Hawaii escaped any major tsunami damage unleashed by the giant earthquake off the coast of Chile, as Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle gave an all-clear sign to residents and tourists.

Chile’s president-elect pledged Sunday night to rebuild his earthquake-ravaged nation, announcing in nationally televised remarks that he has met with the sitting president to discuss the effort, [...]

Apple’s suppliers may be violating the company’s code. Of cited violations in 2009, three involved the hiring of underage workers; three involved the use of noncertified vendors for the disposal of hazardous waste; three involved the presentation of falsified records during the audit; and eight involved excessive recruitment fees.

Warren Buffet admitted fault to the shareholders [...]

A massive earthquake in Chile has left at least 700 people dead and over one million homes damaged. The magnitude 8.8 quake also caused a tsunami that threatened the island of Hawaii but washed ashore before it could create major damage. A geophysicist at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said Hawaii “dodged a bullet.”

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Toyota’s massive recall involving some of the country’s best-selling vehicles may “not totally” resolve the problem of unintended acceleration, the head of Toyota’s US operations told a House panel.

According to a government report, more than 700 banks, or nearly one out of every 11, are at risk of going under.

Switzerland said it [...]

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) began to make the case for using a majority-vote process to move the final piece of health care reform through the Senate and he slammed the procedure’s GOP critics. Known as budget reconciliation, the maneuver requires 51 votes and can’t be filibustered. In related news, Senate Minority Leader [...]

Wall Street paid out $20.3 billion in bonuses in 2009, up 17 percent from a year earlier, New York State’s comptroller said, as the financial industry recovered fitfully from a near meltdown.

Intel Corp., the world’s largest chipmaker, and a group of 24 venture-capital companies will invest $3.5 billion in U.S. technology companies over the next [...]

Surveys indicate that the old age Americans are smoking more marijuana. The rise was most dramatic among 55- to 59-year-olds, whose reported marijuana use more than tripled from 1.6 percent in 2002 to 5.1 percent.

In a kind of Wikipedia of textbooks, Macmillan, one of the five largest publishers of trade books and textbooks, is introducing [...]