Kellogg scales back ads for sugary cereals aimed at children
The Kellogg Company said it would phase out advertising products to children under age 12 that did not meet specific nutrition guidelines.

Wall Street panel to propose guidelines for e-mail
The goal is to clarify how rules last updated in 1998 should apply to messages sent by way of written electronic communications, including internal and external exchanges.

Kodak says its new technology doubles digital cameras' sensitivity to light
Analysts say the new system could mean much better images from camera phones and point-and-shoot cameras in low-light situations.

Bebo and Apple set deal to sell music online
A new partnership between the online social networking site Bebo and Apple's iTunes store will encourage fans to buy digital music, not pirate it.

The iPhone is missing a keyboard
The downside is that typing is done by pecking on the screen with thumbs or fingers, something hardly anyone outside of Apple has experienced yet.

Shake-up at The Wall Street Journal
The reorganization is designed to integrate print and online news operations as well as simplify the paper's international news structure.

Few sure what to expect from YouTube presidential debate
In South Carolina on July 23, Democratic candidates will answer questions submitted in video format by Internet users.

Publicis Groupe, a Paris-based advertising company, said Thursday it had agreed to buy Business Interactif, which it described as the biggest independent digital advertising company in France, accelerating a race between ad agencies and Internet portals like Google for control of the fastest-growing part of the marketing business.

Publicis agreed to pay €137 million, or $182 million, for Business Interactif, which creates online advertising and develops e-commerce sites, working with clients like L'Oréal, Nestlé, Bouygues Télécom and the International Olympic Committee

Under the agreement, Publicis agreed to acquire a 49 percent stake in Business Interactif from its founders, Emmanuel Henrion and François de la Villardière. Other shareholders in Business Interactif, which is publicly traded in Paris, will be offered at €10.10 per share, a 10 percent premium to the closing price Wednesday. Publicis will pay 50 percent of that in cash and 50 percent through newly issued shares.

Alfa Group, a holding company owned by the Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman, paid $307.6 million for an additional 1.4 percent stake in VimpelCom, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing dated June 8. The purchase raises Alfa's holding to 43.8 percent amid a battle with Telenor for control of VimpelCom, the Russian mobile phone company.

Microsoft has announced that it will license instant messaging and digital media technology to a small desktop Linux distributor, Linspire, which is based in San Diego, adding to a growing number of deals meant to help the Windows operating system work more smoothly with open-source software.

Creative Technology, a maker of portable music players, said Thursday that it intended to delist voluntarily from the Nasdaq Global Market to save on costs. Creative will maintain a listing in its home base, Singapore, it said.

NTT DoCoMo, the largest Japanese mobile phone operator, will start offering unlimited wireless Internet access for computers at a flat rate to prevent customers from defecting to rivals, the chief executive, Masao Nakamura, said Thursday.