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Microsoft has reportedly abandoned talks with Oracle to lease $3 billion in AI computing power after a stalemate over federal security regulations.
June 16 (Reuters) - Microsoft's discussions with Oracle regarding a cloud infrastructure leasing deal, potentially valued at more than $3 billion, have fallen apart due to security and compliance
Oracle said on Tuesday that details in a Business Insider report on the collapse of its discussions with Microsoft over a potential leasing deal were inaccurate. The report had said that Microsoft's discussions with Oracle regarding a cloud infrastructure leasing deal have fallen apart due to security and compliance concerns. Microsoft did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the report, which cited people familiar with the matter.
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ORCL and ADBE spotlight a positive earnings outlook as S&P 500 estimates rise, even as investors weigh AI spending, cash flow and growth trends.
Shares of Oracle (ORCL) tumbled 8.53% on June 11 as investors are concerned about the company's plans to raise more money to fund its AI buildout, overshadowing better-than-expected fiscal fourth-quarter results and a higher profit outlook announced a day earlier. On June 10, the 49-year-old cloud ...
A newly awarded federal cloud contract could give ORCL investors a compelling reason to look past the concerns.
Oracle just wrapped its fiscal year 2026 with record quarterly revenue of $19.2 billion, up 21% year-over-year (YoY), and its leadership team used the June 10 earnings call to send a clear message to investors: the biggest growth is still ahead. Cloud infrastructure revenue surged 93% in the ...
<body><p>STORY: The U.S. Justice Department's (DOJ) Antitrust Division said it has cleared Paramount Skydance Corp's planned acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.</p><p>It said the $110 billion transaction was unlikely to harm competition or consumers,</p><p>saying its impact "will be to increase competition across the media and entertainment ecosystem, with benefits for American consumers and workers."</p><p>Paramount thanked the DOJ for its review of the transaction.</p><p>It said the deal would allow the company to better compete in an industry defined by an intense scramble for audiences, talent, technology and investment.</p><p>Paramount CEO David Ellison's father, billionaire Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, has cultivated ties with President Donald Trump.</p><p>Assistant Attorney General Omeed Assefi had said that politics would "absolutely not" drive the DOJ's review of the transaction.</p><p>The Federal Communications Commission has yet to approve Paramount's petition for foreign investors to own up to 100% of the deal's debt.</p><p>Several in Hollywood have expressed concern that the merger would result in fewer jobs and less diversity of storytelling.</p><p>Sources familiar with the matter told Reuters last week that California, New York and other U.S. states are preparing a lawsuit to block the deal.</p></body>
Earnings season is undoubtedly hectic for market participants, with companies finally revealing what's transpired behind closed doors.
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The earnings revisions trend for full-year 2026 has been positive for quite some time now, with estimates for 11 of the 16 Zacks sectors increasing since the start of March. Energy, Basic Materials, and Technology have been the biggest beneficiaries.
On June 12, Oracle’s (ORCL) earnings beat ran straight into what has apparently been a wall of investor worry. Wall Street had been looking for proof that Oracle’s cloud infrastructure business was still riding the AI boom, and the company delivered plenty of it. Revenue surged, Oracle Cloud ...
Investing.com -- Investors have had to assess a mix of earnings disappointments, capital raises, and shifting fortunes, with the week headlined by SpaceX's high-profile public market debut.
The stock market tumbled to key levels but roared back on Iran deal hopes. The record SpaceX IPO took off. Oracle dived on AI spending.
Deal will power workforce management for roughly 2 million U.S. federal employees.
CORRECTIONS The first name of Lynn Bromley, a former Maine state senator, was misspelled as Lynne in some editions Thursday in a U.S. News article about women voters. Oracle’s fourth-quarter cloud-infrastructure revenue rose 93% from a year earlier.
Dow Jones futures: The S&P 500 and Nasdaq jumped as Trump canceled Iran strikes, but still below key levels. The SpaceX IPO priced at 135 a share. CrowdStrike flashed a new buy signal.
U.S. stocks rallied to their best day in two months, and oil prices fell after President Donald Trump called off his threat to bomb Iran in the evening. The Dow Jones Industrial Average leaped 1.9%, and the Nasdaq composite rallied 2.5%. The Nasdaq composite rose 640.16 points, or 2.5%, to 25,809.66.
Wedbush Cuts Oracle Target, Sparks Fresh Fears Over $40B AI Spending Plan
All three major US stock indexes were up in late-morning trading Thursday, as chip stocks rebounded
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Oracle shares tumbled 12% on Thursday as surging spending and a ballooning debt load fanned investor concerns about the cash burn in the company's push to build out AI infrastructure. A smaller player in the cloud-computing industry for a long time, Oracle has in recent months seized massive data-center deals with OpenAI and Meta to compete more forcefully with rivals, such as Amazon and Microsoft. But Oracle lacks the large cash flows that have primarily funded the tech giants' outlays, forcing it to burn cash and sell debt instruments at a time its traditional software business is under pressure from the very AI tools it plans to support through its cloud.
Shares of Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) are down 10% to $182.25 in early trading Thursday, following the company’s Q4 FY2026 earnings report released after the bell Wednesday. The slide is dragging on cloud and enterprise software names, with Salesforce (NYSE:CRM) stock down 1.28% to $168.80 and trading near its 52-week lows. Oracle stock closed at $201.26 Wednesday, ... Oracle Plunges 10% After Earnings, Salesforce Slips Near 52-Week Lows as Cloud Stocks Slide
The 10-year deal will replace more than 100 separate agency HR systems with a single cloud-based platform serving roughly 2 million federal employees
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