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REGION
RTI stock closesat 100.94 a share
WEATHERSFIELD -- The stock price of RTI International Metals closed at over 100 Monday. The stock gained 3.34 to finish at 100.94 a share.
The previous high for the past 52 weeks was 97.81. The stock dipped under 40 last fall but has been steadily rising since then. RTI, which is based in Weathersfield Township, is the parent company of RMI Titanium Co. Its stock price has been buoyed by the increasing demand for titanium in the aerospace industry.
NATION
Ex-HealthSouth CEOto pay 81M settlement
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Fired HealthSouth Corp. Chief Executive Richard Scrushy agreed to pay 81 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission blaming him for a 2.7 billion accounting fraud at the heath-care services company.
The settlement was approved by a federal judge Monday.
Scrushy acknowledged no wrongdoing, but agreed to give up 77.5 million that the government says he gained from the scheme. He agreed to pay 3.5 million more in civil penalties.
Icahn to sell 4 casinos
LAS VEGAS -- Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is selling the Stratosphere and three other southern Nevada casinos to an affiliate of the Goldman Sachs investment firm for 1.3 billion.
Along with the tallest structure on the Las Vegas Strip, the sale announced Monday includes two off-Strip Arizona Charlie's casinos and the Aquarius Casino Resort in the Colorado River resort town of Laughlin.
The deal between American Real Estate Properties Corp., a unit of Icahn's American Real Estate Partners LP, and Whitehall Street Real Estate Funds also includes 17 acres of undeveloped land at the Stratosphere.
Associated Press