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Northwest Airlines Corp. said Friday it would begin charging a $25 fee for customer's second checked bag.
Eagan, Minn.-based Northwest (NYSE: NWA) said the measure will affect coach class travel on or after May 5. The fee, which applies each way on round-trip flights, follows similar moves by other airlines including United and Delta […]

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Asplund Supply Inc., with headquarters in Auburn, has been bought by Waxie Sanitary Supply of San Diego for an undisclosed sum.
Asplund Supply has locations in Wenatchee and Auburn as well as Anchorage, Fairbanks and Kenai in Alaska. The company was founded in 1954 and distributes janitorial supplies and equipment payday advance lender.
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Hawaii's stable construction industry has helped boost earnings for Ameron International.
The Pasadena, Calif.-based company, which manufactures products and materials for the chemical, industrial, energy, transportation and infrastructure markets, reported its first quarter results Wednesday. Ameron said profits were up 14 percent to $9.7 million for the quarter ended March 2. Sales totaled […]

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A long-term agreement between AK Steel Corp. and SunCoke Energy Inc. will bring a new and environmentally friendly plant to Middletown.
The steel maker said Monday that its board has approved a 20-year supply contract with Knoxville, Tenn.-based SunCoke. In turn, SunCoke will build a facility adjacent to AK Steel’s Middletown Works that […]

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Taiwan's central bank said the U.S. Federal Reserve's interest-rate cuts have increased pressure on the Taiwan dollar, the best performing currency in Asia outside Japan this year.
“Foreign interest rates will affect fund flows in Taiwan,'' central bank Governor Perng Fai-nan said in response to a question from a parliament committee member about how […]

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The U.S. Department of Labor reported that nationwide, manufacturing jobs have been taking the biggest hit in layoffs in recent months, and that is also the case in Hawaii.
Hawaii manufacturing jobs declined slightly from 15,200 workers in December 2007 to 15,100 in January, a decrease of 0.7 percent. There were 3 mass […]

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Predictive Biosciences Inc. has named Peter Klemm as the company's first president and chief executive officer, according to company officials.
Klemm, formerly CEO of molecular diagnostics company GeneOhm Sciences, will also be named a director of the company, effective Monday, March 24. Klemm's appointment comes on the heels of the recent announcement that Martin […]

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Consumers are expected to spend $14.4 billion on food, apparel, gifts, flowers, decorations and candy to celebrate Easter this year, according to a new report from the National Retail Federation.
The research from the Washington, D.C.-based trade group finds the average consumer will shell out $135.03 on the holiday, similar to last year's […]

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The Bank of Israel expects to intervene in the foreign currency market only in “rare'' circumstances, Governor Stanley Fischer said, days after its first such action in more than a decade.
It will do so only to stabilize the market and won't target a particular shekel exchange rate, Fischer told a news conference today […]

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Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. has reached an agreement with the activist group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, with the restaurant company vowing to give purchasing preferences to suppliers that kill chickens more humanely.
The Denver-based restaurant company (NYSE: CMG) has been in discussions with PETA for nearly a year, according to […]

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