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Wednesday, February 22, 2012 HST
POCATELLO, Idaho » Hoku Materials, a division of Honolulu-based Hoku Corp., has filed a complaint with the Idaho utility regulator accusing Idaho Power Co. of overcharging on its electric bills.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 HST
BOISE, Idaho » Idaho Power Co. told Honolulu-based polysilicon maker Hoku Corp. that the utility could shut off its power by Jan. 3 if it doesn't pay its $1.9 million electricity bill from November.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 HST
COLUMBIA, Mo. » Walmart and health officials awaited tests Thursday on a batch of powdered infant formula that was removed from more than 3,000 stores nationwide after a Missouri newborn who consumed it apparently died from a rare infection.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 HST
NEW YORK » Airlines might defy the law of gravity, but they can't ignore math. When American Airlines sought bankruptcy protection this week, it marked the 189th time a U.S. airline has done so since the government deregulated the industry in 1978. Most lived to fly again, as American probably will. Some were grounded forever.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 HST
WASHINGTON » Hidden dangers lurk in some of those less-expensive toys that parents might grab as stocking stuffers this time of year -- like a Sesame Street Oscar the Grouch doll.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 HST
BETHESDA, Md. » Marriott International Inc., the largest publicly traded U.S. hotel chain, completed the spinoff of its time-share division as it focuses on its lodging management and franchise business.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 HST
WASHINGTON » A company run by the former CEO of American International Group Inc. is suing the government for $25 billion in damages over its taxpayer bailout of the big insurer.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 HST
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 HST
There was no aloha for aloha shirts Sunday as world leaders, for the second year in a row, discarded the tradition of appearing in locale-specific attire for their "family photo" to wrap up the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation annual summit.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 HST
At APEC meetings all week, Hawaii has been on display.


