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Apple Buys Voice App To Boost Siri

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PullString , a San Francisco maker of technology that enables people to design and publish voice-activated apps, was acquired by Apple. Axios , citing multiple sources, reported the deal is valued at around $30 million. Apple’s HomePod voice activated speakers haven’t resonated with consumers partly because of the hefty price tag.

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Ghana To Adopt West African ‘Eco’ Currency

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Under the deal, African countries in the bloc will not have to keep half of their reserves in the French Treasury, and a French representative will no longer sit on the currency union’s board,” Reuters said. In addition, there are plans to make payments for all government services cashless by next year.

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LendingClub and Morgan Stanley, A Tale of Two Bank Deals

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Call it a tale of two bank deals. The stories come with significantly different price tags: $185 million and $13 billion. The LendingClub Deal. Making a sizzling leap into #digitalbanking : [link]. The Morgan Stanley Deal. million E-Trade customers, across digital and human-touch activities. Some Precedents.

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Steep Slowdown For Chinese Cross-Border Corporate Acquisitions

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Bloomberg News reported Wednesday that dealmakers on China’s mainland are “struggling to cope with tighter capital controls” and a more cautious deal-making landscape. Such constraints have had an impact on merger activity. The buyouts dropped by 67 percent though the first four months of 2017.

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Instagram Plans To Turn Context Into Conversions

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Among the “committed” category of contextual commerce shoppers (those who make more than 10 purchases a year through some contextual guiding), 82 percent report a positive experience. to take the sense of discovery on Instagram even further, by allowing businesses to tag products in their organic posts and people to shop from them.”.

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UnitedHealth Earnings Show Healthcare At The Crossroads

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UnitedHealth reported that the cost of caring for pandemic patients accounted for roughly 11 percent of care activity in Q4, a 6 percent jump from July to September, CFO John Rex told investors. The company managed to beat Q4 profit expectations despite COVID-19 taking a significant bite out of its business. billion in equity funding.