Using full-page ads in 10 Sunday newspapers, Anheuser-Busch InBev humorously, if indirectly, addresses a class-action lawsuit filed in several states last week that claims the brewer waters down several of its brands, and that the actual alcohol content of the brewski does not reflect the amount indicated on the label.

Like many a defeated and depleted executive before him, Groupon co-founder and CEO Andrew Mason emailed his staff yesterday that he was leaving the company to "spend more time with my family." Then, in his typically offbeat style, he did what most executives don't: "Just kidding -- I was fired today," he wrote.