
Microsoft's Outlook takes aim at Google's Gmail
Microsoft is so confident it has the Internet's best email service that it is about to spend at least $30 million to send its message across the U.S.
Grey Poupon to air 'Pardon Me' ads after 16 years
Grey Poupon's famous "Pardon Me" TV commercial is returning for a moment of Oscar glory. After a 16-year hiatus, the mustard that mocked its own ...

New Zealand plans logo-free cigarette packs
Strict against smoking already, New Zealand plans to make tobacco companies remove their logos from cigarette packs but will wait until a challenge ...

Hutchinson exits race for Jackson's US House seat
A well-known Illinois state senator dropped her bid Sunday for the U.S. House seat vacated by Jesse Jackson Jr., narrowing the field and consolidating ...

Comcast doubles down on TV in $16.7B deal for NBCU
Comcast's $16.7 billion deal to buy the remaining half of NBCUniversal ahead of schedule represents a resounding vote of confidence in the future of ...

Comcast to buy GE's stake in NBCUniversal early
Comcast is buying the rest of NBCUniversal from General Electric several years ahead of schedule to take advantage of low interest rates and what its ...
McDonald's to put 'Fish McBites' in Happy Meals
McDonald's says it is offering its first new Happy Meal entree in a decade: Fish McBites. The world's biggest hamburger chain said the Fish McBites ...

Just try to imagine a Super Bowl without guacamole
Imagine for a moment a Super Bowl without the avocado. No tubs of guacamole to be defiled by double-dipping guests at your big game-day party.
Marlboro maker Altria 4Q profit up 32 percent
Marlboro maker Altria Group's fourth-quarter profit rose about 32 percent as it commanded higher prices for cigarettes and smokeless tobacco and ...
Officials: Thousands lost cash in Ky.-based scheme
Authorities seized a far-flung marketing operation Monday over claims the Kentucky-based company amounted to a global pyramid scheme that siphoned ...

It's cowboys v. showgirls in Coke's Super Bowl ad
Most people will be cheering for the San Francisco 49ers or Baltimore Ravens during Super Bowl XLVII on Feb. 3. But Coca-Cola is asking viewers to ...

Kaley Cuoco joins Shatner in Priceline ad campaign
William Shatner is getting a new Priceline commercial co-star: Kaley Cuoco of CBS' "The Big Bang Theory." In an upcoming campaign for the online ...

Chevy adopts new global ad campaign
Chevrolet is dropping its "Chevy Runs Deep" slogan and replacing it with the new tagline "Find New Roads," saying that it's better geared toward ...

Target ad campaign puts food in the spotlight
Is Target's grocery aisle ready for its close up? Target is pushing its food, laundry detergent and other groceries in a national ad campaign that ...

Changes in law aim to protect kids' online data
Aiming to prevent companies from exploiting online information about children under 13, the Obama administration on Wednesday imposed sweeping changes ...

Amgen to pay $762M settlement over drug marketing
Amgen Inc. has agreed to pay $762 million to resolve federal litigation accusing the drugmaker of marketing the anemia treatment Aranesp for ...

Software industry braces for new phone apps rules
A cellphone game for kids about U.S. geography, "Stack the States," gets rave reviews from parents. Its creator, Dan Russell-Pinson, considered making ...
Tropicana uses the carrot to squeeze juice sales
Tropicana wants more people to drink its juice, so it's extending a carrot — and a bushel of other vegetables. As sugar-conscious Americans continue ...

FDA review of tobacco products grinds to a halt
Talk about a smoke break. Tobacco companies have introduced almost no new cigarettes or smokeless tobacco products in the U.S. in more than 18 months ...

Government investigating makers of cellphone apps
The government is investigating whether software companies that make cellphone apps violated the privacy rights of children by quietly collecting ...

NJ teen wants Easy-Bake Oven to appeal to boys
Four-year-old Gavyn Boscio loves to cook and asked for an Easy-Bake Oven for Christmas. But when his big sister went to buy one, she discovered to her ...

Fiscal cliff ads pick up where campaign stopped
Debate over the "fiscal cliff" has money pouring into television, print, radio and online ads, picking up where the wall-to-wall election campaign ...
Israeli beverage maker takes on soda super-giants
An Israeli maker of home soda machines hopes to make a splash in the U.S. soft drink market through a global advertising campaign it will launch ...