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The University of Hawaii Board of Regents is expected to name three community college chancellors this week.
Helen Cox, a Utah educator, is expected to be named chancellor of Kauai Community College.
Cox is the associate vice president of instruction at Salt Lake Community College in Utah. Her recommended term is for […]

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By John McCain's own admission, the economy isn't his strong suit. The ace up his sleeve may be a polished corporate executive ranked six times as the U.S.'s most powerful businesswoman, who's also among the most controversial.
Carly Fiorina, 53, who ran Hewlett-Packard Co., the largest U.S. corporation headed by a woman, joined McCain's […]

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The Slovak central bank will leave its key interest rate unchanged for a 13th consecutive month as it tries to stifle inflation by delaying a rate cut, a survey of economists showed.
The Bratislava, Slovakia-based Narodna Banka Slovenska will keep the two-week repurchase rate at 4.25 percent at a board meeting on May 27, […]

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The Bank of Japan's chief economist said the global slowdown and inflation are “big concerns'' that present dual risks for the world's second-largest economy.
“It's like a tiger is waiting at the front of the gate and a wolf is at the back,'' Kazuo Momma, the central bank's head of research and statistics, said […]

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When CEO Takeo Fukui says he would spend $10 billion to rack up a Formula One victory for Honda, you get the sense that he really means it.
Under Fukui’s five-year leadership, Honda Motor’s (7267.T: Quote, Profile, Research) car sales have jumped by a third and profits by an even bigger margin to a record […]

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The unemployment rate in Mecklenburg County declined to 5 percent in April from 5.2 percent in March.
In April, 22,803 residents were unemployed among the county's labor force of 454,352, according to the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina.
Unemployment in the Charlotte/Gastonia/Concord area was 5.1 percent, down from 5.3 percent in […]

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A group of Waimea physicians on the Big Island has signed a $1 million, multiyear contract with Honolulu-based information technology firm eQHIP for the community's first fully integrated electronic medical records system.
Under the three-year contract, eQHIP will furnish the North Hawaii Community Physicians, a group of about 50 doctors, with practice management, […]

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Spirit Airlines lost $14.2 million in the fourth quarter and $3.8 million for 2007, according to Department of Transportation data released Monday.
The Miramar-based low-cost airline had 2007 revenue of $761.6 million. In 2006, it lost $79 million on revenue of $540.3 million.
Spirit spent $78 million on fuel in the fourth quarter, […]

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The odds would seem to be against an initial public offering for a biotech company with no profits and no products on the market, but stem-cell company Aldagen evidently feels lucky.
The company registered with U.S. regulators on May 9 to publicly offer up to $80.5 million worth of common stock, even as the […]

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Gov. Linda Lingle has criticized a Republican state senator for describing employees of the state economic development agency as "morons" and has asked him to apologize.
Sen. Sam Slom said he stood by his comments.
Lingle was referring to remarks made by Slom about a state Senate investigation of how the state […]

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