Word: aloha
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Genuine Hawaiian aloha shirts from the 1960s and '70s take pride of place on his walls, and a pair of vintage, indigo Big E Levi's hang by the door. "Not for sale," says Preecha. "Just to attract good customers." Levi's, especially Red Tab and Big E versions, as well as Japanese denim brands such as Evisu, are in strong demand with collectors, he says...
...Sons of Boston (asking price: 2,000 baht, or $49; final purchase price: 1,200 baht); a pair of olive-green U.S. Army cotton fatigues (700 baht, bargained down to 400); a pair of well-worn Levi's 501s (800 baht, down to 650); a "Made in Hawaii" rayon aloha shirt with coconut-shell buttons (1,000 baht, down to 700); a Lee denim jacket (600 baht, down to 400); a black canvas belt?very Helmut Lang (fixed price of 100 baht); one Fred Perry and two Ralph Lauren polo shirts (totaling 350 baht); and six U.S. college sports-team...
...unloading those shares for $848,000, Harken was sliding down. The company, which owned everything from drill rigs to gas stations, was losing millions of dollars trading oil on the commodities market. With its balance sheet deteriorating, Harken devised a sale of 80% of a chain of gas stations, Aloha Petroleum in Hawaii, to an entity that included the company's chairman and another director. Harken recorded a gain of $7.9 million to offset other losses and finished the year $3.3 million in the red--bad, but far better than the reality...
WHAT BUSH AND CHENEY DID While BUSH was on Harken Energy's board of directors and a member of its audit committee, the company hid losses by selling a subsidiary to itself. Harken officers bought Aloha Petroleum with a loan from the company. Harken labeled the sale a $7.9 million profit, shrinking its losses to just $3.3 million for the year. The SEC forced the company to restate its losses to $12.6 million...
...cities for too long. And when they travel, they love to shop -- which makes Japanese tourists the most coveted guests the world over. Entire economies have sprung up around them, as in Hawaii, the No. 1 destination for Japanese visitors. Last year they spent $234 a day in the Aloha State, while their American counterparts parted with a measly $157. Without its spendthrift guests, Hawaii is feeling the pain. The 40% drop in Japanese tourists means $4 million a day less for the state economy?or more than $1 billion by year's end. Already the downturn has forced...