AP - Actor Jackie Chan says his Segway dealership here is doing well, though costs are high because the manufacturer won't let him assemble the battery-powered scooters in China for fear of piracy.

AP - Activist investor Carl Icahn wants Yahoo Inc.'s board to scrap an employee severance plan that drove up the potential cost of Microsoft Corp.'s bid to buy the Internet pioneer.

Reuters - Bruce Willis is in negotiations to play a death row inmate in "Kane & Lynch," a thriller based on a video game.

AP - Japanese mobile carrier Softbank Corp. said Wednesday it has a deal with Apple Inc. to sell the iPhone later this year — the first such agreement in Japan for the hit cell phone.

Reuters - Vintage concert performances by such acts as Lynyrd Skynyrd, Bob Marley and Jimi Hendrix will soon join the nearly 500 recordings already available for download purchase at the music and memorabilia site Wolfgang's Vault (http://www.wolfgangsvault.com).

AP - Outraged by new details about Yahoo Inc.'s efforts to complicate Microsoft Corp.'s takeover bid, activist investor Carl Icahn says he believes Yahoo's board will have to be fired to lure Microsoft back to the bargaining table.