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Wal-Mart’s next move against Amazon: More warehouses, faster shipping

By Nandita Bose CHICAGO (Reuters) – Wal-Mart Stores Inc is accelerating its investment in e-commerce in a bid to narrow the gap with Amazon.com Inc and to give it an even more dominant position against the rest of the field in retail. The world's largest retailer is now on track to double the number of giant warehouses dedicated to online sales to 10 by the end of 2016, according to Justen Traweek, vice-president of…

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Oil prices weaken post-Christmas, U.S. crude defends premium over Brent

By Henning Gloystein SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices fell on Monday after the long Christmas weekend, with U.S. crudes defending a newly gained premium over internationally traded Brent contracts. Brent was down 18 cents at $17.71 a barrel, meaning that U.S. crude defended a premium it gained over the globally traded benchmark last week. “Markets are generally weak, so the trend remains for lower prices, but do watch out for sharp moves in the low liquidity days between Christmas and New Year,” one

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‘Gigantic’ creator layoffs show that MOBA games aren’t easy

With Blizzard, Riot and seemingly everyone else making a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game, the field is getting pretty crowded… and unfortunately, it’s clear that some of those developers …

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‘Gigantic’ creator layoffs show that MOBA games aren’t easy