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Microsoft earnings meet Wall Street expectations, and the stock sinks almost 2% — Business Insider

Microsoft reported earnings for the holiday quarter of 2018 and came in just about exactly at Wall Street expectations on revenue, writes Matt Weinberger.

Here is the link: https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-earnings-q2-fy2019-revenue-eps-analysis-2019-1

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IBM to acquire HashiCorp for $6.4B

IBM and HashiCorp have entered into an agreement for IBM to acquire HashiCorp, a provider of infrastructure and security management products, for $6.4 billion.

Oracle is moving its world headquarters to Nashville to be closer to health-care industry — CNBC

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.