Small business owners and prospective entrepreneurs might do well to embrace the lessons “Breaking Bad” lead character Walter White has to offer, USA Today columnist Steve Strauss notes.

The AMC series took home the top honor at Sunday's Primetime Emmy Awards, winning best drama for the first time. It chronicles the mad obsession of high school chemistry teacher-turned-meth dealer Walter White, played by actor Bryan Cranston, to make millions for his family before he loses a battle with cancer.

According to Strauss, there are some right lessons and obvious wrong lessons (e.g. don’t deal drugs, don’t kill people and don’t become a pathological liar).

Among the right lessons, White teaches would-be entrepreneurs to find a need and fill it; recognize the need for help early on; start a business for the right reason – in White’s case it was to provide for his family; and don’t be greedy.

Metro home prices up again, extending comeback

Home prices in metro Atlanta continue to rise, with July marking another milestone in a string of month-to-month gains. Standard & Poor’s Case-Shiller reported Tuesday prices rose 2.2 percent in July from June, and prices were up 18.5 percent from a year ago.

While metro Atlanta still has a ways to go to get prices to where they were before the housing bust and subsequent foreclosures took their toll, the same factors that have driven prices up for the eighth straight month were still factors in the latest Case-Shiller report. There has been a sharp decline in foreclosures, which tend to depress values, and falling inventory of available homes for sale as investor-buyers continue to buy up distressed properties and potential buyers get in the game.

Watch later for AJC staff writer Arielle Kass’ more in-depth report on the home prices report.

Wonder back on bread shelves

Just in case you haven’t heard, Wonder Bread is back on store shelves after a 10-month absence. Thomasville-based Flowers Foods completed a deal to buy the brand and several others from Hostess Brands in July. It is now producing Wonder at its 45 plants around the country.

At least one analyst said Flowers will have an uphill battle getting consumers to choose it over more increasingly popular bread choices that are made with whole grains and other natural ingredients. Flowers President and CEO Allen Shiver, however, said at a Boston conference earlier this month, that the company will benefit from “incremental sales” in its newest markets.

“Our research shows that consumers have a high regard for the Wonder brand,” Shiver said. “In fact, 74% said that Wonder is a legendary part of the American diet.” See the full report on Wonder's comeback here.

Flight attendants on receiving end of tips

Are you among travelers who tip flight attendants for a job well done? According to a poll by Airfarewatchdog.com, 27 percent of respondents said they had tipped a flight attendant at some point. It’s a practice, however, that the Association of Flight Attendants shuns, according to an NBC News report. The group urges its members not to accept tips. In addition to cash, passengers also leave gifts.