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.