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Published April 27, 2013|Updated April 29, 2013

Disney Cruise Line's oldest ship, the Magic, is getting a makeover, including the addition of a children's area themed on Marvel Comics superheroes and a three-story water slide, the company announced Friday. The Magic launched in 1998. Other updates when the ship goes into drydock in Spain for a month this fall include updating audio technology and lighting, and retheming decor, motifs and layout in cabins, dining rooms, play spaces, and adult areas like bars and clubs.

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Americans are allocating a smaller share of their spending to investment-related fees since the recession, a sign they are still wary of returning to financial markets even as stocks trade near record highs. Spending on expenses including securities commissions, investment advice and custodial services totaled about $150.8 billion in February at a seasonally adjusted annual rate, Commerce Department data show.

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The U.S. government has sued Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., saying the company paid kickbacks to doctors to steer patients toward its drugs. The lawsuit was filed Friday in federal court in Manhattan. It comes two days after the government brought a similar lawsuit against Novartis, which is based in East Hanover, N.J. That lawsuit said the company paid kickbacks to pharmacies to switch kidney transplant patients from competitors' drugs to its own.

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Research firm IDCsaid more smartphones than "dumb" phones are being made this year, a milestone in a shift that's putting computing power and Internet access in millions of hands worldwide. Manufacturers shipped 216 million smartphones worldwide in the first three months of this year, compared with 189 million regular cellphones, according to a study IDC released late Thursday. IDC said smartphones made up 51.6 percent of the 419 million mobile phones shipped.

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THE NUMBER of U.S. bank failures this year after the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. closed Douglas County Bank in Georgia and Parkway Bank in North Carolina on Friday

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THE BOTTOM LINE: Tesla Motors, the luxury battery-car company run by billionaire Elon Musk, is North America's rechargeable auto sales leader so far this year as its Model S sedan passed General Motors' Chevrolet Volt ... Samsung Electronics posted record earnings as sales of its smartphones surged, widening the company's global lead as its latest Galaxy handset hits stores to take on Apple in the United States