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* Seattle-based Boeing Co. said Korean Air Lines Co. agreed to buy 22 of its most advanced 737 passenger jets with options to purchase five more, valued at $1.35 billion, even as other Asian companies move to scale back orders. The South Korean carrier is expected to announce the order next week during South Korean President Kim Dae Jung’s state visit to Washington.

* David Walsh, the former chief of Calgary-based Bre-X Minerals Ltd., which collapsed due to a swindle over an Indonesian gold mine, died at a hospital in Nassau, Bahamas, after suffering a stroke.