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Sept 23 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories on the New York Times business pages. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
- A U.S. federal watchdog investigating the distribution of pandemic relief funds has tripled its estimate of the amount of money paid out in unemployment insurance, raising it to $45.6 billion, that can be attributed to certain forms of fraud. https://nyti.ms/3dA1GA2
- Apple Inc and the National Football League said on Thursday that Apple Music will replace Pepsi as the main sponsor of the Super Bowl halftime show, while three people familiar with the negotiations said that N.F.L. has been shopping around the deal for about $50 million. https://nyti.ms/3DJpDQh
- Two New Jersey-based companies, Zoono USA and Zoono Holdings, have agreed to pay a total of $325,000 in fines for selling a pesticide called "Zoono Microbe Shield" that federal officials say was falsely marketed as a disinfectant spray that could help eliminate the coronavirus, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. https://nyti.ms/3f2l1KA (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)