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* RCN Corp., a cable television, phone and Internet service provider whose shares sold for $72 in 2000 and now trade for 5 cents, won court approval of a plan to exit bankruptcy protection this year by trading $1.2 billion in unsecured debt for all the company’s equity.

* MGA Entertainment is aiming this holiday season to extend its Bratz brand by rolling out baby versions of the popular fashion dolls that have taken sales from Mattel Inc.’s Barbie.