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New York-based Coinmach Laundry Corp. said it will buy Glendale-based Reliable Holding Corp. for $44 million to expand its coin-operated laundry business into California. . . . Los Angeles-based Pacific Enterprises approved a 6% increase in dividends on its common stock to an annual rate of $1.52 per share from $1.44 and declared a regular quarterly dividend of 38 cents per share. . . . A federal judge in Nevada set an April 17 hearing date to review Beverly Hills-based Hilton Hotels Corp.’s request to have ITT Corp.’s annual meeting held in May. . . . Los Angeles-based Tower Records will open a store in Buenos Aires this week, its first outlet in South America.