It’s ironic. No other word is more apt than that. A girl had to sign up for welfare and cash in the food stamps at the grocery store in order to make both ends meet for her four siblings. The experience probably still haunts her. Years down...

Yahoo!, the Internet major has revealed that it is going to make available thousands of recipes, advice from regional celebrity chefs, video cooking guides to its users. It is to create a new lifestyle business in a category that is divided among...