Instead of using the yellow, blue and white little stacks of play money, a new version of the classic Monopoly game in Britain will feature a Visa-imprinted debit card instead. Chris Weatherhead, spokesman for Hasbro Inc. , said, "we started looking at what Monopoly would look like if we designed it today. We noticed consumers are using debit cards, carrying around cash a lot less. "

U. S. Airways says it will begin selling advertisement space on its air-sickness bags. The move, which some simply find a bit misplaced, comes amid an effort to help the airline make money in the face of rising fuel costs.

Feeling the pressure to do well on their college entrance exams, over 20 students in Vietnam paid up to 50 million dong ($3,125) for wigs and shirts wired to help them cheat, police said Monday. As a result of Hanoi police raids over the weekend, 50 mobile phones, 60 earphones, 150 SIM cards, eight shirts and five wigs were confiscated, according to an officer who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.

As part of a project to raise HIV/AIDS awareness in India, prostitutes who are routinely checked at a sexual health clinic are being awarded with discount shopping cards. The United Nation's AIDS-prevention agency recently said India has the highest number of people infected with HIV worldwide, with approximately 5. 7 million people living with the virus.

Soon you'll be able to buy Coke on credit. Coca Cola, the popular soft-drink maker, will soon unveil 1,000 vending machines with credit card access in Philadelphia.