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Qantas and Virgin Australia Airlines have recently been criticized for their seating policy, which prohibits adult men from sitting next to unaccompanied minors.

Shares of Google (Nasdaq: GOOG), the No. 1 search engine, set a record high of $672.85 on Tuesday, not quite eight years to the day of its initial public offering in which co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin pledged to “make money without doing evil.”

British Standard Chartered Bank, which had been accused by New York state's top banking regulator of engaging in illegal money-laundering on behalf of the Iranian regime in an explosive legal filing last week, id settling charges for a fine of $340 million.

Changing room voyeur faces compulsory treatment at sex clinic after pleading guilty to spying on Chinese women athletes in Leeds sports centre.

Two unpaid interns who last year sued Fox Searchlight over work they say they should have been paid for are looking to expand the case to include all interns who participated in programs run by Fox Entertainment Group.

Reality star Evelyn Lozada has released her first public statement after allegedly being head-butted by her husband, NFL star Chad "Ochocinco" Johnson.

The home of the late Steve Jobs, Apple's iconic founder and visionary who died last year at the age of 56, was reportedly burglarized on July 17, but police say they now have a suspect in custody. Tom Flattery, deputy district attorney in Santa Clara County, said that 35-year-old Kariem McFarlin of Alameda broke into Jobs' home on Waverly Street in Palo Alto and stole more than $60,000 worth of "computers and personal items."

Jason "Mayhem" Miller, a former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighter, was arrested Monday night after allegedly breaking into a church and vandalizing it while naked.

Bankrupt imaging giant Eastman Kodak Co. (Pink: EKDKQ) said it extended the auction for its 1,100 patent portfolio beyond Monday’s deadline because it was talking to rival bidders. Citing “a complex and dynamic process,” the company didn’t disclose more information.

The Hong Kong occupation protest movement known as Occupy Central is likely to be evicted from its headquarters following a Monday court decision.

Dwight Howard and Steve Nash should help the Lakers improve next season, but Los Angeles' bench could be the key to the 2012-2013 Season.

Thomas Beatie, better known as the "world's first pregnant man," is facing another legal setback in his planned divorce from his wife Nancy after an Arizona judge refused to recognize their union as a marriage due to same-sex marriage laws in the state.

By selecting U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., to be his running mate, 2012 presumptive Republican Party presidential nominee Mitt Romney has also elevated Ryan's plan to reform Medicare, putting in play elderly voters who are skeptical of attempts to reform the cherished senior citizen health care program.

Mitt Romney's vice presidential pick is known for his disdain of 'big government' spending, but the congressman has accepted millions in federal dollars to benefit his congressional district.

Having failed to get the U.S. Justice Department to press contempt charges against Attorney General Eric Holder, House Republicans are planning to file a civil contempt lawsuit against him.

A monastery in north Taiwan's Taoyuan County held the nation's first same-sex Buddhist wedding Saturday, signaling dying opposition in the Asian nation towards gay rights.

Last week, Samsung announced its upcoming Exynos 5 Dual chipset, which is expected to be shipped towards the end of this year or early next year. Built on 32nm high-k metal gate (HKMG) process, the Exynos 5 Dual clocks at 1.7GHz and combines two ARM Cortex A15s with an ARM Mali-T604 GPU.

Miami Dolphins wide receiver Chad Johnson (formerly Ochocinco), 34, was arrested in Davie, Fla., Saturday night on a misdemeanor charge of domestic battery. The football player allegedly head-butted his new reality-television starlet wife, Evelyn Lozado, during a heated argument over a box of condoms.

Kim Dotcom, owner of file-sharing website Megaupload.com, saw his mansion in New Zealand raided by antiterrorist police supported by helicopters in January. It now appears the raid was so massive because authorities believed Dotcom had a "doomsday device" capable of destroying evidence worldwide.

Brazil's former president, Luis Inacio "Lula" da Silva, is not on trial himself, but his legacy may be destroyed.

Beastie Boys member Adam Yauch, best known by his stage name MCA, is staying punk even in the afterlife. According to the late rapper's will, neither his image nor his music will be allowed to appear in advertising.