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World Service,09 May 2014,28 mins

Apple In Talks to Takeover Beats for $3bn

World Business Report

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Apple could be taking over Dr Dre's music brand Beats. Also, two of the world's biggest advertising companies call off a merger - we ask why the deal turned sour. Spanish opera singer Montserrat Caballe - who sang 'Barcelona' with Freddie Mercury for the 1992 Olympics - is under investigation for tax evasion. Finally, we have our usual look back at the week's biggest business stories with Chip Cummins, Europe Editor of the Wall Street Journal and Rob Cox, US editor of Reuters Breaking Views. (Image: Getty)

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