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Mississippi received an initial $170-million payment from the tobacco industry, making the state the first in the nation to be compensated by major cigarette makers for the cost of treating ailing smokers. . . . Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. should be allowed to market its nonprescription Excedrin Extra Strength pills as a treatment for migraine headaches, a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel said. . . . International Paper Co. said its Masonite unit agreed to settle a class-action suit claiming its siding and building products are defective and said the cost probably won’t exceed the $150 million reserved for the case, which was filed in 1994 in Alabama. . . . PageMart Wireless Inc. said it will offer its paging services with Motorola Inc. pagers through 7-Eleven convenience stores, in an effort to expand paging as a mass-market service. PageMart will test-market the services in 670 stores on the East Coast under an agreement with Southland Corp. . . . Starbucks Corp. said 110 unionized workers in Vancouver, Canada, ratified the coffee retailer’s first union accord, which includes a provision basing pay increases on merit rather than seniority. . . . The United Auto Workers informed General Motors Corp. that it could strike two parts plants if local contracts are not reached by next Tuesday night. The strike notice involves a transmission plant in Warren, Mich., that has 2,700 UAW members, and the Delphi Interior & Lighting plant in Anderson, Ind., which employs 2,800 UAW workers.