Sony Computer Entertainment yesterday took away day-to-day oversight of its video-games division from Ken Kutaragi, who built the games division from scratch. While Kutaragi retains the title of division CEO and will also assume the chairman's post, daily management of the unit was handed to his deputy in the U.S.: Kaz Hirai. He was named president. Sony's move suggests Kutaragi's authority might be shaky. But Sony officials denied that the moves were anything other than a promotion in the management ranks. With Sony's factories now briskly turning out new PS3's, Sony's biggest concern is figuring out how …

Rose Mattus, who created Haagen-Dazs super-premium ice cream brand with her husband, Reuben, died Tuesday, five days after her 90th birthday. Mattus, the controller of Haagen-Daz Inc., was the company's business brain and a deft promoter of the product, according to her daughter, Doris Mattus Hurley. The Mattuses established Haagen-Dazs in the Bronx in 1959. Reuben Mattus, a Russian immigrant who got his start making lemon ice, saw a potential for an ice cream with a high butter-fat content, no fillers or stabilizers and as little air pumped into it as possible. In a legendary stroke of …