NewsWatch: Microsoft wins Pentagon’s $10 billion JEDI cloud contract, beating Amazon

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With its stunning win of a lucrative $10 billion Pentagon technology contract Friday, Microsoft Corp. not only beat Amazon.com Inc. but uprooted its larger rival as the federal government’s go-to cloud-computing vendor. See full story.

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Apple earnings: iPhone optimism hasn’t changed Apple’s downward trajectory

From one look at Apple Inc.’s stock, you might think that Wall Street was expecting something big from the company’s coming earnings report. See full story.

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These three cities have good hospitals and lots of other perks. See full story.

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