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...several occasions Quasha's deals have been marked by apparent conflicts of interest. Last year he tried in vain to get Harken to buy a privately held refinery, Frontier Oil, in which he owned a sizable stake. In another instance Quasha sold Harken's Hawaiian retail unit to a company controlled by both his own family and the South African Ruperts. Harken booked an $8 million gain on the deal, only to write it all off later as a loss...
...earth. The magma rises gradually, opening fissures that serve as its pipelines to the surface. What happens next depends on the composition of the magma. If it is fairly liquid, it generally produces a stately lava flow that poses more of a threat to property than to humans. Hawaiian volcanoes tend to follow this pattern...
...needed diversion. Otherwise, I'd just sit here with the news on, thinking about him every minute of every day." Her diversion takes the form of the Mardi Gras Follies '91. It is a charity fund raiser, staged annually by the Awa Lau Wahine, a Hawaiian term meaning Ladies of the Harbor. The group is an officers' wives club composed of Navy, Coast Guard and Marine women on the island of Oahu...
...grammar school dropout, Weinberg built his fortune by buying Baltimore real estate at bargain prices and later investing in transit companies and Hawaiian properties. Weinberg's largesse was not entirely a surprise. During a 1984 visit to Israel, he donated $1 million to buy air conditioners for the country's nursing homes...
...Justice Department has urged the Federal Reserve Board to reject Simon's latest deal on the ground that it would substantially lessen competition among Hawaii's banks. In its application, First Hawaiian, which has 58 branches, said it would sell three offices outside Honolulu once the merger was approved. Bank officials had hoped the step would help eliminate antitrust objections to the purchase of First Interstate. Even if the Federal Reserve ultimately approves the merger, Justice could go to court to block the deal...