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Real estate trust Boston Properties votes to pay dividend of 50 cents. Real estate investment trust Boston Properties Inc. said Friday its board declared a quarterly dividend of 50 cents.

Weight Watchers board declares dividend of 17.5 cents. Weight Watchers International Inc. said its board declared a quarterly dividend of 17.5 cents.

Summary Box: Next week could be busiest week for IPOs since November 2007. HOW MANY: There could be as many as seven IPOs debuting next week. If all go through, it would be the busiest week since November 2007.

Pay package for Travelers Cos. CEO rises 20 percent in 2009 to $20.1 million. Travelers Cos. gave its CEO a pay package worth $20.1 million last year, a 20 percent raise over his 2008 pay as the property and casualty insurer benefited from a conservative investment approach.

HRPT Properties Trust increases size of public stock offering by 10M shares to 30M shares. HRPT Properties Trust increased the size of a public offering of common stock by 10 million shares to 30 million shares.

Hersha Hospitality prices public offering of 24M shares, expects to use proceeds to cut debt. Hotel owner Hersha Hospitality Trust said Friday it has increased its offering of new shares to 24 million common shares and will sell them at $4.25 a share.

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Data center operator Telx Group files to raise $100 million through initial public offering. Telx Group Inc., a company that operates data centers in the U.S., plans to raise $100 million through an initial public offering.

IronPlanet, online market place for used equipment, to raise $92 million with IPO. IronPlanet Inc., which operates an online marketplace for used heavy equipment, plans to raise $92 million through an initial public offering.

EMC CEO gets $9M pay package in 2009, down 23 percent from last year. The pay package last year for EMC Corp. CEO Joe Tucci was 23 percent lower than in 2008, a reflection of lower equity awards and cuts to the data-storage company's executive salaries.

EMC CEO gets $9M pay package in 2009, down 23 percent from last year. The Associated Press has found that EMC Corp. CEO Joe Tucci received a 2009 pay package of $9.0 million, which was 23 percent lower than the year before.

AEP CEO Morris earned $7.1M in 2009, down 27 percent as he got no performance-based bonus. The top executive of American Electric Power received total compensation of $7.1 million in 2009, a 27 percent drop from the previous year, according to an Associated Press calculation of figures disclosed in a regulatory filing.

Jerome York, Apple director, auto industry reformer and Kerkorian adviser dies at 71. Jerome York, an Apple Inc. board member and a financial wizard credited with turning around Chrysler and IBM, died Thursday of a brain aneurysm. He was 71.

PNC Financial CEO pay nearly doubles in 2009, mostly due to restricted stock. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. CEO James E. Rohr received compensation of $16.6 million in 2009, nearly double the total of 2008, but much of it was restricted stock to comply with government limits placed on companies that took bailout money.

DETROIT (Reuters) - Jerry York, a long-time adviser to billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian and executive whose career spanned the auto and technology industries, has died, Apple Inc said on Thursday.

Jerome York, an Apple Inc. board member and a financial wizard credited with turning around Chrysler and IBM, died Thursday of a brain aneurysm. He was 71.

Newspaper publisher Gannett increased its CEO pay to $4.4 million in 2009. An Associated Press analysis shows Gannett Co., the biggest newspaper publisher in the U.S., increased its CEO's pay package by nearly 41 percent last year.

Shipper Scorpio Tankers boosts size of expected IPO, now hopes to raise about $187.5 million. Shipper Scorpio Tankers Inc. on Thursday increased how much it hopes to raise from its expected initial public offering to about $187.5 million from $150 million.

LOS ANGELES/HONG KONG (Reuters) - MGM Mirage's plan to exit the mature Atlantic City market in favor of booming Macau removes a year of overhang from the company and should clear the way for a share offering in Hong Kong by June.

IHS fiscal 1st-quarter profit slips 1 percent, weighed down by stock options expenses. IHS Inc., a provider of energy and security information to governments and large companies, said Wednesday that its fiscal first-quarter earnings edged down 1 percent, hurt by charges.