Leadership
Marcus Jundt named sole CEO of Kona Grill
Steve Schussler, who had been co-CEO, resigned to focus on his existing restaurants.
Financing
Kona Grill faces threat of stock market delisting
The embattled Asian-fusion chain needs to bring up its market value to keep its place on Nasdaq.
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