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The Honolulu Advertiser - Business Business articles for Friday, August 29, 2008

Business
•	A&B will shuffle top management Oct. 1
•	WeePlay & Learn play center to reopen at Ward Warehouse
•	Molokai Ranch to provide water service as a 'stop-gap'
TOURISM
•	Cruise ship to host Big Isle nonprofits' events
REAL ESTATE
•	Home auctions offer alternative for sellers
•	Mortgage rates drop again
ECONOMY
•	GDP jumps 3.3% as exports, consumer spending surge
WORKPLACE
•	Trade winds
RETAIL
•	Sears profits down 62%, with slow sales likely for rest of year
OTHER BUSINESS
•	Hawaii Data Report \| Neighbor Island Real Estate Transactions
•	Palama Meat laying off more than 30 workers
•	Strickler's goal: Reduce oil dependence
BUSINESS BRIEFS
•	Dell shares fall on poor quarterly earnings report
•	Fewer farm workers, higher wages