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* Johnson & Johnson said the U.S. attorney’s office in New Jersey is investigating marketing practices at the company’s Centocor unit, which makes the top-selling rheumatoid arthritis drug Remicade.

* General Dynamics Corp. said it completed its $1.24-billion acquisition of Veridian Corp. after shareholders approved the plan.

* Hicks, Muse Tate & Furst Inc. agreed to sell Pinnacle Foods, maker of Vlasic pickles and Swanson frozen dinners, to J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.’s private equity arm for $485 million, the companies said.