Volkswagen has a void where the halo used to be. That halo was the Phaeton, the high-end car that consumers had a hard time thinking of as high end. The Phaeton, the brand's most expensive model, could be shown to U.S. consumers at the Detroit auto show in January as VW prepares the car's return after pulling it seven years ago because of weak sales.

Taiwanese newspaper Commercial Times says Apple may delay the next iPhone-after it allegedly decided to tweak its design to feature a bigger 4.3-inch retina display screen. September is the usual target date, but rumors have it the launch may have to be pushed back to the end of the year. If rumors are true it means Apple's phone is going to be bigger.

An academic study has concluded that brand keyword ads in internet searches have "no short-term benets," and that "returns from all other keywords are a fraction of conventional estimates." The conclusion is the result of large scale field experiments undertaken at eBay. The report is at the jump.

KFC plans to open a test "innovation restaurant" soon in a fast-casual format called "KFC eleven," a spokesman from the Louisville, Ky.-based chain confirmed. Speculation in the Louisville media about the KFC eleven prototype began last April. The menu of chicken flatbreads, salads and rice bowls would involve KFC's Original Recipe Boneless as the base protein.

The "subliminal message" conspiracy is back. Some might remember the subliminal messaging rage decades ago, where analysts found sexual innuendo in cubes of ice. The latest is "mom" apparently hidden in the Wendy's logo, made from the girl's neck ruffles. "We are aware of this and find it interesting that it appears our Wendy cameo has 'mom' on her ruffled collar. We can assure you it was unintentional."

He's a human subservient chicken. On Tuesday Grant McCracken was taking Tweets and doing what they ordered (as long as they were legal). McCracken, a cultural anthropologist, author of Chief Cultural Officer and Culturematic, and who has taught at University of Cambridge, MIT, and the Harvard Business School put himself on -- as he describes it -- autopilot.

General Motors' telematics division, OnStar is presaging the launch of in-car 4G with an ad campaign. The effort, OnStar's first since 2010 comes before embedded 4G LTE mobile Internet access will be offered in most 2015 GM vehicles. The campaign, "Connected by OnStar" debuts this month and runs through December. It will center on RemoteLink service.

A bar and grill in Manchester, England, is celebrating Andy Murray's triumph at Wimbledon with this burger: a patty of deep-fried haggis (sheep offal cooked in sheep stomach), a 6 oz angus patty, Ayrshire bacon, Monterey Jack, and a BBQ sauce made with whisky, and Irn Bru, a bright-orange Scottish soft drink: 1,100 calories at $19.57 U.S. The restaurant's top-selling burger is called the Big Manc.

Luring Marissa Mayer away from Google to become its CEO last summer is turning out to have been the company's best move since investing $1 billion in China company Alibaba. People are spending more time on Yahoo.com, top talent are coming to work for the site, investors are buying back stock. Since Mayer took the corner office, Yahoo has acquired 17 companies, including Tumblr.

It's the Googleplex of the oceans. Startup Blueseed will float 12 nautical miles off the coast of San Francisco, in international waters. Why? "Because innovation is awesome," says the company. "The world's best entrepreneurs should be able to gather and collaborate in one place, and not be limited by antiquated work visa restrictions." The venture snagged an initial $350,000 in cash last year and is currently looking for investors to stump up the $27 million required to set sail.