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Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, jailed for buying weapons from bombers who attacked Mumbai in 1993, has been given 'temporary' bail by the Supreme Court. Dutt was sentenced for six years three weeks ago and is being held in a prison in the western Indian city of Pune. The actor is the most high-profile of 100 people convicted in connection with the blasts which killed 257 people. He was cleared of conspiracy, but found guilty of illegally possessing a rifle and a pistol. Dutt's lawyers appealed for bail in the Supreme Court a fortnight ago. Temporary relief On Monday, the court...

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Former CA Chief To Plead Guilty By William M. Bulkeley & Paul Davies April 24, 2006 12:59 p.m. Sanjay Kumar, former chief executive officer of Computer Associates International Inc., is expected to plead guilty to financial fraud charges later today. People familiar with the situation said Mr. Kumar and his co-defendant Stephen Richards, a former top sales executive, will appear in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn today at 2 p.m. Details of the expected guilty pleas weren't immediately available. Lawyers for Messrs. Kumar and Richards couldn't be reached for comment. Once the protégé of CA founder Charles Wang, Mr. Kumar...

NEW YORK - Bonuses at Wall Street firms climbed to a projected record of $21.5 billion last year as revenue grew, according to the New York state comptroller's office. Comptroller Alan Hevesi said Wednesday that 2005's bonus tally was $2 billion more than the old record, which was set in 2000. In 2004, Wall Street bonuses came to an estimated $18.6 billion. Last year's average bonus was pegged at $125,500, also a record, Hevesi said. Revenue at Wall Street firms rose 44.5 percent through the first three quarters of 2005, climbing to the highest level since 2000, the year when...