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Apple set to expand Siri, taking different route from Amazon’s Alexa

Apple Inc is expected to announce plans next 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. Some industry-watchers have also predicted Apple will announce hardware similar to Amazon's Echo device for the home, which has been a hot-seller recently. Apple declined comment.


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Oil down 1 percent on rising U.S. drilling fears, supply glut

Oil down 1 percent on rising U.S. drilling fears, supply glut

Crude closed down more than 1 percent on Friday for a second straight week of losses, on worries that U.S. President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the Paris climate accord could accelerate U.S. production and flood the global oil market. Market analysts are troubled by a growth in U.S. crude production that is offsetting efforts from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries to reduce global oversupply. U.S. drillers this week added 11 rigs, in a record stretch of 20 straight weeks of additions, data from energy services company Baker Hughes showed.


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New truck orders pause in May

Research groups say overall market outlook remains positive.

Orders for new Class 8 trucks dropped in May from the previous month, but remained well above year-ago levels, two industry groups reported.

ACT Research said Class 8 orders were 16,800 units in May, down 30% from April and the lowest in the seven months. However, that was up 18% higher than May 2016.

The firm also reported overall Classes 5-8 net orders fell 11% in May to 38,100, the second consecutive monthly dip, but were 20% ahead of last year's pace.

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