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Enterprise opens airport site
Enterprise Rent-A-Car has opened a new on-site rental office at Honolulu International Airport.
The company, headquartered in St. Louis, now has 242 locations, and says it has been able to grow its airport business by 23 percent annually since 2001. Enterprise previously operated at a site a couple of blocks from the airport.
"We look forward to utilizing this new on-site location to improve customer convenience and provide the highest level of service to customers traveling to Honolulu," said Wayne Tanaka, who oversees Enterprise Rent-A-Car operations in Hawaii.
Surfboard storage hits Waikiki
Hawaii Beach Bum Surfboard Storage Racks will be opening next month at the International Market Place.
Owners Cliff Tai and Marina Keaton said they hope to fill what they consider an unmet niche - the need for surfboard storage.
Based on a first-come, first-serve basis, Hawaii Beach Bum will offer secure storage for 400 surfboards in vertical racks, along with beach day lockers, small repairs, and some surfing-related retail items.
The business will be open from half an hour before sunrise to half an hour after sunset.
Hawaii Beach Bum is launching an introductory offer of $1 a day for the first 60 days, followed by $40 a month, $210 semi-annually, and $400 for the year.
Shack opens its fourth bar
The fourth location of the
Shack, a local sports bar that has been on the outskirts of Oahu's residential neighborhoods, opened yesterday at the Waikiki Trade Center.
At 9,000 square feet, the Shack Waikiki Sports Bar & Grill at 2255 Kuhio Ave., adjacent to Zanzabar Nightclub, is the largest one yet, but will offer the same formula of beer, burgers, pupus and plate lunches at medium-ranged prices.
The first Shack to open on Oahu was in Kailua in 1989, followed by the one in Hawaii Kai in 1991, and Mililani in 1999.
Bank warns of telephone scam
American Savings Bank is warning customers about a scam involving automated telephone messages falsely identified as coming from the bank.
The recorded message informs recipients that either their American Savings Bank credit card was deactivated or they have been approved for a new American Savings Bank credit card.
The message tells recipients to provide their card number, personal identification number or pin. It also asks for their card's expiration date and the three-digit code printed on the back of the card.
The bank urges anyone who receives the call to hang up immediately. The bank says it doesn't contact its customers with automated calls, and never solicits personal account information by phone or e-mail.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
AIRPORT STRIKE: Airline service workers representing the 2,500 employees who service Los Angeles International Airport walked in protest yesterday. The workers, who also service United, American, and Southwest Airlines at LAX, began a strike yesterday over claims of civil rights abuses and a failure of the contractors to bargain in good faith.
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NATION
Mortgage rates fall again
WASHINGTON » Rates on 30-year mortgages fell for the second straight week, declining to the lowest level in more than a month.
Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, reported yesterday that 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages dropped to 6.40 percent this week, down from 6.47 percent last week. Rates on 15-year, fixed-rate mortgages fell to 5.93 percent, down from 6 percent last week. Rates on one-year, adjustable-rate mortgages also edged up slightly to 5.33 percent, from 5.29 percent last week.
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