SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc said on Tuesday it complied with a regulator's request for more information on its Take-Two Interactive Software Inc bid, moving a step closer to buying its rival.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Activision Inc shareholders approved a deal on Tuesday to merge with French telecommunications and media group Vivendi SA's games unit, creating a public company called Activision Blizzard.

LONDON (Reuters) - Apple's new iPhone sold out online in Britain ahead of its Friday launch, defying general consumer gloom as the country's economy threatened to tip over into its first recession in more than a decade.

TORONTO (Reuters) - Nortel Networks Corp plans aggressive growth in the Asia-Pacific region over the next two to three years, hoping to capitalize on demand for network gear and services in rapidly growing markets such as India and China.

TORONTO (Reuters) - A government auction of wireless spectrum aimed at bringing fresh competition to Canada's cellphone market has reached its final stretch, with total bids reaching more than C$4 billion ($3.9 billion) so far -- about twice the amount expected.

BARCELONA (Reuters) - The same infrared technology that measures fat content in milk can more accurately predict which embryos have the best chance of resulting in a pregnancy, fertility experts said on Tuesday.

(Reuters) - Wireless technology firm InterDigital Inc received a blow in an ongoing patent infringement case with the U.S. International Trade Commission's staff recommending in favor of South Korea's Samsung Electronics <005930.KS>, sending InterDigital's shares down as much as 28 percent.

TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's Matsushita Electric Works Ltd.

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Yahoo's stock price jumped nearly 12 percent after Microsoft said Monday it is willing to reopen talks on a "major transaction" with Yahoo if the Internet giant replaces its board of directors.

AREQUIPA, Peru (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.0 earthquake rattled southern Peru early on Tuesday, startling residents in the Andean country's second-largest city, Arequipa, who ran out of their homes into the streets.

BOSTON (Reuters) - Business software maker VMware Inc warned on Tuesday that 2008 revenue growth will fall short of expectations and said it has replaced its chief executive, sending its shares tumbling 30 percent.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc plans to use chips from Intel Corp for the creation of 3-D movies, the companies said on Tuesday.

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Babies born from frozen embryos weigh more, have no greater risk of birth defects and are as healthy or healthier than those conceived using fresh ones, Danish researchers said on Tuesday.

(Corrects headline and first paragraph to make clear CEO did not resign but was replaced by the board)