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JumpStart To Invest $750,000 In Three Companies

JumpStart is investing $750,000 in three young entrepreneurial companies. The companies, Anderson Aerospace, OptixConnect, and SpearFysh are in the information technology space, and will receive $250,000 investments each.

With these most recent investments, JumpStart has committed more than $22 million to 59 Northeast Ohio companies.

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Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison said Tuesday that the company is moving its world headquarters to Nashville, Tennessee, to be closer to a major health-care epicenter, writes Ashley Capoot.

U.S. bans noncompete agreements for nearly all jobs — NPR

The Federal Trade Commission narrowly voted Tuesday to ban nearly all noncompetes, employment agreements that typically prevent workers from joining competing businesses or launching ones of their own, writes Andrea Hsu. 

The Coca-Cola Company commits $1.1B to Microsoft Cloud and AI partnership

The Coca-Cola Company and Microsoft announced a five-year partnership on Tuesday. As part of the collaboration, Coca-Cola has committed $1.1 billion to Microsoft Cloud and generative AI capabilities.