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Federal securities regulators filed suit Tuesday against a Texas-based provider of so-called "life settlements," accusing it and three top executives of defrauding shareholders by overvaluing the life insurance policies it buys from its customers.

Two former employees of failed brokerage MF Global have sued its top executives and directors, including ex-CEO Jon Corzine, the former governor and senator from New Jersey.

While many of Procter & Gamble Co.'s top executives are looking overseas for expansion, Melanie Healey's focus is on growing what already is the consumer products maker's biggest market.

A survey of top executives of drugmakers indicates mergers and acquisitions should pick up in the next couple of years, as companies aim to offset rising generic competition.

The four companies still receiving the largest amounts of government bailout aid won't be able to raise the amount of cash they pay out to their top executives this year, the administration's pay czar has ruled.

General Motors may add dealers in big metro areas on the U.S. coasts because it expects sales there to grow, two top executives said Saturday.

Since the government took over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, taxpayers have spent more than $160 million defending their former top executives in fraud lawsuits.

Shares of Matrix Service Co. plummeted 11 percent Tuesday after the company said two top executives had resigned after an internal fraud investigation.

Citigroup, still partly owned by the government after a rescue during the financial meltdown, is giving raises to top executives that could amount to millions of dollars.

The Treasury Department's pay czar says 17 banks gave their top executives $1.6 billion in lavish payments while they were receiving billions of dollars in taxpaye