The travel reservation company agreed Monday night to be sold to Silver Lake Partners and the Texas Pacific Group.	Although the company?’s organizational chart will slightly change, it does not mean the bank?’s strategy will.	Standard & Poor?’s made at least 48 changes to a report on a utility company?’s financial health, at the company?’s request, before releasing the document.
The DuPont Company will eliminate 1,500 agriculture jobs and cut output of herbicides and pesticides in a plan to increase spending on genetically modified seeds, the company said yesterday.	Shell made the offer after months of pressure by Russia?’s environmental regulators, who threatened to freeze work on the project by revoking critical operating permits.	Hewlett-Packard?’s longtime chief financial officer, Robert P. Wayman, will give up the post this month and his seat on the company?’s board in March.