General Motors got some good news Friday: its first investment grade credit rating since going bankrupt in 2009.

FORBES: More Evidence That GM Is Not Going Bankrupt

News of the deal comes just weeks after Michael Grade quit as BBC chairman during key talks over the licence fee.

BBC: The deal is expected to be announced next year

And he was emphatic in stating that Channel 4 would not introduce regional news bulletins, in response to comments by ITV chairman Michael Grade that his network's regional coverage may be outsourced in future.

BBC: Cashflow scuppers C4's kids plans

When I received the news about Junior, I had just walked out of my daughter's second-grade classroom.

CNN: Junior Seau was hurting and didn't know how to say it

One gadget is so popular it ranks with everyone from grade-school kids to CEOs: Apple Computer 's (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) iPod music player.

FORBES: Top Of The Toybox