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The World Trade Organization agreed to create a panel to examine European Union allegations that U.S. legislation aimed at stamping out investment in Cuba is illegal. . . . The Nasdaq Stock Market appointed J. Patrick Campbell executive vice president of marketing services. . . . NCR Corp. promised federal pension insurers that it will provide additional backing for benefit plans that cover more than 57,000 workers and retirees when it is spun off from AT&T; Corp. . . . Investment advisor Teresa Fernandez of Tenafly, N.J., has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $60 million from clients, mostly wealthy Filipinos, and defrauding them of millions of dollars in unearned fees.