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* A state court jury in Eugene, Ore., last week ordered Cell Tech International Inc. and two executives to pay $280 million to one of its founders, the maker and retailer of nutritional supplements said in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. Daryl Kollman sued Cell Tech, Chairman Donald Hateley and Chief Executive Marta Carpenter, Kollman’s ex-wife, claiming they pushed him out of the company after it went public in 1999.

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* Hollinger Inc., used by Conrad Black to control the Chicago Sun-Times and the rest of his media empire, said the Securities and Exchange Commission might begin civil proceedings against the company for alleged securities violations.