Anheuser-Busch has launched a new Bud Light product called Platinum, which is meant to be a more upscale option for light-beer drinkers.

The anticipation is over. Facebook has filed for a $5 billion initial public stock offering.

Natalie Ravitz, director of communications and spokeswoman for New York City's Department of Education, has left to join News Corp. as CEO Rupert Murdoch's chief of staff, according to published reports.

The Stop Online Piracy Act introduced by US Rep. Lamar Smith provoked strong opposition from the public, the blogosphere, and from Web content providers such as Wikipedia and Google.

On January 13, the Costa Concordia, a 144,000-ton, $600 million cruise ship with 4,200 passengers and crew members hit some rocks off the coast of the Italian island of Giglio and capsized.

With the presidential election process in full swing, the public is subject to a great number of negative ad campaigns.

Facebook dominated the news this week as it released its IPO filing with a view to raising $5 billion, which would value the social network at something in the region of $100 billion.

Please excuse my bluntness, but there has been a lot of tiresome nonsense talked recently about the need to redefine PR for the modern age.

Even Edelman's fiercest competitors would admit that the firm's Trust Barometer is one of the best gauges of corporate and institutional reputation out there and company boss Richard Edelman was at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland this week to launch the 2012 edition of the report.

In a message to supporters following his victory in Florida on Tuesday, Mitt Romney said he intends to hold President Barack Obama to a statement he made three years ago.

All aspects of your life are open to scrutiny when running for president, including pet care credentials. And as careful as Mitt Romney has been to construct an apple pie like family scene, his competitors want the public to know how he treats man's best friend.

The Republican queen of off-the-wall sound bites came up with a new one this weekend as she threw her support behind presidential candidate Newt Gingrich.