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UNITED NATIONS – Alexander Yakovlev (search), the U.N. employee who resigned Tuesday following a FOX News investigation into his apparent father-son conflict of interest with a major U.N. supplier, also served as procurement officer in charge of the first stages of the United Nation’s costly and controversial headquarters renovation in …

PHILADELPHIA – Citigroup (C) has agreed to sell most of its asset management business to Legg Mason Inc. (LM) in exchange for Legg Mason’s broker-dealer business in a $3.7 billion deal, the two companies said on Friday. The deal will allow Citigroup, the No. 1 U.S. bank, to challenge Merrill …

GREENWICH, Conn. – Officials in this affluent suburb were fed up with Canada geese soiling local parks, to the point that mass execution was contemplated. After intense public debate, the plan was dropped in favor of non-lethal alternatives — including deployment of a border collie in a life jacket, yapping …