Jan 11 - The following are the top stories in the Wall Street Journal. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

- Alphabet's Google said on Wednesday it is laying off hundreds of people working on its voice-activated Google Assistant software and is eliminating a similar number of roles in the company's Devices and Services team.

- The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission voted Wednesday to approve the first U.S.-listed exchange traded funds (ETFs) to track bitcoin.

- Pharmaceutical company Endo International won bankruptcy court approval on Tuesday to start soliciting votes for a restructuring plan that would pay $600 million to government agencies and private institutions affected by the opioid epidemic.

- Citigroup said on Wednesday in a regulatory filing that it set aside $1.3 billion in reserves to account for risks in Argentina and Russia.

- SAP, the German software company, agreed to pay about $222 million to resolve investigations into bribery schemes in seven countries, U.S. authorities said on Wednesday.

- Amazon.com will lay off several hundred employees in its Prime Video, Amazon MGM Studios and Twitch divisions.

(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)