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* Reliant Resources Inc. agreed to pay an $18-million fine and CMS Energy Corp. will pay $16 million to settle Commodity Futures Trading Commission charges of attempted manipulation of natural-gas prices.

* China called a U.S. move to slap anti-dumping duties on Chinese televisions discriminatory and unfair, in the latest flare-up in trade tensions between the two economic powerhouses.

* Toys “R” Us Inc. is recalling 50,000 packages of sidewalk chalk because the chalk contains lead at levels high enough to poison young children. The Consumer Product Safety Commission said the clear plastic backpack-style carrying cases were labeled “Chalk to Go ... Totally Me!”