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* Charter Communications stock climbed more than 11% to $2.78 a share amid speculation it would consider selling its cable TV systems in Los Angeles.
* Walt Disney Co. is seeking to throw out a shareholder proposal by the Connecticut state treasurer to permanently split the posts of chief executive and chairman.
* CVB Financial Corp., the Ontario-based parent of Citizens Business Bank, said that it was buying Granite State Bank of Monrovia for about $27 million in cash and stock.
* DirecTV Group Inc. said it expected to take a charge against earnings of $1.4 billion to $1.6 billion to write down the value of two satellites.
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