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* Carnival Corp. promoted Carol Marlow to president and managing director of its luxury Cunard Line, filling a post that had been vacant for about a year. Santa Clarita-based Cunard operates the Queen Elizabeth 2 and the Queen Mary 2, the world’s largest ocean liner.

* Six Flags Inc., a theme-park operator that put itself up for sale in August, said its third-quarter profit more than tripled to $195.7 million, or $1.29 a share. Sales rose 9.8% to $559 million.

* Walt Disney Co. bought European video game publisher Living Mobile to bolster the company’s mobile games business. Financial terms weren’t disclosed.

* Flyi Inc., the parent company of Independence Air, filed for Chapter 11 protection in U.S. Bankruptcy Court as record fuel prices and increased competition made its low-fare strategy unsustainable.

* U.S. property and casualty insurers paid out a record $40.8 billion in the third quarter to homeowners and businesses that were hit by Hurricane Katrina and other natural disasters, according to insurance data group ISO.

* Yahoo Inc. said it would pay about $500 million to buy minority stakes in its British, German, French and South Korean units from Softbank Corp. to gain full control of the overseas businesses.