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Google drops out of $10bn Pentagon cloud bid

Bloomberg Alphabet Inc.’s Google has decided not to compete for the Pentagon’s cloud-computing contract valued at as much as $10 billion, saying the project may conflict with its corporate values. The project, known as the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud, or JEDI, involves transitioning massive amounts of Defense Department data to a commercially operated cloud system. Companies are due to ...

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Royal Mail sinks below 2013 IPO price

Bloomberg Royal Mail Plc broke below its initial public offering price to mark a significant political moment five years after a share sale that British lawmakers said shortchanged the public. The stock fell as much as 4.9 percent to touch a record-low 321.8 pence in early London trading, below the 330 pence at which the 500-year-old postal service was sold ...

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Microsoft invests in Grab as ride hailer adopts Azure

Bloomberg Microsoft Corp. will invest an unspecified amount in Grab as the ride-hailing giant adopts the US company’s Azure as its preferred platform for cloud services. Under the five-year deal, the companies will collaborate on technologies including big data, artificial intelligence and connected car platforms. Grab counts Amazon Web Services among its existing cloud suppliers and has worked in the ...

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