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'); document.write(''); document.write('LOS ANGELES (AP) — The estate of Michael Jackson has landed the late King of Pop the biggest recording deal in history: a $200 million guaranteed contract with Sony Music Entertainment for 10 projects over seven years, according to a person familiar with the deal.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman and CEO at Abbott Laboratories received a 13 percent drop in total compensation last year, mainly as a result of reduced stock options.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri tax officials are warning people who live in rented housing that they do not qualify for a tax break unless their landlords pay property taxes.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The board of California\'s giant public pension fund voted Monday to remove the limit on the number of shareholder proposals it can issue to companies in its portfolio.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — The founder and former CEO of database provider InfoGroup Inc. agreed Monday to pay more than $7.3 million to settle federal regulators\' charges he siphoned off nearly $9.5 million from the company to finance a lifestyle that included jet travel to Africa and Europe, homes around the U.S. and 20 automobiles.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('BOSTON (AP) — It remains the most tantalizing art heist mystery in the world.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — A new Democratic Senate bill to tame the financial markets would give the government new powers to break up firms that threaten the economy, force the industry to pay for its failures and create an independent consumer watchdog within the Federal Reserve.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department said Monday that new lending plummeted in January at the nine largest banks that have yet to repay their taxpayer bailouts.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Four groups have filed a lawsuit hoping to overturn a state permit for a nickel and copper mine in Michigan\'s Upper Peninsula, saying the project does not meet legal requirements for protecting the environment.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — Medical device maker Boston Scientific said Monday it is suspending sales of its heart-shocking defibrillator implants after failing to alert regulators to changes in manufacturing of the best-selling devices.
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