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Irvine-based AST Research Inc. said it completed negotiations to increase its credit line to $300 million and agreed to sell a group of personal-computer-related intellectual properties to Samsung Electronics Co. for $10 million. . . . Bakersfield-based Alliance Industries said a Securities and Exchange Commission-mandated 10-day trading halt on its shares was lifted Dec. 10 on schedule.
