Business notebook
Salary: PerkinElmer Inc. has set the salary for new president and chief operating officer Robert Friel at $700,000, the Waltham scientific-instrument maker said.
Out on a limb: William Stanfill, founder of Trailhead Partners LP, a small venture capital firm, broke ranks with private equity and hedge fund firms by endorsing proposed legislation that would more than double the taxes paid by managers of those industries, saying the firms receive a "special tax break" that "is neither fair nor equitable."
Combo: Burger King Holdings Inc. will join with snack food company Inventure Group Inc. to develop a line of chips with flavors inspired by its restaurants, including ketchup-and-fries chips, in November.
More than an Apple a day: Apple Inc. said its iTunes store, the world's most popular source of online music, has sold more than three billion songs since its debut in 2003.
On the menu: Chef Daniel Boulud will pay $80,000 to settle a discrimination lawsuit brought by Latino and Asian workers who claimed he promoted white French workers ahead of nonwhite workers at one of his Manhattan restaurants.
Not on the menu: Arrigo and Giuseppe Cipriani, the father and son operators of the Cipriani restaurants, which include the Rainbow Room in New York, pleaded guilty to evading $10 million in New York state and city business taxes.
Clothing update: Jones Apparel Group Inc. said it's in talks with Fast Retailing Co., owner of the Uniqlo chain, about the Japanese retailer's bid to buy the Barneys New York chain for $900 million, which tops an offer from Istithmar PJSC, a Dubai company.
Stepping down: Robert Soros plans to step down as chief investment officer of Soros Fund Management LLC, the hedge fund firm founded by his father, George Soros. The son will remain deputy chairman.
Dell delivers: Dell Inc. said it delivered its first "Made in India" computer, with hopes that production there will lift domestic sales in a market that is growing 30 percent a year.
Second time: Citigroup Inc.'s Smith Barney agreed to resolve sex-bias claims by female brokers who said the company continued to discriminate against women after a 1997 sexual-harassment settlement. Monetary terms weren't revealed.
(Globe wire services) 