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Nadella's $90 million payday approved

An advising firm urged Microsoft shareholders to reject the company's compensation package for new CEO Satya Nadella, but the proposed package passed with ease.

Hawaiian Electric signs contracts for 6 large solar farms totaling 207MW

Hawaiian Electric Co. is moving forward with six large solar energy farms on Oahu totaling 207 megawatts that will be developed by SunEdison, First Wind, Eurus Energy America...

S.F. development workhorse Jennifer Matz dies of pancreatic cancer

Jennifer Matz, a key figure in San Francisco development circles, has died after a year-long battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 45. Matz, whose fight with the aggressive, deadly...

Portland to Uber drivers: You will be fined if you operate within city limits

Uber said it would begin operating in Portland at 5 p.m. Friday evening, according to the Oregonian, defying a city ban on such ride-share services. The city wasted...

Allison Lum named Honolulu Board of Realtors' Realtor of the Year

Allison Lum, the head of Honolulu real estate firm Plum Associates, was named the Honolulu Board of Realtors' Realtor of the Year Friday. The announcement was made during the...

Hawaii's Honsador Holding sold to Colorado private equity firm

Honsador Holding LLC — Hawaii's largest building material wholesaler, dealer, retailer and manufacturer with 15 locations across the state — has been acquired by Colorado's Grey Mountain Partners for...

Why did NextEra Energy decide to buy Hawaiian Electric?

As the dust begins to settle on this week's major acquisition involving NextEra Energy buying Hawaiian Electric, many are wondering why a Florida energy company is acquiring a...

​India becomes full member of Hawaii's Thirty Meter Telescope project

Government officials in India have established the country as a full partner in the Thirty Meter Telescope project on Hawaii's Big Island. The astronomical international observatory project planned for the...

Big solar a priority over rooftop systems, NextEra’s top exec says

Jim Robo, chairman and CEO of Florida-based NextEra Energy, which announced earlier this week that it is buying Hawaiian Electric for $4.3 billion, says he's biased towards large...

Kaiser CEO Bernard Tyson: I could have been Michael Brown or Eric Garner

With little or no fanfare, Kaiser Permanente Chairman and CEO Bernard Tyson has posted a remarkably frank essay on LinkedIn explaining how his experience as a black man...

Investigation underway after ground sinks near Bertha tunnel machine, Alaska Way Viaduct

At the one-year anniversary of the stalling of tunnel boring under Seattle, new problems have emerged in the form of about 1.2 inches of ground subsidence at the...

State cuts Hawaii Medical Service Association rate increase to 8.4%

Hawaii Insurance Commissioner Gordon Ito approved an 8.4 percent increase for Hawaii Medical Service Association individual transitional, or "grandmother," plans on Friday, cutting the original request for a 19...

Security Service seeking city, county support for new San Antonio HQ development

Security Service Federal Credit Union is looking to add 200 new jobs in San Antonio and retain another 747 full-time positions as part of a plan to develop...

University of Hawaii names new tech officer

Garret Yoshimi has been named vice president for information technology and chief information officer of the University of Hawaii System, a position previously held by university President David Lassner. As...

4 things to watch as Hawaii's American Savings Bank goes public

A University of Hawaii professor said this week's recent announcement that American Savings Bank will be spun off by parent company Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. will make operations...

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  • Major redevelopment plans announced for Raleigh's Glenwood Place
  • More than $500M in new development planned for Conshohocken
  • Trader Joe's scouts Germantown for store sites
  • GlaxoSmithKline's RTP unit hit hard with hundreds of lost jobs
  • Hawaiian Electric Industries to be acquired by Florida's NextEra Energy in $4.3B deal
  • Zillow predicts Pittsburgh will be the No. 1 market for first-time homebuyers in 2015
  • Protesters shut down Interstate 35W (Photos)
  • Toast Café to get new name, add five Charlotte-area locations
  • Talenti Gelato & Sorbetto sold to Unilever