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* Google Inc., the most popular Internet search engine, is being investigated by the California Department of Corporations after the company said that it failed to register shares issued to some employees and consultants.

* General Motors Corp., which this year has already exceeded its recall totals for all of last year, will voluntarily repair 246,433 Saturn Vue sport utility vehicles because the rear suspension collapsed in federal rollover tests.

* Sony Corp.’s Sony Music Entertainment and BMG, the music unit of the German media giant Bertelsmann, closed their deal to combine their music businesses.

* A warning letter from more than 40 state attorneys general went out to seven companies that distribute online file-sharing software, hinting at possible legal consequences if the firms didn’t do a better job of informing computer users about the risks of using their software.