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EMI Group named Roger Ames head of EMI Music North America. He is a former Warner Music Group Corp. chairman and chief executive.

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Telekom Malaysia is leading 17 telecommunications companies that signed a pact to build a $500-million undersea fiber optic cable between Southeast Asia and the U.S.

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South Korea said it had cleared a 6.4-ton shipment of U.S. beef after inspections, allowing the meat to enter the country for the first time since 2003.