HickoryTech Corp., which provides Internet access and other digital services, said Friday its board declared a quarterly dividend of 13 cents a share. (www.newsvine.com)

An Associated Press calculation finds that steel maker Nucor Corp. paid its CEO fell 43 percent last year as it eliminated cash bonuses for executives to help it weather the recession. (www.newsvine.com)

Shantanu Narayen, the president and CEO of software maker Adobe Systems Inc., was awarded compensation valued at $5.2 million in fiscal 2009, a 68 percent decline in a year that saw the recession weaken demand for its products. (www.newsvine.com)

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of Republican senators is questioning high salaries and expensive travel bills for executives at the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, raising issues that could jeopardize millions in federal funding for the national charity. (feeds.chicagotribune.com)

New York Times' chairman and CEO received big increases in their 2009 compensation despite weakness in advertising markets. (feeds.wsjonline.com)

Kimberly-Clark Corp. CEO Thomas J. Falk's compensation edged up 1 percent last year to nearly $9 million as the maker of Huggies diapers and Kleenex tissues improved its profit due to price hikes, according to an Associated Press analysis of regulatory filings. (www.newsvine.com)

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A federal judge has ordered a former northern Indiana mayor and two ex-aides to pay $108 million in civil damages in an alleged sidewalks-for-votes scheme. (www.newsvine.com)

NEW YORK (AP) — After years of fighting in court, lawyers representing the city, construction companies and more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers have agreed to a settlement that could pay up to $657.5 million to responders sickened by dust from the destroyed World Trade Center. (feeds.chicagotribune.com)

New York City agrees to pay up to $657m (£437m) to thousands of rescue and clean-up workers at the 9/11 attacks site. (news.bbc.co.uk)

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NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City has agreed to pay up to $657 million to settle more than 10,000 lawsuits filed by ground zero rescue and response workers who say they were sickened by World Trade Center dust.... (hosted.ap.org)

A settlement that could pay up to $657.5 million to more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers sickened by dust from the destroyed World Trade Center goes before a judge Friday, and he has said he favored a settlement but planned to analyze it carefully to make sure it was fair. (www.newsvine.com)

After years of fighting in court, lawyers representing the city, construction companies and more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers have agreed to a settlement that could pay up to $657.5 million to responders sickened by dust from the destroyed World Trade Center. (www.newsvine.com)

Berkshire Hathway. kept Chairman Warren E. Buffett's total compensation at $175,000 in 2009, in line with his relatively modest pay over the years. His company stake, however, is in the billions. (feeds.wsjonline.com)