A short “elevator pitch” what an new entrepreneur would say to a prospective investor if they found themselves together briefly in an elevator and a “speed dating” session between them and some actual local investors, are among events planned at a HAWAI’I VENTURE SHOWCASE, scheduled by the Hawai’i Venture Capital Association Thursday.

Feds OK Regions Bank merger 
Federal officials on Friday approved the $27 billion AmSouth-Regions merger that will create the eighth-largest bank in the nation when paperwork is finalized in November.