The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press...

The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press asked the U.S. Supreme Court to delay consummation of the business agreement so there will be further time for appeal . . . Chrysler Corp. increased its quarterly dividend to 30 cents a share, up from the 25-cent dividend in effect since April, 1987, payable April 17 to shareholders of record March 25 . . . Odyssey Partners LP announced that Taren Holdings Inc., a firm owned by Odyssey and former executives of Kayser Roth Corp., completed the purchase of four businesses from WCI Holdings Corp., formerly Wickes Cos. . . . The Investment Company Institute said assets of the nation’s 455 money market mutual funds rose $1.63 billion in the latest week to a record $294.06 billion.