Reported by Star-Bulletin staff & wire
Monday, January 13, 1997
Reported by Star-Bulletin staff & wire
Monday, January 13, 1997
Alvin Oshiro, front office agent at the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel and an employee of the Big Island hotel for 16 years, is the Hawaii Hotel Association's outstanding lodging employee of the year. Mauna Kea Beach veteran honored
Other winners named at the association's annual awards ceremony Friday were: Anthony Gonsalves III, Ilikai Hotel Nikko Waikiki, security officer of the year; Stephanie Iona, Doubletree Alana Waikiki, manager of the year; Terrance Yano, Halekulani Hotel, bellperson of the year; Faith Ancog, Westin Maui, food and beverage person of the year; and Edelia Edurise, Kauai Coconut Beach Resort, room-keeper of the year.
Hawaii Vare & Cleaning, of Honolulu, was named the allied member of the year.
Two big players in the mutual fund business are now trading under a new name. Major mutual funds
change their namesAs of Jan. 3, the mutual funds of Twentieth Century Cos. and the Benham Group have been trading under the name of American Century Investments. Twentieth Century merged with Benham in 1995, according to Bloomberg News.
"We already have a couple of American fund groups out there," said Russel Kinnel, an analyst at Morningstar Inc. "It could get confusing."
(Star-Bulletin readers can find the former Twentieth Century and Benham funds listed under the headings Amer Century, Amer Century 20th and Amer Benham, in Hawaii Inc.'s daily mutual fund listings.)
NEW YORK - Morgan Stanley & Co. is reportedly facing a lawsuit in which two black employees seek $30 million over what they described a "vile, racist" joke circulated through the Wall Street firm's e-mail. Morgan Stanley
sued over racist e-mailThe employees, Yolanda Owens and Edward Hutton, reportedly said in the suit that when they complained, Morgan Stanley denied them promotion.
The suit also accused the firm of discriminating against minorities in hiring and promotions, according to accounts of the suit in today's Daily News and Wall Street Journal.
Morgan Stanley's lawyer, Stephen Feingold, said the e-mail originated outside the company. The lawsuit named seven white Morgan Stanley employees as distributors.
The company said those who circulated the e-mail, among them three managers, were put on probation.
The Oct. 4, 1995, message describes how an 18-year-old black student who is in ninth grade completes an easy homework assignment by using common words improperly.
ST. LOUIS - Trans World Airlines has sent layoff notices to 378 flight attendants, many hired less than a year ago to handle increased flights. TWA furloughs 378 flight attendants
The airline announced it was furloughing 218 flight attendants at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, where it is reducing service today. It is laying off 160 flight attendants assigned to its domestic hub at Lambert Airport in St. Louis.
The layoffs, for flight attendants based in New York and St. Louis, take effect Jan. 31.
TWA spokesman John McDonald said that TWA probably will bring some attendants back this summer.
The layoffs were not unexpected for the airline's 5,400 cabin crew employees. The airline announced last month it would shrink its trans-Atlantic hub in New York and stop flying Boeing 747 jumbo jets as part of a cost-cutting plan.