KKR picks ex-MCI chief for First Data
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts named Michael Capellas, the former chief executive of MCI, to lead First Data, the largest processor of credit-card payments.

Google buys e-mail security firm
The deal underscores Google's ambitions to become a serious player in the business of selling software to companies and organizations, in competition with Microsoft and others.
- Europeans worry about Google's takeover of DoubleClick
- Google again asks to weigh in on whether Microsoft has violated antitrust settlement
- SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY: Google outlook
- Google to help nonprofits raise awareness, money with mapping software

Hotels and airlines upgrading entertainment amenities for travelers
The travel industry is starting to cater to the average consumer's home entertainment arsenal, upgrading guest rooms with flat-screen TVs, iPod docking stations and more programming and improving technology options on flights.

Condé Nast to close Jane magazine, ending revival attempt
The magazine stood apart in aiming for a very specific demographic: single women in their 20s.

Some Wall Street Journal reporters and editors worry about losing their jobs
If the $5 billion bid by Murdoch's News Corp. to buy Dow Jones, owner of The Journal, falls through, declining advertising may mean significant cuts in The Journal's newsroom staff.
- Dow Jones still looking for alternative to Murdoch offer

Sony alters price and power of PlayStation 3
Sony is releasing a souped up version of its gaming system in and cutting the price on the older units.

Cellphones may take banking to the rural poor in the third world
Mobile devices allow banks in urban areas to provide services like microloans and savings accounts in rural areas, according to a report by Vodafone and Nokia.

Minnesota trial raises broad ethics issues for media
In a civil suit, MediaNews alleges that a former publisher violated noncompete agreements both personally and by hiring others from the paper he left, that he removed those noncompete agreements from the newspaper's files, and that he disseminated compe

Faces of terror suspects: Breaking the rules?
According to the British police, the photos never should have appeared in London newspapers. But critics say the restrictions seem increasingly out of step with global news flows.

From jokes to ring tones, Buongiorno still evolves
What started 12 years ago with jokes has become serious business in the world of providing ring tones, games, information and marketing services for mobile communications.

Apple's iPhone faces uncertain future in Europe, analysts say
Despite a tsunami of hype following the rollout of Apple's iPhone in the United States last week, analysts and market experts say the device will face greater obstacles in the fragmented European mobile phone market.
- Would-be iPhone resellers find few takers