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WASHINGTON – An inspector general is investigating Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson‘s comments to a business group that he rejected an advertising contract because the contractor had criticized President Bush. “We have received a number of complaints from the public as well as from members of Congress,” Michael …

NEW YORK – Boeing Co. (BA) said on Monday it agreed to buy aerospace parts supplier Aviall Inc. (AVL) for $1.7 billion, as the planemaker looks to expand its services operations in the wake of a boom in new plane orders. The deal marks the first major corporate move by …

NEW YORK – Martha Stewart, who completed a five-month prison sentence a year ago for lying about her sale of ImClone stock, has decided to fight rather than settle civil insider trading charges brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. In an 11-page response to the SEC complaint filed …