Pet insurance providers have grown tenfold during the last decade to 11 companies - including Pets Best Insurance, the Hartville Group and Embrace Pet Insurance.

As tablet prices drop and new versions land in stores, family members are passing their castoffs to children and grandparents. The trend is good for device makers who need to keep offering the next thing. Apple will introduce the third-generation iPad on Wednesday. More than half of tablet users - 55% - queried last year said they will buy or are considering buying an additional device for family members, according to a survey by market research firm IHS iSuppli. A March survey by online retailer PriceGrabber.com says 42% of iPad owners plan to buy the next iPad as soon as …

Coldplay named an album "Mylo Xyloto," a play on Mylo and portmanteau (of toe and xylophone) Xyloto. Coldplay is a global brand, whose last album, "Viva La Vida," or "Death and All of His Friends," was the global best-selling album of 2008.

Zipcar has a new kind of competition in companies like Silicon Valley-based startup Wheelz, which is cultivating a new business on campuses: getting people to share their vehicles to strangers for incremental money.

Produce volume sales may be down overall, but customers continue to embrace organic and value-added produce categories. For the fourth quarter of 2011, organic produce "posted double-digit dollar growth and positive volume growth," compared to the fourth quarter of 2010, according to FreshFacts on Retail, a quarterly report published by the United Fresh Foundation in partnership with Nielson Perishables Group and sponsored by Del Monte Fresh Produce.

Amazon plans a Seattle brick-and-mortar retail concept. Why? Apparently, people actually like to browse a physical store. Columnist Kyle Priest notes that Amazon has succeeded by letting select product categories act as loss leaders, and having the ability to be a one-stop shop for entertainment and merchandise. "But none of its online tactics - no matter how brilliant - meet customers' unwavering demand for a real-life, tactile experience of their products," he writes.

Mercedes-Benz is hoping it s new A-Class hatchback appeals to iPhone fans. The Daimler AG brand is installing technology that pulls iPhone content into the car's display. The model, which debuted Sunday at the Geneva International Motor Show, will serve as the brand's new entry-level model in its bid to win over younger drivers.

After a call from protesters and blogs for them to pull their ads from Rush Limbaugh's radio show or face boycotts, Sears and Allstate both said that the commercials were never scheduled to run in the first place.

Solve Media, a digital advertising firm, is trying to please advertisers and video watchers who don't want the ads that delay their content.

Coca-Cola's PowerAde, the official sports drink of the NCAA, has joined with 7-Eleven to offer limited-edition cups depicting Final Four moments, as well as other goodies to keep the ball bouncing.