Eat’n Park sues over smiley cookies

PITTSBURGH — The cookies may be smiling, but the restaurants are not.

Homestead-based Eat’n Park says in a lawsuit that the smiley face cookies made by a Chicago-based baker are “confusingly similar” to its own trademarked treats.

Eat’n Park seeks to block additional cookie sales by Chicago American Sweet & Snacks. It trademarked the cookie design in 1987.

Time Warner Cable in $55.33B deal

NEW YORK — Charter Communications will spend $55.33 billion to acquire Time Warner Cable in a cash-and-stock deal that would instantly create one of the largest pay-television and broadband operators in the U.S.

As part of the agreement, Charter will also buy Bright House Networks for more than $10 billion.

Charter will provide $100 in cash and shares of a new public parent company equal to 0.5409 shares of Charter for each outstanding Time Warner Cable share. The transaction values each Time Warner Cable share at about $195.71.

GM ignition switch death toll hits 107

DETROIT — The death toll from faulty ignition switches in small cars made by General Motors has reached 107.

Victims’ families are being offered compensation of at least $1 million each by attorney Kenneth Feinberg, who was hired by GM last year. In addition, GM has agreed to make offers to 199 people who were injured in crashes caused by the switches in the Chevrolet Cobalt and other older-model cars.

GM recalled 2.6 million of the cars last year, but acknowledged it knew about problems with the switches for more than a decade.

Feinberg’s compensation fund received 4,342 claims by the Jan. 31 deadline. GM paid $200 million to settle claims filed with Feinberg as of March 31