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The article discusses the favorite things of the staff of "Hawaii Business" magazine. These include the love for hiking and playing board games by editor Steve Petranik, hiking and rock climbing by events manager Courtney Wagner, boxing and sketching by creative director Warren Daubert and reading magazines by senior writer Dennis Hollier.

The article presents statistics on vacation rentals, Thirty Meter Telescope astronomical observatory, and financial conditions of Hawaii residents and lists the companies honored as the 2016 Best Places to Work including American Savings Bank, Central Pacific Bank, and Atlas Insurance Agency.

The article offers information on the findings of the Business Outlook and Sentiment Survey (BOSS) conducted by market research firm QMark Research for the magazine "Hawaii Business." Topics include factors that slow down the local economy, cybersecurity measures, and better performance and strong optimism of retailers.

Charts and graphs are presented that show statistical data on the QMark Research survey findings about the business outlook of 400 business leaders in Hawaii including the Performance Index based on profit, revenue and staffing of companies in 2014, the Boss Optimism Index and Rating for Governors of the Hawaii business community.

The article presents charts and graphs related to various economic indicators of Hawaii including the impact of the drop in oil prices on business, business investments, and the rise in revenue and employment of companies.

The article reports on 70 best companies in Hawaii to work in 2015 categorized on the basis of team working, leadership of the organization, and ongoing training and work culture of the firm. Topics discussed include American Savings Bank in Honolulu, Hawaii, Hawaii State Federal Credit Union, and First Insurance Co. of Hawaii Ltd.

Charts are presented that reveal the results of the BOSS survey on local business leaders regarding cybersecurity, shoplifting, and profits, among others.

The article focuses on the findings of the Boss Survey of business leaders in Hawaii. As per the finding businesses showed optimism since 2004 and increase in number companies that plan to increase their marketing and advertising budgets. Topics discussed include increase in cash reserves, decline in business loan and views of businessmen on a law passed by the Honolulu City Council that bans commercial activity at all Oahu beach parks, Hawaii.

The article announces several awards won by the periodical including the National Awards from the Alliance of Area Business Publications, the State Awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, Hawaii Chapter and Finalist Awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, Hawaii Chapter.

The article announces awards won by the periodical as of June 2014 including a national award at the Alliance of Area Business Publications conference in Baltimore, Maryland and several Society of Professional Journalists' Hawaii Awards such as for healthy reporting and for magazine page design.

An interview with Governor of the State of Hawaii Neil Abercrombie is presented. Topics discussed include role of local government in solving businesses related issues and their plans for the future, government's role in decreasing unemployment rate as well as maintaining national economy along with funding of the unfunded liabilities that threaten to disable the state's economy. Other topics include Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS) survey and positive bond selling.

The article focuses on three leverage points or places which may benefit leaders and people by engaging themselves in order to improve their quality of life in Hawaii. Topics discussed include union of people from different ethnic identity but from same economic level, improvement in social media and virtual forums that will allow government to take people's feedback before policymaking and evaluation of the diversification Act 221 by Hawaiian Government to improve economic performance.

The article discusses the factors that help firms create an excellent workplace environment for employees. It mentions that an employee is motivated to work for a company when he feels that he or she finds room for advancement within the organization, there is a spirit of cooperation within the group and he or she feels confident in the company's leadership. It compares the sequence of the major factors stated by employees in the Best Places to Work Surveys for 2011 and 2012.