Reported by Star-Bulletin staff & wire
Friday, July 10, 1998
Renovations to slow state biz registrations
It will take a little longer to process state business registrations for the next week and a half because of renovations in the business registration division on the ground floor of the Kamamalu Building at King and Richards Streets.The office, part of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, said the work to install a new computer system and new telephones will continue through July 22. Processing expedited registrations may take five business days, rather than the normal three, the division said.Regular handling will continue to take 15-20 business days. Once installed, the new equipment will speed up handling of the more than 27,000 registrations and 73,000 telephone inquiries the division gets each year, said Ryan Ushijima, commissioner of securities.
MacWorld leaving N.Y. to return to Boston
BOSTON -- After a trip to the Big Apple, the MacWorld Expo is coming back to Boston next year.After 13 years here, MacWorld Expo ditched Boston and chose New York City to play host to the 1998 convention. Organizers cited logistical problems with housing the roughly 50,000 who attended last year's four-day expo. But they said the main reason for the move was that more of Apple Computer Corp.'s potential customers -- such as publishers and advertisers -- were in New York.
Man, 77, suing Kaiser over Viagra pay refusal
LOS ANGELES - A 77-year-old California man is suing the state's largest health maintenance organization over its refusal to pay for the impotence drug Viagra.Louis Marcil, a retired machinery worker who became impotent two years ago after being treated for prostate cancer, filed his lawsuit against Kaiser Permanente Wednesday in Los Angeles.
"I've been with Kaiser for 12 years and they send me literature every month saying they take care of everything but cosmetics, and I'm not doing any modeling," Marcil said.
Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser, which has offices in Hawaii, has refused to pay for the popular pill, made by Pfizer Inc., claiming that at a cost of up to $10 a pill, it would be too costly to offer it to all those who may need it.
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