Farley Inc. of Chicago extended for the...

Farley Inc. of Chicago extended for the ninth time its $1.4-billion hostile takeover bid for Georgia-based West Point-Pepperell. The new deadline is Feb. 1 . . . McClatchy Newspapers Inc. increased its quarterly common stock dividend to 2.5 cents a share, from 2.25 cents, payable April 4 to shareholders of record March 7.