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Each of these stocks has a long track record of rewarding shareholders with consistent and growing dividends and appears poised to keep doing so for some time. While a 10-year Treasury will pay you a fixed 3.3% yield per year...

Windows 7 is the fastest-selling operating system in its history, selling twice as many units as any other platform during a comparable time period. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has grossed $550 million in its first five days on...

The committee is expected to recommend employers be ordered to produce annual pay audits among a raft of other changes, Fairfax newspapers reported. In its report, to be released on Sunday, the committee will also call for more power for...

The pressure was so intense that Kalei Konrad couldn't bear to watch. Instead, he let the euphoric reaction from the tiny Hawaii Prep cheering section that braved the trip to Oahu let him know he had come through. Konrad's 30-yard...

Kona crime spree ends with arrest and charges A 19-year-old Kona man who allegedly broke into several homes and stole items including vehicles and a retired police officer's retirement badge during a monthlong crime spree has been charged with 17...

Hawaii's unemployment rate remained steady at 7.2 percent in October, even with September, according to statistics released yesterday by the U.S...A total of 598,824 were employed and 46,656 unemployed out of a labor force of 645,480.

Visitor industry leaders yesterday pointed to signs of economic rebound next summer but cautioned that a more sustained recovery could take years. "Everything is pointing in the right direction," industry consultant Joseph Toy said of recent improvements in visitor arrivals...