Yum Brands said Taco Bell chief Greg Creed will take the reins at the global fast-food giant in 2015. Creed, 56, became Taco Bell CEO in early 2011, but he has held leadership positions across the Yum Brands empire. Notably, he was CMO when Taco Bell unveiled its highly successful "Think Outside the Bun" campaign.

T-Mobile US Inc. added 1.3 million wireless postpaid customers in the first quarter, as the onetime industry laggard continued to take business from its rivals. The No. 4 U.S. carrier has won subscribers with aggressive marketing and deals to pay hundreds of dollars in early termination fees for new customers who switch from other carriers before their contracts are up.

Coca-Cola Co. is launching a bottled-water brand in China. The company will fund projects to bring clean drinking water to schoolchildren in rural China. It's Coke's first initiative of this kind in any market. The brand, Ice Dew "Chun Yue," or Pure Joy, costs 32 U.S. cents a bottle, just slightly more than local products generally sell for. The brand targets Chinese Millennials concerned about societal issues, and digitally social. Coke paired with prominent local non-governmental aid group One Foundation.

Dunkin' Donuts has alliances with David Ortiz and the Boston Red Sox, Eli Manning and the New York Giants, Jerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboys, Liverpool FC, the Philadelphia Eagles, Boston Bruins, Washington Capitals and naming rights to the Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence. The company will dig deep into its sports relationships as it moves to double its number of U.S. locations to more than 11K in the next 20 years.

It's not a big secret even though Ford would have liked to keep it that way. By now, the rumors about CEO Alan Mulally retiring and COO Mark Fields taking his place have been flying for so long, they've probably got EcoBoost engines. But Detroit's biggest "known unknown" is now officially known as the company this week said Mulally will leave in July. And, yes, Fields will step up.

Amazon has opened a Wearable Technology store on its website. The company calls the digital store a one-stop shop for such devices as activity trackers, smart watches and wearable cameras. The store features a "Learning Center" that includes product videos and detailed buying guides. There's also an "Editor's Corner" with information.

Walmart is entering the auto insurance business in its latest move to offer affordable financial services to customers, the company announced Wednesday. The world's largest retailer is partnering with a new site it helped start called AutoInsurance.com, a price-comparison and shopping website. After piloting the service last year in Pennsylvania, it's now available in eight states.

Apple Inc. has released a new, cheaper version of the MacBook Air that, according to the company, is faster and has a longer battery life. The new model, starts $100 cheaper than the former base model, at $899, the company announced. An 11-inch MacBook Air with 256GB of flash storage starts at $1,099.

Johnny Manziel, who is expected to be among the top quarterbacks selected in the NFL Draft next week, has signed an exclusive multi-year deal with Panini America, a leading sports and entertainment trading and collectibles company. Manziel - aka Johnny Football - will join Panini as an exclusive athlete for autographed memorabilia.

Western Avenue just won't be the same. Toyota Motor Sales and Toyota Financial Services, which have been there since the early 1980s, are leaving for Plano, Texas. Torrance, Calif., Mayor Frank Scotto said the company represents about $1.2 million in annual taxes. "Even if we gave them back that $1.2 million a year, that wouldn't have done anything," Scotto said. Texas gave Toyota $40 million in incentives with a lot more likely to come. And 30 years tax free.