News highlights for 4 June
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Wal-Mart reassures employees as the investment in new tech continues
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (Reuters) – Wal-Mart Stores Inc executives on Friday reassured workers they remained integral to the company’s success as they highlighted investments in online sales and other technology to compete with rivals like Amazon.com Inc. Read more…
Apple’s Siri vs Alexa, the battle heats up
(Reuters) – Apple Inc is expected to announce plans this week to make its Siri voice assistant work with a larger variety of apps, as the technology company looks to counter the runaway success of Amazon.com Inc’s competing Alexa service. Read more…
Apple, Amazon team up with Foxconn to bid for Toshiba chip business
TOKYO (Reuters) – Apple Inc and Amazon.com Inc will join Foxconn’s bid for Toshiba Corp’s semiconductor business, the Nikkei business daily quoted Foxconn Chairman Terry Gou as saying on Monday. Read more…
Putin praises Trump for campaign, says US intel could have faked the fake evidence
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Donald Trump had run a better presidential campaign than Hillary Clinton and that U.S. intelligence agencies could have easily faked what he said was false evidence that Russia had hacked the Democratic Party. Read more…
Spotify flotation could be within a year
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Streaming music service Spotify could be floated within a year, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday, after co-founder Martin Lorentzon told Swedish radio a listing was not in the pipeline. Read more…
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