Apple Computer Inc. said a shareholder lawsuit...

Apple Computer Inc. said a shareholder lawsuit has been filed against the Cupertino company for allegedly misleading the public about an expected drop in its second-quarter earnings. . . . Fairchild Industries Inc., a billion-dollar military electronics firm based in Chantilly, Va., rejected as inadequate a sweetened $16.30-a-share takeover bid from Washington-based investment firm Carlyle Group. . . . Peregrine Entertainment, as expected, filed for protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the federal bankruptcy code. . . . The Investment Company Institute said the assets of the nation’s 454 money market mutual funds rose by $18.6 million in the week ended Feb. 1 to a record $285.37 billion.