Safety a priority for Na Ka Oi Landscaping Services HANAPEPE — One of the island’s largest landscaping companies is planning to make safety a higher priority. No Ka Oi Landscape Services is a participant in the National Association of Landscape
Safety a priority for Na Ka Oi Landscaping Services
HANAPEPE — One of the island’s largest landscaping companies is planning to make safety a higher priority.
No Ka Oi Landscape Services is a participant in the National Association of Landscape Professionals Safe Company Program.
The initiative is to assist landscape and lawn care companies in their efforts to provide a safe work environment.
Participants sign the Safe Company Pledge that commits them to maintaining an active safety program within their company.
Companies take an active role through safety training and investigation and documentation of job-related injuries.
They also pledge to participate in the NALP Safety Recognition Awards Program, and are asked to comply with all OSHA postings and other regulatory requirements.
Plans to award Mexico border wall contracts by April
SAN DIEGO — The U.S. Customs and Border Protection says it plans to start awarding contracts by mid-April for President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall. The agency says on a website for federal contactors that a request for bids would be published on or around March 6. Companies would have to submit “concept papers” to design and build prototypes by March 10.
J.C. Penney to shut 130-plus stores, offer early retirements
NEW YORK — J.C. Penney says it will close 130 to 140 stores as it aims to improve profitability in the era of online shopping. The closures represent 13 percent to 14 percent of its stores. Penney joins other department stores like Macy’s which are shrinking their footprint amid changing shopper behavior.
Doubts grow over stock market’s Trump-inspired surge
NEW YORK — How much more can the “Trump Bump” lift the stock market?
U.S. stocks have screamed to records since Election Day because investors are expecting Donald Trump’s White House to cut taxes for business, make regulations easier for them and goose more growth out of the economy. But investors around the world are questioning whether the rally is exhausting itself. The big jump for stocks has come at a time when some investors had already seen markets as overpriced.
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TGI, Associated Press
