BUSINESS BRIEFS
Maui welcomes 2 new medical clinics
Advertiser staff
| |||
 |
|
||
Maui residents have two new options for medical care.
Maui Medical Group yesterday opened a full-service clinic in Kihei. The new facility offers a number of specialties, including internal medicine, family practice, obstetrics and gynecology. Other services to be added soon are podiatry, orthopedics, and radiology.
The clinic is on the second floor of the ABC Shopping Center at 2349 S. Kihei Road, Unit 2. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to noon Saturdays.
Earlier this month, Center for Sight Maui opened at 33 Lono St. in Kahului. The facility is overseen by Dr. Jeffrey Guild, who specializes in cataracts, glaucoma, refractive surgery and ocular disease. The clinic also uses telemedicine technology to link up with a Honolulu team of ophthalmologists.
Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
SUPERFERRY READY TO SET SAIL AGAIN
Hawaii Superferry officials said the Alakai will resume service between O'ahu and Maui today after completing an annual maintenance inspection and Coast Guard recertification."We're sailing on Wednesday," said Hawaii Superferry President and CEO Tom Fargo. "The annual inspection went very smoothly, and we're geared up to continue service for the people of Hawai'i for 2009. Plus, we plan to have a steady stream of special offers through the spring."
The Alakai went into dry dock at Honolulu Harbor Feb. 2.
BAE SYSTEMS OPENS REGIONAL CENTER
BAE Systems has opened a 3,000-square-foot regional innovation center in Downtown Honolulu to help demonstrate its ability to support collaborative development of products and technologies to its military and commercial customers.The center includes several areas, including one where BAE can demonstrate software and modeling simulations. Other defense contractors may also use the center, which is similar to ones BAE has in San Diego and Reston, Va.
BAE Systems is a global company involved in the development, delivery and support of advanced defense and aerospace systems in the air, on land and at sea.
32.6% OF JOBLESS RAN OUT OF BENEFITS
Hawai'i had the 11th-lowest percentage of unemployed workers who have run out of unemployment benefits in January, U.S. Department of Labor statistics show.The percentage of jobless workers who couldn't find a job before benefits ran out stood at 32.6 percent last month, compared with the national average of 42.2 percent. The so-called exhaustion rate applies to workers who lose a job and run out of unemployment checks, typically 26 weeks for most states. The exhaustion rate does not include extended benefits.
