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* General Motors Corp. doubled cash incentives to $1,000 on full-size Chevrolet and GMC conversion vans through July 2, after its van sales fell a combined 8% last month. The auto maker also is offering interest rates of 4.9% to 6.9% on the Chevrolet Express LT and GMC Savana SLT vans through Oct. 1.

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* Countrywide Credit Industries Inc., the largest publicly traded U.S. home lender, said its loan funding doubled in May to a record $10.9 billion, from $5.1 billion a year ago, as the volume of refinanced mortgages increased sixfold to $6.1 billion. Calabasas-based Countrywide said it had $18.2 billion in loans in process in May, up 89% from a year ago and down slightly from April’s record $18.6 billion.

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* Motley Fool Inc., which publishes a popular online finance site, said it has laid off 45 employees, or about 25% of its staff, in its second round of layoffs this year.

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* Television channel operator Crown Media Holdings Inc. said a stockholder filed a complaint alleging that its proposed $820-million acquisition of 700 film titles from a Hallmark Inc. entertainment unit unfairly gives Hallmark an advantage. As a result, the company postponed its shareholder vote on the deal until later this month.

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* Irvine communications chip maker Intersil Holding Corp. said it has changed its name to Intersil Corp. Its ticker symbol on Nasdaq remains ISIL.

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