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* General Reinsurance UK Ltd., a unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., was fined 1.2 million pounds ($2.3 million) by the Financial Services Authority over two transactions that broke Britain’s market regulations.

* Tenet Healthcare Corp. of Dallas will pay the Internal Revenue Service about $80 million to settle a dispute over U.S. tax write-offs.

* Equity Office Properties Trust, the largest U.S. office landlord, was sued by shareholders who say a $20-billion buyout offer from Blackstone Group is too low.

* New York Times Co. has rejected a proposal from a group of Boston businessmen, including former General Electric Co. chief Jack Welch, to buy the Boston Globe newspaper.