Shanghai company sues Apple over Siri patent – Computerworld
IDG News Service – Apple has become the target of another lawsuit in China, this time because of its Siri technology, with a Shanghai-based company alleging that Apple has infringed on a patent involving its own personal assistant software.

Meatball company recalls 300,000 pounds of meat over listeria risk – YAHOO!
There have been no reports of illness related to the company’s products, it added. In 2011, more than 30 people died from listeria-contaminated cantaloupe linked to Jensen Farms in Colorado. Listeria bacteria thrive in low temperatures. Outbreaks are …

Walgreen to acquire USA Drug, giving company 30 more stores in Tulsa area [Tulsa World, Okla.] – Businessweek
July 06–Walgreen Co. is set for a major expansion in the Tulsa area after agreeing to acquire USA Drug, the parent company of May’s Drug, Med-X Drug and Drug Warehouse. Walgreen announced the $438 million deal Thursday, giving the company at …

Dubai’s duty-free company lines up $1.75B in loans – Boston Globe
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) Dubai s airport duty-free company says it has lined up $1.75 billion in loans to pay for the expansion of the city-state s main airport. Dubai Duty Free said Sunday the six-year syndicated credit facility …

UPDATE 3-News Corp board approves company split – source – Reuters
June 28 (Reuters) – The board of News Corp approved in principle splitting the $60 billion media conglomerate into separate publishing and entertainment businesses, a person familiar with the situation said on Thursday. News Corp’s board …

Dr. Drew under fire for taking drug company money – USA Today
CNN Headline News host Dr. Drew Pinsky is in a bit of a pickle about … filed by the U.S. government in federal court last October against the pharmaceutical company. The documents were disclosed as the U.S. Justice Department announced a $3 billion …

Company draws much interest from animation – Buffalo News
store employees and a news reporter. “Puppets – a first for us,” IBC President Ben Porcari said. The commercial was “more a labor of love,” not a highly lucrative project, for IBC Digital, Porcari said. The puppetry let the company apply its …

Media giant News Corp. considering breakup – Los Angeles Times
News Corp. is contemplating what once was unthinkable splitting its entertainment and publishing operations into separate companies. The company Tuesday confirmed that it was considering a breakup of the $52-billion global media conglomerate.