iPad scores

Apple said it sold 2 mil lion iPads since its US launch in April, after tak ing it to nine interna tional markets this past weekend.

Honda raise

Honda Motor Co., which shut down almost all car production in China because of a strike at a parts factory, will raise workers’ wages by 366 yuan ($53.60) on top of the monthly wage of 1,544 yuan.

Bump me

The maximum money a passenger can receive from an airline when bumped from a flight may double to $800, under a plan to be an nounced by federal of ficials this week.

BRIC heat

Nouriel Roubini, the New York University professor who pre dicted the global finan cial crisis, said the Bra zilian, Chinese and Indian economies may be overheating and de veloping asset bubbles.

World stocks

Stocks in Europe, Can ada and Brazil rose yes terday: The Stoxx Europe 600 Index gained 0.3 per cent, the Standard & Poor’s/TSX Composite Index climbed 0.6 per cent and the Bovespa ad vanced 0.8 percent.