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Granny Goose Foods will close its plant in Oakland, laying off 170 workers, and transfer its operations to a nonunion plant in Salt Lake City. The facility produced snacks for the Southern California market, which was unprofitable, the privately held company said. About a dozen employees will remain at the company’s corporate headquarters, which will remain in Oakland.

* New York Times Co. said that it plans to sell seven of its smaller newspapers, including the Santa Barbara News-Press, and nine telephone directories.

* Carnival Corp. called off an agreement made last month to buy time-share resort operator Fairfield Communities Inc. for $400 million in stock because of the decline in Carnival’s stock.

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