Vintage Bank offers reward

Online travel services have only gotten better with time, and even though the wild and woolly days of the tech bubble are over, travel is one area that continues to explode.

Sushi bar opens

NEW YORK -- Starting this fall, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen -- the twin actresses-turned merchandising moguls -- will have some young celebrity company in store aisles.

FORT EDWARD, N.Y. -- Lowered into a muddy stretch of the Hudson River, the unmanned submarine dove through the murk and zigzagged downstream, meticulously collecting information on the water's condition and transmitting it to scientists.

WASHINGTON -- Henry M. Paulson took over Monday as the nation's 74th Treasury secretary, pledging to make sure the country does not retreat from the global economy.

WASHINGTON -- Gamblers who prefer their laptops to blackjack tables won't like what Congress is doing.

Coca-Cola Co. has been showing signs of new fizz lately, but weak sales of canned coffee and bottled teas in Japan could sap its rebounding share price.

AP Business Writer

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- Severely clogged arteries, obesity and other factors caused a 68-year-old grandmother's heart attack -- not her use of Vioxx, lawyers for the drug's maker told jurors during closing arguments Tuesday in New Jersey's latest case over the withdrawn painkiller.

LOS ANGELES -- A hotel tycoon's dream of building an inflatable commercial space station is taking a step toward reality -- or a reality check -- with the launch of a satellite to test the technology behind the planned orbital outpost.

Associated Press Writer

GULFPORT, Miss. -- Java Umarov didn't get the American experience he was looking for when he doled out nearly $3,000 as part of a work-exchange program for foreign college students.