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Alexa and Google Home’s dirty little secret: 97% of voice apps are only used for one week

As much as we may tire of mobile apps, they have one advantage over voice apps: We remember them.

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Alexa and Google Home’s dirty little secret: 97% of voice apps are only used for one week

Exxon boosts capital budget but takes $2 billion charge from XTO deal

Exxon Mobil Corp boosted its 2017 capital budget on Tuesday on a bet that oil prices have stabilized, but posted its lowest quarterly profit since 1999 as it took a $2 billion charge against the value of natural gas reserves from its buyout of XTO Energy. The world's largest publicly traded oil producer wrote down the book value of part of its North American natural gas and crude reserves, some of which were acquired in 2009…

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U.S. airline, travel agency shares nosedive amid immigration ban turmoil

U.S. airline and online booking agency shares slumped for the second consecutive day on Tuesday, and some industry executives have begun speaking out against the Trump administration's ban on travel from seven majority

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Fed likely to keep rates steady as it awaits Trump economic plan

By Lindsay Dunsmuir WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to keep interest rates unchanged on Wednesday in its first policy decision since President Donald Trump took office, as the central bank awaits greater clarity on his economic policies. Trump has promised a large infrastructure spending program, tax cuts, a rollback of regulations and a renegotiation of trade deals but has offered few details or a timeline for their roll out…

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Trump pushes drugmakers for lower prices, more U.S. production

WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump in a meeting on Tuesday with pharmaceutical executives called on them to manufacture more of their drugs in the United States and cut prices, while vowing to speed approval …

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Starbucks CEO Schultz plans to hire 10,000 refugees after Trump ban

Starbucks Corp Chief Executive Officer Howard Schultz said on Sunday that the company planned to hire 10,000 refugees over five years in 75 countries, two days after U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order banning refugees from certain countries. Trump on Friday put a four-month hold on allowing refugees into the United States and temporarily barred travelers from Syria and six other Muslim-majority countries,

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Back to zero: Companies use 1970s budget tool to cut costs as they hunt for growth

By Tim McLaughlin BOSTON (Reuters) – The number of U.S. companies using a budgeting tool made famous in the 1970s by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is surging as they turn their spending habits upside down to boost profits and to re-invest in their businesses. The upswing in zero-based budgeting (ZBB) signals that a broader cross-…

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Trump travel ban stirs faint corporate outcry beyond Silicon Valley

NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) – Most U.S. corporate bosses have stayed silent on President Donald Trump's immigration curbs, underscoring the sensitivities around opposing policies that could provoke a backlash from the…

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Oil slides as strong U.S. drilling activity weakens deal to cut output

By Karolin Schaps LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices fell on Monday as news of another increase in U.S. drilling activity spread concern over rising oil output just as many of the world's oil producers are trying to comply with a deal to pump less in an attempt to prop up prices. The number of active U.S. oil rigs rose to the highest since November 2015 …

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Shares fall, dollar dips versus yen after Trump travels curbs

By Nigel Stephenson LONDON (Reuters) – Shares fell in Europe and Asia on Monday and the dollar dipped against the yen after immigration curbs introduced by Donald Trump added an extra layer of uncertainty to the economic impact of the new U.S. president's policies. French 10-year yields hit a 16-month high in early trade after an opinion poll showed conservative presidential election candidate …

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