☰

Cultura

Apple's Jobs to attend Obama meeting Thursday: source


    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Apple Inc Chief Executive Steve Jobs will attend a meeting in California on Thursday with U.S. President Barack Obama, a source familiar with the meeting said.

    Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, General Electric Co Chief Executive Jeffrey Immelt, Google Inc Chief Executive Eric Schmidt will also attend the meeting, the source told Reuters.

    Obama is flying to San Francisco later on Thursday. In California, he is meeting with a number of business leaders in technology and innovation at a private residence, the White House said.

    The White House has been pushing lately to improve its relations with the business community. Thursday's meeting will address issues including how to strengthen the U.S. economy, support entrepreneurship and generate jobs in the United States, the White House said.

    (Reporting by Patricia Zengerle, editing by Vicki Allen, Dave Zimmerman)