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The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission suspended an earlier decision to fine three Japanese shipping companies until September. . . . Dallas-based Patriot American Hospitality Inc., the nation’s second-largest hotel real estate investment trust, said it agreed to acquire Wyndham Hotel Corp. and 11 hotels for about $1.1 billion. . . . A U.S. District judge set a hearing for May 19 on the government’s move to block a $4-billion merger proposal between office superstores Staples Inc. and Office Depot Inc. as anti-competitive. . . . Texas gas giant Enron Corp. revised the terms of its proposed $2.1-billion acquisition of Portland General Corp. It would increase benefits for customers and lower the payout to Portland General shareholders. . . . Continental Airlines Inc. confirmed that is considering making Boeing Co. its sole supplier of aircraft, starting with a large order for wide-body jetliners, though no deal was announced. . . . Baxter International Inc. said its board elected Chief Financial Officer Harry Kraemer Jr. as president, filling a post that’s been vacant three years.