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DirecTV Group Inc. (DTV) said it is getting closer to an agreement with Viacom Inc. (VIA, VIAB) and said it keeps asking the operator of cable-television channels to return its networks as details are finalized.

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A group of futures-industry self-regulators agreed to accelerate efforts to enable them to electronically confirm customers' balances, an area of concern highlighted by the recent collapse of Peregrine Financial Group Inc.

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne will announce Wednesday his latest plans to stimulate the recession-hit U.K. economy that will see government guarantees provided on around GBP50 billion ($78 billion) of private investment in infrastructure projects and exports.

Japan's government plans to ease restrictions on U.S. beef imports, increasing the maximum age for animals whose meat is sold in the country to 30 months from 20 months currently, the Nikkei business daily said in an unsourced report Wednesday.

Japanese online retailer Rakuten Inc. will post a record high operating profit for the first half of the year, the Nikkei business daily said in an unsourced report Wednesday.

Mining giant BHP Billiton Ltd. said Wednesday that it put in a robust performance over the 12 months to June 30 in a "challenging environment." Iron ore production in the three months to the end of June totaled 40.9 million tonnes, up from 35.5 million tonnes in the year-ago quarter.

The Labor and Welfare Ministry has begun an organizational review of Japan's biggest public pension fund, seeking to weaken the chief executive's authority and increase national oversight, The Nikkei reported early Wednesday.

Yahoo Inc. (YHOO) showed a lack of progress in boosting its quarterly financial performance Tuesday, as the Internet media firm gears up for yet another chapter in its ongoing turnaround effort under newly appointed Chief Executive Marissa Mayer.