PR Newswire: Hawaii

Bloomingdale's To Open At Ala Moana Center

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:12:00 EDT

CHICAGO, May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- General Growth Properties (NYSE: GGP) and Bloomingdale's announced today the opening of a 167,000-square-foot, three-level store at Ala Moana Center, one of the world's most visited shopping malls located in Honolulu, Hawaii, in late...

VOLCANO Fine Electronic Cigarettes Debuts First e-Cigarette Commercial Helmed by Taco Bell® Talking Chihuahua Dog Animator

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:35:00 EDT

HONOLULU, May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Electronic cigarette sales have boomed here in the U.S. in recent years and many e-cigarette manufacturers are in a hurry to make an impression with a growing consumer base. In 2012, U.S. sales of e-cigs were between $300M and $500M and are...

Sonendo® Debuts New Endodontic Multisonic Ultracleaning™ System at AAE 2013 Hawaii

Thu, 16 May 2013 13:35:00 EDT

LAGUNA HILLS, Calif., May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sonendo®, a developer of a revolutionary technology for the endodontic marketplace, unveiled its new Multisonic Ultracleaning™ System at the recent American Association of Endodontics (AAE) in Hawaii, a national,...

U.S. Proves Newest Missile Interceptor Against North Korea and Iran

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:45:00 EDT

BARKING SANDS, Kauai, Hawaii, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Riki Ellison, Chairman and Founder of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance (MDAA), www.missiledefenseadvocacy.org, attended the Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) Block IB intercept test FTM-19. The SM-3 Block IB was launched...

ATK's Propulsion and Control System Supports Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense Flight Test Mission

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:00:00 EDT

ARLINGTON, Va., May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ATK (NYSE: ATK), the nation's leading solid rocket motor producer, provided critical components for the recent successful Flight Test Mission–19 (FTM-19) missile defense test involving a Standard Missile–3 (SM-3) Block IB...

Lockheed Martin's Second Generation Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System Successfully Intercepts Ballistic Missile Target

Thu, 16 May 2013 08:19:00 EDT

KAUAI, Hawaii, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin's (NYSE: LMT) second-generation Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system achieved its fourth intercept since May 2012. The system successfully launched and guided a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IB missile to engage a...

Raytheon's newest Standard Missile-3 takes out complex, separating short-range ballistic missile target

Thu, 16 May 2013 08:17:00 EDT

PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY, KAUAI, Hawaii, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) Standard Missile-3 Block IB fired from the USS Lake Erie destroyed a complex, separating short-range ballistic missile target with a sophisticated separating mock warhead....

400 ppm CO2 Milestone Marked Using Picarro Technology

Thu, 16 May 2013 08:00:00 EDT

SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers from SCRIPPS studying atmospheric levels at the Mauna Loa Observatory last week recorded the milestone 400 parts per million (ppm) CO2 concentration using instrumentation from Picarro Inc. The Mauna Loa observatory is a...

Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. Prices $444,540,000 Offering of Class A and Class B Enhanced Equipment Trust Certificates

Tue, 14 May 2013 17:42:00 EDT

HONOLULU, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. (the "Company"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. (NasdaqGS: HA), today announced its first-ever offering of Enhanced Equipment Trust Certificates (the "Certificates") which will be used to secure...

Sound Physicians Enters Agreement to Provide Hospitalist Services at Kona Community Hospital

Tue, 14 May 2013 06:18:00 EDT

TACOMA, Wash., May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sound Physicians, a leading hospitalist organization focused on driving improvements in quality, satisfaction and financial performance of inpatient healthcare delivery, announced today an agreement to provide hospitalist services at Kona...

SummitMedia, LLC Closes on Acquisition of 27 Radio Stations Formally Owned by Cox Media Group

Mon, 13 May 2013 18:31:00 EDT

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SummitMedia, LLC has closed on its acquisition of 27 radio stations and 1 local marketing agreement from Cox Media Group. WBHK-FM Urban AC Birmingham, Alabama WBJH-FM Rhythmic CHR Birmingham,...

USW Commends Hawaii Legislative Resolution to Expand Refinery Task Force Mandate and Include USW

Fri, 10 May 2013 16:56:00 EDT

PITTSBURGH, May 10, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --United Steelworkers (USW) commends the Hawaii State Legislature for passing Resolution HCR99/SD1 that urges Governor Neil Abercrombie to add a USW Local 12-591 member to the Hawaii Refinery Task Force and to broaden the issues the...

Alexander & Baldwin Reports First Quarter 2013 Results

Thu, 09 May 2013 16:01:00 EDT

HONOLULU, May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. (NYSE:ALEX) (A&B or Company) today announced net income for the first quarter of 2013 of $5.0 million, or $0.12 per diluted share, compared to adjusted net income for the first quarter of 2012 of $4.0 million, or...

Arthritis Foundation Launches Public Awareness Campaign To Dispel Myths About Arthritis

Thu, 09 May 2013 12:00:00 EDT

LOS ANGELES, May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "Only old people get arthritis." "Arthritis is just aches and pains. You just have to learn to live with it." These are just two of the common misperceptions about arthritis. The reality is that two-thirds...

Hawaiian Legacy Hardwoods Plants 200,000 Indigenous Koa Trees

Thu, 09 May 2013 09:00:00 EDT

PAAUILO, Hawaii, May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hawaiian Legacy Hardwoods (HLH) today announced the planting of its 200,000th native koa tree on the Hamakua Coast of Hawaii Island, well on the way to its goal of 1.3 million trees. In three short years, more than 500 acres...

Frieda S. Takaki Receives Life Service Award from The ESOP Association

Thu, 09 May 2013 08:31:00 EDT

WASHINGTON, May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For her impressive contributions to the employee ownership community and her commitment to The ESOP Association, Frieda S. Takaki, President and CEO of CHART Rehabilitation of Hawaii, Inc. has been awarded The ESOP Association's Life...

Hawaiian Electric Industries Reports First Quarter 2013 Earnings & Declares Dividend

Wed, 08 May 2013 07:00:00 EDT

HONOLULU, May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. (NYSE - HE) (HEI) today reported consolidated net income for common stock for the first quarter of 2013 of $33.7 million, or $0.34 diluted earnings per share (EPS), compared to $38.3 million, or...

United States to Host Major Meeting of Pacific Rim Standards and Conformity Assessment Experts in Honolulu

Tue, 07 May 2013 11:16:00 EDT

WASHINGTON, May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On behalf of the United States, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) will serve as host of the first-ever Joint Annual Meeting of the Pacific Area Standards Congress (PASC) and the Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (PAC)...

Matson, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2013 Diluted EPS Of $0.21, Updates 2013 Outlook

Mon, 06 May 2013 16:00:00 EDT

HONOLULU, May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Matson, Inc. ("Matson" or the "Company") (NYSE: MATX), a leading U.S. carrier in the Pacific, today reported net income of $9.1 million, or $0.21 per diluted share for the quarter ended March 31, 2013. Net income for the quarter ended March 31, 2012...

Alexander & Baldwin to Present at The JMP Securities Financial Services & Real Estate Conference

Fri, 03 May 2013 16:05:00 EDT

HONOLULU, May 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. (NYSE: ALEX) announced today that Christopher Benjamin, president and chief operating officer, will present an overview of the company at the 12th Annual JMP Securities Research Conference in San Francisco on...