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United Airlines has given its pilots' union a series of suggestions for making more than $191 million in wage and benefit cuts the carrier says it needs to pull out of bankruptcy -- from a straight 18 percent pay cut to smaller cuts and changes in work rules.
Stelco Inc., the Canadian steelmaker in bankruptcy protection, reached agreement with Deutsche Bank AG on a new refinancing proposal, days after a loss of a General Motors Corp. contract put the plan on hold.
American Funds and Edward Jones & Co. are among the financial firms that regulators are requesting information from in a sweeping examination into sales and disclosure of 529 college-savings plans.
Computer giant Dell Inc.'s server sales rose in the third quarter, overtaking Sun Microsystems for the No. 3 position, according to a Gartner Inc. research report.
Cablevision Systems Corp. said its Rainbow DBS satellite television unit will buy $740 million worth of satellites from defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp.
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