Inside the bun

Noah Griggs Jr., a former exec for the parent company of Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s fast-food restaurants, will pay $268,000 to resolve regulatory claims that he used non-public information to trade the firm’s securities.

Smaller rock

BlackRock, the world’s biggest money manager, paid Chief Executive Officer Laurence D. Fink $21.9 million in 2011, an 8 percent decrease from the prior year.

CPI rise

The Labor Department said the Consumer Price Index rose 0.4 percent in February after advancing 0.2 percent in January. Gasoline accounted for more than 80 percent of the rise, which was the highest in 10 months.

Icahn offer

Carl Icahn extended his $30-a-share offer for CVR Energy after attracting less than 1 percent of the oil refiner’s shares. The new deadline is 5 p.m. on April 2.

Google exit

Dave Girouard, who is Google’s vice president of apps, is leaving after eight years to start his own company, in which Google Ventures plans to invest.