Steve Jobs and company sued for stock fraud. (more)

To raise cash, some science and environmental groups will let donors name species for a fee. (more)

Denmark, with its democracy, social equality and peaceful atmosphere, is the happiest country in the world. (more)

Blue-chip stocks are seeing red these days, but the Dow Jones 2008 Summer Games index is going for the gold. (more)

Earvin "Magic" Johnson announced his arrival as a businessman 13 years ago, when he took part in an unusual meeting with gang leaders from the Bloods and the Crips. (more)

Canada's richest people may be bad for the environment, a new report suggests. (more)

A team of players dressed like Rambo have won the Swamp Soccer World Championship in Scotland. (more)

Are the products we buy becoming part of our identity? (more)

Shoppers in New York City might be excused for mistaking Barack Obama for a cult hero in the league of Bob Marley or Che Guevara because like those youth icons, he is being marketed as a fashion item. (more)

The familiar logo of the world's largest retailer is getting a makeover. (more)

Gentlemen, got your "guyliner"? Cosmetic companies have a skin product or two just for you. (more)

Schlitz brings '60s formula back home. (more)

Dell rolls out a snazzy purple laptop as part of an overhaul of its consumer PC offering. (more)

It may be "dry heat" out there, but Phoenix still leads a list of America's sweatiest cities. (more)

Drew Carey orders 45 pizzas shipped cross-country. (more)

The folks at Duracell have decided it is time we have a virtual museum dedicated to inventions that rarely receive the recognition they deserve. (more)

Beijing’s great new architecture is a mixed blessing for the city. (more)

As athletes prepare to strike sporting gold at the Beijing Olympics, so big-name brands are hoping that time and effort spent in preparation for the games will also prove lucrative. (more)

The Salem-based company best known for outfitting its baristas in bikinis plans to open a new location in Portland. (more)

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has emerged in little more than a decade as the world's largest philanthropy. (more)

About 20 protesters gathered outside the gates of Coca-Cola's headquarters to decry the beverage company's sponsorship of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. (more)

Town hall staff in a Poland town have put a chimp on the payroll as a tourism promotions inspector. (more)

Tourism boom threatens Costa Rica eco-paradise. (more)

The $6 million lawsuit filed by the New York City street performer known as The Naked Cowboy against M&Ms candy maker Mars Inc can go forward on grounds of trademark infringement. (more)

In our advertising-driven society, political candidates have to carefully define their brands. (more)

Restaurants using fancy typeface on their menus can often get away with fancy prices too with people perceiving complicated font to mean complex food that needs greater skills to prepare. (more)

Ukrainian undertakers say they have built the world's first death-themed restaurant -- in a 65ft long coffin. (more)