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* Boeing Co. won an order for 20 of its 787 Dreamliner jets valued at about $2.5 billion from an unnamed customer.

* Palm Inc. and Research in Motion Ltd. have set aside their fierce rivalry with a deal to offer the BlackBerry wireless e-mail service over Palm’s Treo 650 smart phone, with a combined product available in early 2006, the two companies said.

* Pacifica Ventures, owner of the historic Culver Studios in Culver City, said it was joining with Union Development Corp. and Digital Media Group in developing a $60-million film and TV production facility in Albuquerque, scheduled to open in 2007.

* The Supreme Court declined to hear Merck & Co.’s appeal of a ruling that the patent on its blockbuster osteoporosis drug Fosamax would expire a decade earlier than expected. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. hopes to sell a cheaper version of the drug.