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* Tyco International Ltd., the largest maker of home-security systems, agreed to pay $237 million in cash for Entergy Corp.’s security business, which sells services to homes and businesses in the southeastern U.S. New Orleans-based Entergy put the unit up for sale in August as part of a plan to focus on generating and trading electricity.

* Chase Manhattan Corp. said it promoted its treasurer, Dina Dublon, 45, to chief financial officer, filling a post that had been vacant for about a year.