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U.S. Filter Corp. said it completed its acquisition of WMX Technologies Inc.’s Wheelabrator EOS Inc. unit for stock valued at about $77.4 million. The purchase expands U.S. Filter’s water and waste-water treatment systems business. . . . Los Gatos-based Metricom Inc. and Brooklyn Union Gas Co. of New York plan to invest up to $300 million in a joint venture to provide wireless Internet access in large cities in 16 states in the Midwest and Northeast.