Tis the season to travel and the airline industry, which could use the boost, is hoping people will take to the skies rather than drive or use other forms of transportation to get to their holiday destinations.

With the housing market still on unsteady ground, rising mortgage payments, the dollar still not as strong around the globe as most would like, gas and oil prices hitting record highs, and a major credit crunch looming over everything, investors, analysts, and consumers were all hoping the retail sector could help turn things around with a stellar performance on Black Friday—the official kickoff to the holiday season.

It's been about a year since the highly anticipated launches of the Nintendo Wii and Sony PlayStation3 (PS3) video game consoles.

With the holiday season quickly approaching, one industry sector that really doesn't need a crisis situation or cloud hanging over its head is the toy industry. But unfortunately for them, that's exactly what they have.

Dutch authorities arrested the site admin for and founder of massive music file sharing site Oink last week, compelling hyperbolic cries of anguish (and misplaced allegories) from fans of free content everywhere.

If the automotive industry manages to have a fourth quarter that's merely half as eventful as the first three of 2007 were, then we're in for one hell of a race to the finish line.