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* The Manhattan district attorney’s probe of former Tyco International Ltd. Chief Executive L. Dennis Kozlowski has expanded to include possible evasion of state and city income taxes, people familiar with the matter said.

* Verizon Communications Inc.’s third-quarter earnings more than doubled to $4.41 billion, or $1.60 a share, boosted by $2.8 billion in gains and tax benefits. Sales rose 1.2% to $17.2 billion.

* Boeing Co. gave 60-day notices to 1,200 workers, most of them in Seattle, completing the 30,000 job cuts it started more than a year ago to cope with declining commercial air travel.

* Unocal Corp. said it may take a $330-million after-tax write-down at the end of the year because of the declining value of its employee pension plan.

* Standard & Poor’s cut Ford Motor Co.’s long-term debt ratings to two notches above “junk” status, on concern the world’s No. 2 automaker’s restructuring plan might not result in sustained profit.