals.com | Janis Magin

There are likely many more billionaires who own homes in the Islands through limited liability companies that make it difficult to identify the actual owners. Some of the richest people in the world have homes in Hawaii or other ties to the Islands, including the second- and third-richest billionaires on the newest Forbes magazine list of the world's billionaires, Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckberberg and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

3 weeks ago | bizjournals.com | Janis Magin

The two are among just 11 Hawaii buildings that have been certified since 2020 with the Gold level under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design rating system by the U.S. Green Building Council. Two buildings on Oahu — a Kakaako condominium tower and a student dormitory at the University of Hawaii at Manoa — were certified LEED Gold in the past year.

4 weeks ago | bizjournals.com | Janis Magin

The SBA also announced 21 local winners of its annual Small Business Week awards, including Small Business Person of the Year for the State of Hawaii. The owners of a Maui catering business who worked to feed survivors and first responders after the 2023 Lahaina wildfire after losing their home are the national winners of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Phoenix Award for Small Business Disaster Recovery.

1 month ago | bizjournals.com | Janis Magin

To mark the topping off, the developer donated $15,000 each to the Hawaii Laborers & Employers Cooperation and Education Trust and Professional Women in Building Hawaii Council, a program of BIA Hawaii. The Howard Hughes Corp. has topped off its latest condominium tower in Honolulu, the Park Ward Village, with the placement of the final steel beam on the building, which is scheduled to be completed in the middle of next year.