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ASSOCIATED PRESS / APRIL 6
An official walks near a COVID-19 testing site to guide traffic on Georgia Tech’s campus in Atlanta. A Georgia man lied about testing positive for COVID-19.

Georgia man, 35, pleads guilty after lying to his employer about having COVID-19

By Associated Press
Today

A Georgia man who lied to his employer that he had tested positive for COVID-19 pleaded guilty today to federal charges, prosecutors said. Read more

DIANE S. W. LEE / AUG. 3
People practice social distancing waiting in line to mail packages and letters at the downtown Honolulu post office on Merchant Street.

Shipping a package? Better do it this week

GREG NASH/POOL VIA AP / DEC. 2
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies before a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Federal Reserve to weigh further options for aiding U.S. economy in peril

ASSOCIATED PRESS / OCT. 14
Pedestrians pass the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Stocks are rising in early trading on Wall Street, as the country’s first vaccinations against COVID-19 have the end of the pandemic slowly materializing into hazy sight.

U.S. stocks edge higher following worst week since Halloween

ASSOCIATED PRESS / 2018
Apple’s App Store app in Baltimore. Apple will begin spelling out what kinds of personal information is being collected by the digital services displayed in its app stores for iPhones and other products made by the trendsetting company. The additional disclosures will begin to appear in apps made for iPads, Mac computers and Apple’s TV streaming device, as well as its biggest moneymaker, the iPhone.

Apple’s app stores open new privacy window for customers

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Banksy’s latest mural titled “Aachoo!!” that has appeared on a wall in Bristol, England, on Dec. 10. Banksy’s latest mural has delayed - but not thwarted - a homeowner’s plans to sell in Bristol after it recently appeared on the house’s exterior wall.

U.K. homeowner delays sale of home after Banksy mural appears

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Google’s apps crash in worldwide outage

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Gov. Asa Hutchinson, right, speaks along with Larry Walther, middle, Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration and Jake Bleed, state budget director in Little Rock, Ark., in March.

Budget toll from coronavirus hits both Democratic, GOP-led states

VIRGIN GALACTIC VIA AP
Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo Unity, attached to mothership, VMS Eve, takes off on at Spaceport America in southern New Mexico. This morning’s test flight marks the third space flight overall for Virgin Galactic as the company looks to begin commercial flights next year.

Rocket motor fails to ignite on Virgin Galactic test flight

CHASE STEVENS/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL VIA AP / SEPT. 16
The Moulin Rouge sign is re-illuminated at the Neon Museum in Las Vegas. After years of grand visions, close calls and setbacks, the historic Moulin Rouge site in Las Vegas has a buyer: an Australia-based investment firm that plans to construct a casino. RAH Capital, a newly created Nevada-based company backed by private equity investment firm BBC Capital, closed the deal Dec. 4.

Historic Moulin Rouge casino site in Las Vegas has a buyer

ASSOCIATED PRESS / 2009
Reflections are seen on a sign outside the global headquarters of AstraZeneca in London. Cambridge, England-based pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, which is involved in the development of a COVID-19 vaccine, said it is acquiring Boston-based drug developer Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. in a deal worth $39 billion.

AstraZeneca buying drug developer Alexion for $39B

ASSOCIATED PRESS / 2007
The exterior of Oracle Corp. headquarters in Redwood City, Calif.

Oracle says it will move HQ from Silicon Valley to Texas

ASSOCIATED PRESS / SEPT. 30
Tables are spaced allowing for proper social distancing as customers enjoy lunch indoors at Katz’s Delicatessen in New York. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has reinstated indoor dining restrictions indefinitely in the city as coronavirus cases and hospitalizations climb. Starting Monday, Dec. 14, only takeout orders and outdoor dining will be allowed in the city.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo reinstates NYC indoor dining ban to limit coronavirus spread

KEYSTONE VIA AP / 2019
Elton John performs during his “Farewell Yellow Brick Road” tour at the 53rd Montreux Jazz Festival, in Montreux, Switzerland on June 29, 2019. Due to the global coronavirus pandemic, concert trade publication Pollstar puts the total lost revenue for the live events industry in 2020 at more than $30 billion.

Coronavirus pandemic cost live events industry more than $30B in 2020

ASSOCIATED PRESS
A nurse prepares to administer the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Guy’s Hospital in London on Tuesday.

U.S. allows emergency COVID-19 vaccine in bid to end pandemic

ASSOCIATED PRESS / SEPT. 19, 2011
U.S. long-term mortgage rates were unchanged this week, remaining at record low levels against the backdrop of an economy punished by the pandemic.

U.S. long-term mortgage rates maintain record lows; 30-year at 2.71 percent

STAR-ADVERTISER / 2019
A plastic knife and fork.

Oahu restaurants get 90-day delay of ban on plastic utensils

Ana Hiyane

On the Move: Milo Spindt and Ana Hiyane

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Tech View

Rob Kay

Column: Entrepreneur muses about Hawaii as a tech economy

2008 September 23 BSN - Honolulu Star-Bulletin business columnist John Agsalud. SB photo by George F. Lee

Column: Wi-Fi network’s safety depends on connection

Davin Yasuda

Column: Reevaluate your network to meet your business goals

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Hawaii Real Estate Sales

Hawaii Real Estate Sales: Nov. 9 – Nov. 13, 2020

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Hawaii Real Estate Sales: Oct. 26 – Oct. 30, 2020

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Wealth of Health

COURTESY TEAM MERLIN
A mask invented by youths from Hawaii solves many of the problems of existing masks.

Column: Hawaii youths forge a new, more comfortable face mask

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A COVID-19 specimen sample is handed to registered nurse Victoria Wagner during the first day of COVID-19 testing put on by the city on Aug. 26 in Kaneohe.

Column: Many Long COVID survivors require team-based treatment

COURTESY U.S. GOVT.

Column: Mom was very independent until falling victim to COVID

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