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U.S. information-technology giant Hewlett-Packard Co. agreed to settle a stock-options-backdating lawsuit for $117.5 million, a plaintiff law firm said Monday. The settlement in the class-action suit -- tied to alleged backdating at Mercury Interactive Corp., a software firm HP bought in 2006 -- is the largest in the options-backdating scandal, in which companies allegedly changed the dates when ...