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* As part of its plan to further diversify operations, Irvine-based Standard Pacific announced plans for a new Las Vegas division. The new office, to be headed by local building executive Gary Cavender, will be the builder’s first foray into the Nevada new-home market.

* Ticketmaster said it reached a deal with UCLA to provide ticketing services for athletic and performing arts events. Terms were not disclosed.

* Jurors deliberated a third day without reaching a verdict in the corporate fraud trial of fired HealthSouth Corp. Chief Executive Richard Scrushy, the first CEO charged under the Sarbanes-Oxley corporate reporting law. The jury will return today for more talks, court officials said.