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SEC exit

Eileen Rominger, the former Goldman Sachs exec who joined the SEC last year, will step down next month as head of the agencys investment management unit.

Drug scam

US authorities arrested Andrew Strempler, 38, a pioneer of the Canadian Internet pharmacy industry, on charges related to the sale of foreign and counterfeit medicines. Stremplers former company, RxNorth.com, sold and shipped fake and otherwise misbranded drugs, the feds said.

Juicy Apple I

An Apple I Computer from 1976 sold at Sothebys auction house for $374,500, or more than 500 times its original retail price.

Amazon tune

Amazon.com has agreements with the four major US record companies for the rights to start a music service that lets users store songs on a remote server and access them online, people familiar with the matter said.

Seacrest bid

American Idol host Ryan Seacrest is contemplating a bid for Dick Clark Productions, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing sources. The company produces various awards shows, including the Golden Globes and the annual New Years Eve special that the late Clark hosted for decades. Seacrest now hosts that show.

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