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Hawaii’s Five Game Developers

September 3rd, 2010 · 5 Comments · Business, Hawaii, Technology

Last month, I blogged about an Entertainment Software Association report that said the Hawaii video game industry had added $23 million to the local economy. The report said that the revenue was generated by five “Interactive Entertainment Software Locations.” I asked if anyone knew who those five developers were. Local “renaissance chick” Traci Toguchi also [...]

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Hawaii in Bottom Five for Business

July 13th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Business, Hawaii

Hawaii is bad for business. The latest “Top States for Business” survey by CNBC ranked Hawaii 48th among all 50 states. The good news? Hawaii climbed a step from 2009, switching places with Rhode Island and staying ahead of Alaska. And while Hawaii did poorly in most of the categories CNBC used, Hawaii scored best [...]

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Honolulu Among ‘Recession-Proof’ Cities

June 28th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Business, Hawaii

Honolulu was named among the top ten most ‘recession-proof’ cities in the country, according to a new MetroMonitor report out of The Brookings Institution. The capital of the Aloha State ranked tenth,  sandwiched between Texas cities El Paso and Houston. Albany, New York took top honors. The report examined 100 large metropolitan areas for stable [...]

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Rally to Support Act 221

January 20th, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Events, Hawaii, Politics, Technology

A cross section of Hawaii’s tech sector — ranging from entrepreneurs and venture capitalists to business leaders and everyday geeks — will present a united front at tomorrow’s opening day at the Hawaii State Legislature. Spearheaded by Bill Spencer of the Hawaii Venture Capital Association, the group will amass at the Father Damien statue at [...]

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Twitter Reports on Hawaii Economy

January 13th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Business, Hawaii, The Web

This afternoon, the state Council on Revenues is giving a briefing on the state economy at the Hawaii State Capitol. And at least two people are Twittering from the briefing as it unfolds: Ian Lind (independent investigative journalist and blogger) and Georgette Deemer (Communications Director for the Hawaii House of Representatives and former state film [...]

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