Advertiser to increase prices

The price of the Honolulu Advertiser will go up Oct. 12.

The cost of the daily edition will rise to 75 cents from 50 cents, while the Sunday edition will increase to $2 from $1.75.

The paper said the increase is due to rising costs for fuel and raw materials and is the first hike since 1995.

Newspapers generally derive 70 percent of revenue from advertising and 30 percent from circulation, according to Maryland-based industry analyst John Morton.

“;It can vary up or down five points depending on what's going on,”; he said. With this year's 15 percent decline in ad revenue, “;the circulation percentage might increase some.”;

“;When you raise single-copy prices, it tends to depress, somewhat, single copy sales,”; Morton said.

The Sunday Star-Bulletin cover price rose to $1 from 75 cents Aug. 3, while the price for a daily edition is still 50 cents.

Aloha Air Cargo to debut services

Aloha Air Cargo said it will add Same-Day Express Service and Lovable Pet Air Services on Oct. 1, the same day it is debuting its new company logo. The product roll-out is part of efforts to enhance customer services and upgrade aircraft under a rebranding of Aloha Air Cargo, the company said in a statement yesterday.

The same-day service offers guaranteed arrivals at routes between Honolulu, Kahului, Hilo and Kona within one hour of the scheduled arrival time, with prices ranging from $12.95 to $95 for shipments less than 150 pounds.

For pet transportation, Aloha has hired a professional animal specialist to care for interisland shipments of animals including sheep, miniature horses, potbelly pigs and rare native birds. For more information, visit www.oenowinemaking.com.

Oeno Winemaking opens in Kailua

Oeno Winemaking, owned by Greg Minarik and Lindsay Patterson, opened in Kailua's Blockbuster Center earlier this month.

The 1,300-square-foot store, at 26 Hoolai St., Suite 900, sells RJ Spagnols brand wine kits that range in price from the Orchard Breezin Series at $300 a kit to the En Primeur Series at $430 a kit. A kit yields approximately 28-31 bottles of wine and takes 4-6 weeks to ferment and clear.

Customers can customize bottles, foil hoods and labels. Oeno - named after the goddess of wine in Greek mythology - offers red, white and fruit wines, with ports and dessert wines coming soon. The store will also sell wine-related accessories.

For more information, call the store at 263-6366 or visit http://www.oenowinemaking.com.

First Hawaiian Bank warns of scam

First Hawaiian Bank warned yesterday of a telephone call from an individual claiming to be from the bank.

The recorded phone message informs the recipient that their First Hawaiian Bank ATM card has been deactivated and it instructs the recipient to press the number one on their phone keypad and to enter their card number as well as other personal information.

First Hawaiian Bank does not request confidential account information over the phone in this way. The bank is reminding people to hang up immediately if they receive a suspicious phone call. If someone has given out confidential information over the phone or e-mail, they should contact First Hawaiian Bank's 24-hour customer service center at 844-4444.

Promotions / new hires

» Aloha United Way has announced the following new hires:

* Binh Nguyen as computer operator/data entry.

* Jenny Rio as an information systems development specialist.

» Bank of Hawaii has announced the following promotions:

* Edward C.S. Kim to executive vice president of the consumer lending department from senior vice president. He joined the bank in 1990 as a management associate and has also served as credit analyst, business banking officer, assistant branch manager and loan administrator, collection and recovery manager and consumer lending manager.

* Kamani B. Kuala'au to vice president of institutional client services from assistant vice president. He joined the bank in 2003 as a securities analyst and was previously an analyst at Public Financial Management in Harrisburg, Pa.

* Chad S. Shimonishi to vice president and senior portfolio management officer at the Corporate Hawaii Commercial Banking Center from assistant vice president. He joined the bank in 2002 and was previously at Wells Fargo Bank in Los Angeles and Prudential Financial in Honolulu.

Board elections

» The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners Hawaii chapter has elected its board of directors: Jeffrey Norton, president; Margie Sasaki, vice president/secretary; Natalie Iwasa, treasurer; Neva Keras, director; and Trinh Wilbur, director.