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* 3i Group and Providence Equity Partners Inc. agreed to buy Crown Media Holdings Inc.’s international Hallmark Channel cable network for $242 million.

* Gilead Sciences Inc. said it received European approval for its combination HIV treatment Truvada. The biotechnology company said it could market the drug, which combines its anti-HIV medications Emtriva and Viread in one tablet, in all 25 European Union nations.

* Los Angeles-based CB Richard Ellis Group Inc., the largest global commercial real estate services firm, said President Brett White would succeed Chief Executive Ray Wirta.

* The sentencing of Adelphia Communications Corp. founder John Rigas and his son, Timothy Rigas, has been postponed until March 24.