Van Gogh is believed to have finished the painting, which depicts vast wheat fields swaying in the breeze under a blue sky, weeks before he died in a town near Paris on July 29, 1890. Full article

Take a close look at corporate America’s supercharged performers. Any surprises? Full article

A painting by Peter Paul Rubens is creating big buzz among art collectors. It’s making a U.S. debut and will auction in London on December 6th. Titled “Two Studies of a Young Man”, it was painted between 1615 and 1617. Full article

A collection of Russina art, collected over 30 years is returning to its motherland. Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov purchased the great cellist’s collection in a private deal with Sotheby’s auction house. Full article

great cellist’s collection in a private deal with Sotheby’s auction house. Full article

U.S. air travel is a miserable experience–bad service, long lines, grumpy flight crews and groping security agents. It’s an endurance test, an endless stream of delays and discomforts with little resolution in sight. Full article

A good night’s sleep is becoming ever more elusive for the average American — and it’s a problem that plagues us at all ages, from infancy to adulthood. Two studies illuminate the reasons why teens and adults don’t sleep enough. With teens, a major culprit is cellphone use; with adults, it’s work. Full article

Ask any scotch drinker to name the smokiest whisky on the market, and “Ardbeg’s 1974 vintage” is sure to trickle off his tongue. Smokey, sure. And at $20,000, among the priciest. Full article

For those sea-bound adventurers who plan to drop anchor at all the hot spots from St. Tropez to Sardinia, chartered yachts are your only the transportation of choice. Take a look at the best. Full article

NASA and Microsoft have teamed up to give people a 3D photographic look at the space shuttle Endeavour before its launch this week, in a public-private partnership that could lead to more use of digital imagery in future space-agency missions. Full article

Another day in China, another round of adulation. Today the Microsoft (Charts, Fortune 500) chairman is being named an honorary trustee of Peking University. No other Fortune 500 CEO gets quite the same treatment in China.

While most would count themselves lucky to talk with one of China’s top leaders, Gates will meet with four members of the Politburo on this four-day April trip. Full article

Your first reaction is to stifle a giggle, as you would listening to a little kid get really serious about his ideas for inventions. I’m going to build a giant dancing water fountain in the desert …

Nice, wholesome American families will fly to Vegas to gamble … Slot players will pay to see Picassos and Gauguins … People want to see two fey Germans play with white tigers … And I’ll have puppets pop out of the waterfall. Sure you will, Steve. Now it’s time for your bath. Full article