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The Maui 10
Who’s the county’s most powerful player?

by By Anthony Pignataro

April 06, 2006

RANK PREVIOUS COMPANY



1 1 Maui Land & Pineapple



2 3 Monsanto Hawai’i



3 2 Alexander & Baldwin



4 4 Dowling Co.



5 7 Hawaiian Telcom



6 5 Maui Electric Co.



7 6 Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation



8 8 Trex Enterprises



9 9 Wailuku Water Co.



10 10 Makena Resort







A&B’s drop reflects news about its Alexander Dam on Kauai getting “red-flagged” by state inspectors. It’s not in any immediate danger of falling, but inspectors noted a couple recent landslides in the area. And that’s not good, considering that a similar—read: earthen, old and un-inspected—collapsed a couple weeks ago on Kauai and killed seven people. And Hawaiian Telcom rises on news that even though they’re a privately owned company—privately owned by none other than the ultra-rich Carlyle Group—they’re releasing their annual financial earnings. If they’re good, Carlyle may actually let Hawaiian Telcom go public. Woohoo! MTW