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Oracle shelves Larry Ellison’s dream of cloud dominance — Bloomberg Businessweek

The company’s goal is no longer to dethrone Amazon Web Services but to remain competitive in databases and applications, writes Nico Grant. Here is the...

Google to acquire Looker for $2.6 billion

Google has entered into an agreement to acquire Looker, a company that provides a unified platform for business intelligence, data applications and embedded analytics, in a $2.6 billion all-cash transaction.