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* CB Richard Ellis Investors of Los Angeles paid nearly $60 million to Chicago developer Alter Group for two new warehouse-distribution centers in the Inland Empire totaling more than 1.3 million square feet.

* Nashville-based HCA Inc., the largest hospital operator in the United States, said its first-quarter earnings per share would be 88 cents to 93 cents, exceeding the average analyst estimate of 76 cents a share, because of higher patient volumes, fewer bad debts and fewer outstanding shares.

* Business software maker Oracle Corp. of Redwood City, Calif., said it acquired Oblix Inc. of Cupertino, Calif., a closely held maker of identity management software, for an undisclosed sum.