You know how Merrill Lynch recently lost $15 billion? Remember how we're in a unbelievably huge global financial crisis that threatens to unravel the fabric of our economy? John Thain says that's no reason not to pay billions of dollars in bonuses.

Just because he's closing the prison doesn't mean the new president can reform all those real-world Jack Bauers. Or convict them. Or stop them from wiretapping your phone. The reckoning for the Bush administration's interrogation memos may surprise you.

Imagine open source cars available in beta with upgrades based on users' recommendations... Jeff Jarvis, one of the world's 100 media leaders, explains how automobile companies can save themselves.

"I want to die beautiful.. There is no point in holding on to the money" says Lisa Connel, 29, a woman with an inoperable brain tumour. The cancer diagnosed patient will throw in £40,000 (approx $58,000US) for her Demi Moore look-alike.

A look at where people around the world are directing some of their purchasing power.

The Financial Times, the world's leading financial newspaper, will offer staff the chance to work three days a week over the summer as part of its drive to cut costs, a company spokesman said Monday.

The former Google employee's subject line was not the most eloquent for a fareweel e-mail to 5,000 co-workers: "So long, suckers! I'm out!" With pink slips becoming commonplace in this economy, goodbye e-mails are commonplace, with no rules.

The most popular given names vary nationally, regionally, and culturally. Lists of widely-used given names can consist of those most often bestowed upon infants born within the last year, thus reflecting the current onomastic trends, or else be composed of the personal names occurring most within the total population.