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BP gas station owners have faced protests and drops in business. The idea of changing BP's branding back to its old name has gained some traction, but experts aren't convinced the company's image would change as quickly as its signs.

Last week, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai took the title for the world's tallest building. Visitors to the observation deck ascended 124 floors in less than a minute, breaking records for speed. Most remarkable, however, was what passengers neither felt or saw: an ultra-high-tech elevator brain able to predict human behavior with eerie precision.

For a route of its historical stature, the Grand Trunk Road's starting point in eastern India is not particularly easy to find. But the opinions of young people who live along the road are clear. They stressed that India is a country in which corruption is rampant.

Every year, Medicare gets a report card on its financial health. This year's grade was bad. So was last year's, and most of the years' before that. Economists say there's no need to panic — but eventually, something has to be done.

A Web site known for helping entrepreneurs in developing countries has turned its sights on the United States. It raises money from Internet users and dispenses microloans of $25 or more. A woman who runs a housekeeping business received $2,000 within one day of her request.

The financial giant reported losing nearly $10 billion during the last three months of 2007, much of it due to the subprime mortgage crisis. A rise in defaults on consumer loans and credit cards raised concerns about slowness in the economy.

Protests in the capital by students and many from the country's middle classes played a key role in toppling the president, but it all began in the hinterlands. Many there hope the uprising brings about long-asked-for economic development.

The suspect in the attempted bombing of an airliner on Christmas Day, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, spent the past few months in Yemen, and a branch of al-Qaida based in Yemen has claimed responsibility for the attack. That's raising questions about the Obama administration's complicated relationship with Yemen and its efforts to counter a growing threat.

Watching the price of oil go up these days is a little like watching a river rise. At what point do we need to get the sandbags? When should we sound the warning horns? What is flood stage?

The San Diego Police Officers Association has sued the city several times in recent years, and the city has spent $8.6 million to fight them so far. That makes the city’s own cops its most expensive legal adversary.