A ir Canada AC.B-T has been told to create a special “buffer zone” on flights for people who are allergic to nuts. The Canadian Transportation Agency has ruled that passengers who have nut allergies should be considered disabled and accommodated by the airline. The CTA has advised Air Canada to come up with an appropriate section of seats where passengers with nut allergies would be seated.

The Investment Adviser Association has begun accepting “associate members” that are not registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as investment advisory firms. The IAA, which has about 500 full member advisory firms, accepted 12 associate members in December. The new associate-member program will help the IAA “expand its network” of organizations that are interested in the issues IAA follows, said senior counsel Monique Botkin.

I t’s shaping up as a modern-day New Deal. From Madison, Wis., to San Angelo, Tex., and countless cities in between, the U.S.

Controversial deals that sent billions of bailout dollars to Goldman Sachs and other banks were kept quiet under pressure from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, then led by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner. E-mails between lawyers for the New York Fed and bailed-out insurance conglomerate American International Group Inc.

A ir Canada AC.B-T has been ordered to create a special “buffer zone” on flights for people who are allergic to nuts. The Canadian Transportation Agency has ruled that passengers who have nut allergies should be considered disabled and accommodated by the airline. The CTA has ordered Air Canada to come up with an appropriate section of seats where passengers with nut allergies would be seated.

T oday’s top stories from Report on Business : Dividends recovering, but rebound slow Last year marked the worst on record for stock dividends, but this year is expected to show steady improvement, Standard & Poor’s said today. Howard Silverblatt, the senior index analyst at S&P Indices, said in a statement today that 2009 saw the fewest dividend increases and most decreases since S&P began tracking the data in 1955. Dividend cuts in U.S.

T he dash for Christmas gifts and Boxing Day bargains saw Americans spend more than expected in December, some major U.S. retailers say.