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DuPont Co. chairman and chief executive officer Ellen Kullman received compensation valued at $8.3 million last year, more than double what she received a year earlier, according to an Associated Press analysis of a regulatory filing Friday.
Airvana Inc., which makes mobile broadband network products, on Friday predicted fiscal first-quarter revenue of $2.5 million to $3 million, 67 percent to 72 percent below the same period last year.
Weight Watchers International Inc. said its board declared a quarterly dividend of 17.5 cents.
Stocks halted their steady climb Friday after renewed concerns about Greece's ability to pay its debts left investors questioning a global economic recovery. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 37 points after advancing for eight straight days. Broader indexes also fell. Major indexes posted gains for the week.
A rising dollar hit prices of many commodities Friday after concerns about the global economy pushed up demand for safe assets.
Pulte Homes Inc. is not seeing many sales as result of a federal tax credit designed to spur home purchases, an analyst wrote Friday, so its sales are therefore unlikely to fall after the incentive expires.
Contractor URS Corp. and the state of Minnesota reached a $5 million settlement Friday in the state's lawsuit over the 2007 downtown Minneapolis bridge collapse that killed 13 people and injured 145 others.
Indoor waterpark resort company Great Wolf Resorts Inc. said Friday it plans to offer $225 million of first mortgage notes due 2017.
EBay Chief Executive John Donahoe received compensation valued at $10.1 million in 2009, according to a regulatory filing Friday. That's 55 percent less than in 2008, when he got more stock and options.
Federal health experts are recommending approval for a Medtronic pacemaker designed to be safely used with MRI scanners.
The Procter & Gamble Co., maker of Old Spice, Tampax and Iams, spent $824,821 in the fourth quarter to lobby the government on taxes and foreign trade, according to a recent disclosure report.
The U.S. unit of Unilever, maker of Dove soap, Skippy peanut butter and Ben & Jerry's ice cream, spent $40,000 in the fourth quarter to lobby the government on sugar policy, and safe baby products, according to a recent disclosure report.
The Personal Care Products Council, whose members include The Dial Corp., Unilever and hundreds of other companies, spent $140,000 in the fourth quarter to lobby the government on consumer safety and imports, according to a recent disclosure report.
A Lehman Brothers whistleblower warned his bosses that accounting gimmicks the bank used before its collapse may have been illegal, his lawyer said Friday.
Regulators on Friday shut down seven banks in five states, bringing to 37 the number of bank failures in the U.S. so far this year.
Hexion Specialty Chemical Inc.'s said Friday it was raising prices of its emulsion polymers in North America.