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Deal Surge: Carlyle to sell Philosophy to Coty for about $1 billion. Also, TPG looks to buy J. Crew again and is teaming up with Leonard Green in a $2.8 billion deal. Truth or Not: Did Apple buy voice recognition company Nuance or not? Back to Normal: HP employees rejoice as new CEO returns pay back to previous levels. Deal Blocked: Dynegy scraps Blackstone's $604.5 million takeover because of lack of shareholder support. Good Returns: Accel Partner's extraordinary 2005 fund IX. Hedgies in Crosshairs: Insider trading probe heats up and feds raid hedge funds. And, a who's-who of everyone named in the scandal so far.