[THE BLOOMBERG /
STAR-BULLETIN INDEX]

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Aquasearch puts in
its 2 cents worth

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Star-Bulletin

Big Island biotech company Aquasearch Inc. was up only 2 cents this week but it represented a 7.41 percent increase that easily beat 13 other Hawaii-based companies in the price-weighted Bloomberg Honolulu Star-Bulletin Index.

ML Macadamia Orchards L.P. was second with a 2.31 percent increase, with Cheap Tickets Inc. next at 2.27 percent.

CPB Inc., parent of Central Pacific Bank, brought up the rear as its stock tumbled 7.09 percent.