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Car rental companies to charge extra $1 a day (KHNL News 8 Honolulu) HONOLULU (AP) - Hawaii's airport car rental companies will begin charging an additional surcharge of $1 a day. Beginning Sept. 1, the customer facility charge will help fund an upgraded car rental facility at Hawaii airports at no cost to the state. us.rd.yahoo.com
Report ranks Honolulu tax burden for travelers lowest (Honolulu Advertiser) Honolulu got good marks for the low tax burden imposed on travelers, according to a recent study by the National Business Travel Association. us.rd.yahoo.com
Car rental companies add airport surcharge (Honolulu Star-Bulletin) Car rental companies operating out of Hawaii's airports will begin charging an additional surcharge of $1 a day beginning Sept. 1. The customer facility charge will help fund the construction of an upgraded car rental facility at Hawaii airports at no cost to the state. us.rd.yahoo.com
A visit with 'Handsome' Johnny Barend (Slam! Sports) Usually stories end with a coffin, but this one begins with one. us.rd.yahoo.com
Business digest (The Cincinnati Enquirer) Western Bowl will stay because a deal to sell the stie has collapsed, Convergys Corp. elects a board member, and Delta and Northwest widen a ticket-sales deal. us.rd.yahoo.com
Business Briefs (Honolulu Star-Bulletin) Standard & Poor's Rating Services said yesterday it lowered its corporate credit rating for Hawaiian Telcom Communications Inc. to CCC+ from B-. The downgrade is based on the rating agency's assessment that the company's liquidity won't be sufficient to service debt and fund operations through 2009. us.rd.yahoo.com
Obama stops at USS Arizona Memorial (Honolulu Advertiser) U.S. Sen. Barack Obama left his Kailua rental at 7:54 a.m. today to begin his last vacation day in Hawai'i at Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve. us.rd.yahoo.com
Longs to open new Maui store in '09 (Honolulu Advertiser) Longs Drug Stores said its planned new store in Upcountry Maui will open in early 2009 and be the first new Longs store built with photovoltaic solar panels that produce electricity. us.rd.yahoo.com
Obama Rents Home From Campaign Supporter (KITV Honolulu) Sen. Barack Obama is renting his Kailua beachfront vacation home from a campaign supporter, something the Obama campaign said is a coincidence. us.rd.yahoo.com
1,350 gather for Obama rally; Gates closed to Ke'ehi Lagoon Beach Park (Honolulu Advertiser) A crowd of 1,350 has gathered at Ke'ehi Lagoon Beach Park awaiting Sen. Barack Obama and police have closed the park to traffic. us.rd.yahoo.com
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