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President Barack Obama participated in a YouTube interview at 1:45 p.m. on Monday to answer questions submitted by YouTube users during and after the State of the Union.

Online travel companies on Monday won the first of several pending legal battles to roll back tax assessments by California cities that claim they owe tens of millions of dollars in occupancy taxes.

Stocks rose on Monday as better-than-expected data on the manufacturing sector and earnings from Exxon Mobil revived bullish sentiment after stocks closed out their worst month in almost a year.

U.S. safety regulators are satisfied with a Toyota Motor Corp. plan for fixing an accelerator problem that is part of a widening global recall and unprecedented sales and production halt, a government official said on Saturday.

Toyota Motor Corp President Akio Toyoda apologized for the recall of millions of vehicles around the world, Japanese broadcaster NHK reported, as the deepening recall crisis threatened to further damage its sales and delay an earnings recovery.

Toyota Motor Corp President Akio Toyoda apologized for the recall of millions of vehicles around the world, Japanese broadcaster NHK reported, as the deepening recall crisis threatened to further damage its sales and delay an earnings recovery.

As state legislators across the United States enact laws that ban phoning and texting while driving, a new study is showing no reductions in crashes after hand-held phone bans take effect.

Mattel Inc's holiday-quarter profit beat Wall Street estimates, mainly on strong demand for the top toy company's Fashionista Barbie dolls and Hot Wheels cars.

California and Florida high-speed rail projects were the biggest beneficiaries of more than $8 billion dollars in federal grants announced on Thursday.

Borders Group Inc said on Thursday it is laying off about 10 percent of its corporate staff in an effort to contain costs as it contends with dwindling sales.

The U.S. recession and slow global economy have created big opportunities for investments in promising green start-ups, an area that at one time had lofty valuations, Silicon Valley venture capitalist Steve Westly said.

The experiment could make it possible to someday take a sample of a patient's skin and turn the cells into a tailor-made transplant to treat brain diseases such as Parkinson's or Alzheimer's, or heal damaged spinal cords.

Oracle Corp Chief Executive Larry Ellison promised on Wednesday to shake up the technology industry with his purchase of Sun Microsystems Inc, a deal that enables the world's No. 3 software maker to enter the hardware business.

Students at one of America's top business schools see evidence that high-technology, startup and alternative energy companies will hire more actively this year after a difficult 2009 for graduates.

Toyota Motor Corp late on Wednesday said it is expanding a recall of its cars and trucks by another 1.1 million vehicles to address the risk of accelerator pedals becoming dangerously stuck.

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) is seeking comments and recommendations on information needed to support analysis and increased understanding of energy markets, in support of the Energy and Financial Markets Initiative announced on September 9, 2009. A notice appeared today in the Federal Register describing topics of particular interest, as well as procedures for public comment over the next 60 days. The notice does not itself propose new EIA information collection. Comments receive...

eHarmony Inc, which operates a website to help singles find relationships, said on Tuesday that it settled a class action lawsuit over same-sex matching.

Although stocks posted amazing gains in 2009, it has left most with an empty feeling as the decade overall was flat in US equities. The politics though fiery and hopeful at one euphoric moment in 2008 were also empty. It appears that in hindsight the last decade was a wash for America. Americans marched through most of the last ten years mad at a President who recovered an economy that had been dealt its largest blow ever and kept us from being attacked for a second time during his watch from a...

Internet giant Yahoo Inc. posted a $153 million net profit in the fourth quarter of 2009, on the back of stronger advertising revenue.

Yahoo Inc forecast first-quarter revenue to be flat to slightly higher compared with a year earlier, after posting fourth-quarter results that were broadly in line with market expectations.

Yahoo Inc posted fourth-quarter results that were broadly in line with Wall Street expectations, and forecast first-quarter revenue to be flat to slightly higher from a year ago.