BUSINESS BRIEFS
Borders to open Pearlridge store
Advertiser Staff and News Services
Borders will open its latest Hawai'i bookstore Thursday at Pearlridge Center.
A grand opening is scheduled for Oct. 29-30, and will include appearances by several authors and musicians.
On Oct. 29, author U'i Goldsberry and illustrator Tammy Yee will present their book "A is for Aloha: A Hawai'i Alphabet"; Lopaka Kapanui will read from his book, "Haunted Hawaiian Nights"; recording artist Keali'i Reichel will perform selections from his CD "Kamahiwa"; and authors Mary Philpotts McGrath and Kaui Philpotts will autograph their book, "Hawai'i: A Sense of Place."
On Oct. 30, author Tandy Newsome and illustrator Don Robinson will present their book "Mr. Miyagi's Magical Mystery Machine"; author, comedian and singer Greg Behrendt will present his book "It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken"; recording artists Nathan Aweau and Barry Flanagan of Hapa will perform selections from their CD "Maui"; and slack key master Ledward Kaapana will perform selections from his CD "Kiohalu: Hawaiian Slack Key Festival."
HAWAIIAN CEMENT SELLS PROPERTY
Hawaiian Cement has completed the sale of 25 acres in Nanakuli to Pineridge Farms for $8 million, according to Colliers Monroe Friedlander, the broker that handled the sale.
The property is zoned for industrial use and had been the original cement plant for Kaiser Cement.
COURT REJECTS PATENT SUIT APPEAL
NEW YORK — A federal court denied Research In Motion Ltd.'s request for the full court to rehear its appeal of a long-running patent suit in which the maker of BlackBerry e-mail devices has been found guilty of infringement.
RIM said it plans an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court and will seek a halt to further proceedings until that court decides whether to review the case.
VIOXX DEFENSE TESTIMONY BARRED
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The judge in the second Vioxx product-liability trial delivered a blow to Merck & Co. yesterday when she barred the testimony of its first defense witness from the record.
With the jury out of the courtroom, Superior Court Judge Carol Higbee said she felt misled and sickened upon rereading the transcript of Thursday's testimony by a Merck researcher who said studies in the late 1990s showed the pain reliever would not cause heart damage.
