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  MGM Offers Appear Few

  The auction of debt-laden Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer closes Friday and it appears half the bidders have dropped out and others are presenting lowball offers.

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  SEC Didn't Expand Upon Stock-Abuse Settlement

  The SEC has failed to turn key parts of a landmark stock-research settlement into industrywide rules, a move that threatens to gut pieces of the pact.

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  Apple Races to Secure iPad Deals

  Apple is still working to secure content for the iPad with just weeks to go before the tablet computer's release, said people familiar with the matter, as the company tempers some of its initial ambitions for the much-hyped device.

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  Samsung Electronics Sees Sales Growth

  Samsung Electronics chief executive Choi Gee-sung said the company expects 2010 sales to grow at a double-digit percentage rate.

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  An Alternative to 'Alternative' Assets

  Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same?

  • Yale Sticks With Investment Model

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  Rio Tinto Inks Ore Deal With Chinalco

  Rio Tinto signed a $1.35 billion deal with Chinalco to develop its massive Simandou iron ore project in Guinea.

  • Australia Urges Fair Rio Tinto Trial

• Bank of America Taps Goldman Director for China Post

  Bank of America Merrill Lynch has hired Goldman Sachs's Edmund Sim as a director for its China equity capital markets team.

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  Insurers Toughen Stance on Hospital Rates

  Health insurers are fighting demands by hospitals for sharply higher reimbursement rates by threatening to drop the hospitals from their health-plan networks, and blaming them for higher insurance premiums.

• FAA, NASA Clash Over Commercial Space Safety

  The concept of manned space flights already is prompting a bureaucratic tussle over which federal agency should be responsible for ensuring the safety of such flights.

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  Michigan Tax Shift Pits Cities vs. Big 3

  A tax change in Michigan has sparked a conflict between the Big Three auto makers and the cities that are homes to their plants, normally a big source of support for the car companies.

• New York's Cuomo Probes Pension 'Spiking'

• Ill. Court: Nonprofit Hospital Can Be Taxed

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  Takeover Target Arrow Halts Shares

• Palm Narrows Loss, Phone Sales Drop

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  Yukos Legal Battle Gains Traction

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  U.S. Adds Two Gaza Firms to Terror List

• Viacom, Google Trade Barbs

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  Banks Toss Hicks a Brushback

• Home Prices Climb in California

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  Roche Looks to New Disease Areas

• Review Site Yelp Sued by Local Businesses

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  Cerner to Join S&P 500