Macy’$

Macy’s Inc. reported a better-than-expected 7.4 percent rise in May sales at stores open at least a year.

Fees OK’d

Irving Picard, who is liquidating con man Bernard L. Madoff’s es tate, won a bankruptcy judge’s approval of $43.9 million in fees for himself and his firm for four months’ work.

1450 sale

The 400,200 square- foot office building at 1450 Broadway was sold for $204 million to the Zar Group on Tues day. The sellers were a venture of the Chetrit Group, The Moinian Group and Edward J. Minskoff Equities.

Hulu deal

Hulu said yesterday that it will offer Mira max films to some of its subscribers as part of a deal between the two companies.

Occupied

The five-story brownstone at 7 W. 24th St. being sold at auction with 1107 Broadway is fully occu pied and ground leased to a tenant through 2027. This information was incorrectly re ported in a story yester day on page 36.