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Howard takes a look at the latest news on non-compete clauses and non-disclosure clauses in...

Crisis at a Glance: Court cases on non-compete, non-disclosure clauses in employment contracts

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Howard Dicus takes a look at gas price trends across the country and in Hawaii.

Business Report: Gas prices slightly down for Hawaii

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Before the fires, Maui new jobless claims rarely rose as high as 150. There were 121...

Business Report: Maui's unemployment numbers after tragic fires

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In normal times we can rely heavily on air seats, expecting most of them to be filled. The...

Business Report: August air seats from other countries

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Three local stocks are now bucking the selloff. Hawaiian Airlines, Hawaii Electric and Bank of...

Business Report: Local stocks in Monday's selloff

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LAX is still the motherlode of air seats, 568,000 just in August, but that's down 3% from last...

Business Report: August air capacity

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Here's the basic breakdown showing our increasing reliance on visitors from the mainland at a...

Business Report: June visitors

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The U.S. has 22 million millionaires. The number has tripled since 2000.

Crisis at a Glance: Millionaires worldwide

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The Fed meets this week but is not expected to cut interests rates. They say they'd like to...

Crisis at a Glance: Interest rates cuts on the horizon or not?

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The issue for vacation rental owners is supply-and-demand.

Business Report: June vacation rentals

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The FTC says surveillance pricing is rapidly changing prices based on watching consumer...

Crisis at a Glance: FTC launches investigation into surveillance pricing

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Business Report: Howard takes a look at June's hotel numbers

Business Report: Howard takes a look at June's hotel numbers

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Crisis at a Glance: International tourism in Hawaii

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In Hanalei, five houses sold for a median $2.4 million. Over 70 houses sold on the central...

Business Report: Selected neighbor island house prices

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The Consumer Price Index showed gas prices falling, despite this being driving season. Howard...

Business Report: Summer gas prices

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Hawaii visitor traffic is cool for many reasons but the allure of Europe is still one of them.

Business Report: Europe tourism surge

Hawaii News Now Sunrise

Let's take a look at the week ahead

Business Report: Fed head Jay Powell testifies before the Senate Banking Committee

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The Federal Trade Commission wants to ban almost all non-compete contracts. But a federal...

Business Report: Federal judge partially blocks U.S. ban on noncompetes

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Oahu saw more than half a million arrivals, up 30,000. Maui fell from 211,000 last year to...

Business Report: Final June arrivals

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A new UH report is recommended reading for anyone who thinks Hawaii can magically diversify...

Business Report: UHERO report on tourism economy

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Young people are dropping out of employment because wage conditions are so discouraging they...

Crisis At A Glance: Unemployment outlook

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LAX flights are down 20% from last year but still top 3,000 flights just in July, or 100...

Business Report: July flights to Hawaii

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Kauai was the big success story in May. 115,000 visitors, about the same as last year, with...

Business Report: May visitors by island

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There's a hidden message in the list. Howard Dicus explains.

Business Report: Busiest U.S. airports based on where passengers flew in 2023