Taking a page out of the airlines' playbook, American restaurants are replacing customer service personnel with technology. Just as flyers are now herded towards self-check-in counters, Chili's, a large chain, is fitting its restaurant with tabletop tablets meant for digital ordering and self-service payment in more than 800 company-owned eateries...

The American fast-food chain has just debuted a new fried potato-like product meant to satisfy consumers' desire for more healthful eating. Satisfries are basically highly-processes french fries, created from a potato batter that has less porousness than plain sliced potatoes, and therefore drinks up less oil when fried. While the resulting...

Although Indonesia is home to the largest Muslim population in the world, there are surprisingly few brands combining traditional garments with contemporary designs. Fewer still are being sold on the Internet. Entrepreneur Diajeng Lestari is one filling both voids with a colorful collection of hijabs, the customary covering worn by Muslim women,...

The Israeli government has just established a committee to examine the feasibility of eliminating cash from the country's economy. The main driver behind the initiative is not some utopian vision of the future, but a drive to reduce tax cheating and black market economics. Officials in the Prime Minister's Office declared that “around the world,...