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Would you like upholstery with that?
Taking cues from businesses like Panera and Starbucks, new restaurant designs from Burger King, Wendy's and McDonald's banish glaring fluorescent lights, favor muted color palettes over bold primary colors and replace plastic with -- imagine! -- wood.
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California justices to hear challenge to tobacco freebie ban
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. , the maker of Camel, Winston and other brands says it has a right to give free tobacco to adults despite the ban state lawmakers approved amid intense lobbying from the California Medical Association.
- MCI settles fraud suits with 16 states, District of Columbia MCI Inc. has agreed to pay $331 million to Alabama, 15 other states and the District of Columbia to settle accusations that it engaged in accounting fraud, the company and the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office said Monday.
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Search engine star morphing into multifaceted juggernaut
In just seven years, Google Inc. has morphed from a bare-bones online search engine into a technological octopus that seems to sprout another intriguing tentacle every other week.
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The new 10-spot
"Orange-yellow-and-red-back" just doesn't have the same ring to it as "greenback." But a new $10 bill rendered in those colors is the latest defense against crooks making funny money on personal computers around the world.
- DaimlerChrysler to cut 8,500 jobs at its Mercedes group German-American automaker DaimlerChrysler AG said Wednesday it will cut 8,500 jobs at its Mercedes Car Group in a bid to return the troubled brand to profitability.
- Put your finances in focus with a budget If you don't have a budget and have never attempted to make one for yourself, then you have something in common with about 95 percent of the people who seek help from Consolidated Credit Counseling Services Inc., a nonprofit organization. Not having a plan is step one to financial ruin, said Consolidated spokeswoman April Lewis-Parks.
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Lost your stuff at the airport? Get it back on eBay
"You'd be surprised at the number of people who travel around the country with furry handcuffs in their carryon. That's like a regular item for us," said Frank Kane, spokesman for the Pennsylvania Department of General Services. Kane says the state recently sold a purple sombrero left behind at an airport for $80.
- An average home in New York at an average price: $1 million Million dollar homes are now a dime a dozen.
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