1. According to a Feb. 21 Pacific Business News blog post, Larry Ellison–who bought 98 percent of the island of Lanai in the summer of 2012–has also been buying up resort properties near the Four Seasons at Manele Bay. Of the 26 resort properties sold in the Manele Bay area since 2012, how many have been bought by Ellison?
A. 26
B. 23
C. 21
D. 18
E. 14
2. On Feb. 22, 1,300 MECO customers lost power in Kahului for 30 minutes. According to the Feb. 23 Maui News, what caused the blackout?
A. Regularly scheduled maintenance
B. Irregularly scheduled maintenance
C. Copper theft
D. Bird strike
E. Labor dispute
3. The U.S. Department of Labor fined four Upcountry farms and a contractor for not paying the federal minimum wage to workers, the Associated Press reported on Feb. 24. But then County of Maui officials rose to defend the farms and criticized the fines. According to the AP story, why did the county say the fines were “unfair?”
A. The farms didn’t know about the federal minimum wage
B. The farms were trapped in a deceptive sting operation
C. The fines were politically motivated
D. All of the above
E. A and B only
See answers below…
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ANSWERS
1: C–21
2: D–Bird strike
3: A–The farms didn’t know about the federal minimum wage
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