In addition, other, formerly separate, elements, like loyalty programs, gift cards, and location-based services, can now be folded into the main activity stream.

FORBES: Mobile Payments Systems Cut Both Ways

The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, the main business-school-accrediting agency, reports that the number of such programs is on the rise.

WSJ: Alternatives to the M.B.A. Becoming More Popular

GARCIA-NAVARRO: You wouldn't know it to look at the main Mexican news programs who only covered Calderon, but tens of thousands of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador supporters took to the streets today.

NPR: Calderon's Swearing-In Marred by Violence