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Oracle Breaks Ground on $4.5B Nashville HeadquartersBusiness — 4dOracle broke ground on its planned $4.5 billion global headquarters on Nashville’s East Bank, a project expected to create 8,500 permanent jobs by 2031 and open its first buildings in 2030. The development also includes public infrastructure such as a pedestrian bridge, park and greenway connections, though its scale and construction impacts have raised questions about the project’s effects on the surrounding community.

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Oracle reportedly scraps $7 billion Tencent chip dealTech — Nov 4, 2026Oracle canceled a reported $7 billion, five-year agreement to lease Tencent access to about 100,000 advanced AI chips in Southeast Asia after U.S. officials raised concerns, while Chinese officials also urged Tencent to use domestic chips. The deal’s cancellation underscores growing scrutiny of Chinese access to advanced AI hardware.

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Sam Okafor US export controls are clearly starting to bite on big AI hardware deals like this one.

AstraZeneca and Oracle begin AI project to speed trial recruitment — Oct 20, 2026AstraZeneca and Oracle signed a non-binding AI deal on Oct. 20, 2026; first program with M42 targets uncontrolled hypertension for trial recruitment in Abu Dhabi.

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Dana Whitfield This partnership could finally speed up finding the right patients for new blood pressure treatments.

Book claims leaders who multiply intelligence get twice the output — Oct 19, 2026At Oracle, two equally sharp executives ran similar teams—one grew smarter over time while the other stagnated waiting for orders.

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County authorizes potential Project Jupiter breach noticeBusiness — Oct 28, 2026Doña Ana County commissioners unanimously authorized formal notice to Project Jupiter’s developers of a potential breach of industrial revenue bond agreements over Oracle’s proposed arrangement with El Paso Electric. The move opens talks about resolving the dispute; it does not establish that the developers violated the agreements or revoke the project’s bond authorization.

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Most Influential Women in World HistoryYourlist — RankingFrom ancient queens who ruled empires to modern activists who changed laws, these women left indelible marks on politics, science, and culture. Vote for who you think shaped history most profoundly.

Oracle proposes 35% emissions cut at Project JupiterBusiness — Oct 13, 2026Oracle says it will cut Project Jupiter’s projected annual greenhouse-gas emissions by about 35%, to 5.7 million tons, through a revised fuel-cell microgrid plan as New Mexico reviews the project’s air permit. Separately, Oracle has proposed utility payments and up to $165 million in electricity-bill credits for New Mexico customers, while forecasting more than $13 billion in economic activity from the data center.

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Oracle Trucks Gas to Power New Mexico Data CentersBusiness — Oct 8, 2026Oracle may truck compressed natural gas to its New Mexico Project Jupiter AI campus, planned for up to 2.45 GW of gas-fired fuel cells, after pipeline delays.

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HPE's Juniper networking deal with Oracle includes possible equity stake — Sep 3, 2026Analysts trimmed Oracle price targets ahead of fiscal Q1, but view a potential cloud and SaaS growth inflection as a catalyst to calm the bear case. Separately, Oracle expands its AI infrastructure push by deepening its collaboration with Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Juniper Networks to deploy multi-year, high-capacity networking across OCI data centers, with new support services and warrants issued to Oracle in the deal.

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Banks Mark Down Oracle’s $18B Data Center Loans Amid Stalled Sales — Sep 18, 2026Banks are struggling to place about $18 billion of loans backing Oracle’s Project Jupiter data center in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, with the debt quoted at 89 to 91 cents on the dollar as investor concern grows over Oracle’s rising borrowing and weak credit metrics. Local opposition and regulatory hurdles, including a halted natural gas pipeline plan, compound financing challenges for the Oracle-OpenAI AI infrastructure project.

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Oracle shares jump after Fusion Claw AI runtime launch — Sep 29, 2026Oracle unveiled Fusion Claw in Austin on Sept. 29-30, 2026, adding 25 agentic apps to reach 75; outlets put the share jump at 4.2%, 5%, or 8%.

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Maya Lindstrom Oracle's Fusion Claw launch with 25 extra agentic apps looks like a real step forward for their AI offerings.

Oracle Seeks Force Majeure Protection for $165B New Mexico Data Center — Sep 24, 2026Oracle sent Blue Owl a force majeure notice on its $165B New Mexico Project Jupiter campus, seeking delayed payments if the 2028 opening slips.

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Priya Raman If regulators keep slowing it down then force majeure might be the only way Oracle protects itself from endless delays.

Support Trump vs Support DemocratsYourlist — VS BattleEvery executive order, court fight, and agency purge just adds another tally mark to the same permanent scoreboard.

EU seeks information on Oracle licensing practicesTech — Sep 1, 2026EU antitrust regulators are widening scrutiny of Oracle’s cloud software licensing, collecting information from third parties to assess potential anti-competitive practices, though no formal investigation has been announced. The inquiries echo ongoing concerns about licensing terms and switching costs in cloud markets, given Oracle’s entrenched databases and long-standing disputes with European customers.

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Oracle Invests $10 Million to Restore Nashville Symphony SeasonBusiness — Oct 4, 2026Oracle is investing $10 million in the Nashville Symphony, allowing it to reinstate its 2026–27 season and avert planned furloughs for musicians and staff. The partnership will also support a restructuring aimed at addressing the orchestra’s deficit and building a more sustainable financial foundation.

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Trump Says Oracle Close To Tiktok Deal as Bytedance Aims for Majority OwnershipReporting — Sep 15, 2020President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he had heard Oracle Corp <ORCL.N> was very close to a deal over ByteDance’s TikTok, even as sources said the Chinese company was seeking to keep majority ownership of the popular…

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Oracle Rallies 5% as Morgan Stanley Lifts Its Price Target, CoreWeave Advances 3%Business — Sep 8, 2026

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Answer honestly and the AI sketches your soulmateQuizie — QuizNot who you think you want — who your answers say you need. The AI drafts the wanted poster.

Senator Rubio Urges Trump To Scrap Tiktok-Oracle Deal If Bytedance Ties RemainReporting — Sep 16, 2020Marco Rubio and five other Republican senators called on the Trump administration to reject a proposed deal for Oracle <ORCL.N> to become a “trusted technology provider” for popular social media platform TikTok’s U.S…

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Sen. John Kennedy: ‘Mr. Biden Is a Tool, Bernie Sanders Is the Oracle’Reporting — Oct 9, 2020Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is the “oracle” while Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is the “tool” in the 2020 presidential election, or so Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) believes. Appearing on Fox News’ “America’s…

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Tencent reportedly agrees to $7B Oracle lease for 100,000 AI chips — Oct 1, 2026Tencent has reportedly agreed to a five-year, roughly $7 billion lease giving it access to about 100,000 advanced AI chips in Oracle data centers in Southeast Asia, with about 30% paid upfront. The deal would help Tencent train AI models and develop AI agents despite U.S. restrictions on chip sales to China, while underscoring Chinese companies’ growing reliance on overseas computing capacity.

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Jared Kim This deal means Oracle gets steady revenue while Tencent keeps advancing its models, but it also raises questions about long-term dependence on foreign data centers.

AI Warnings Weigh on Stocks Despite Oracle Growth — Sep 11, 2026U.S. stock futures and major indexes rose as oil declined and Oracle’s strong earnings boosted AI optimism, helping the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq advance amid persistent inflation concerns. Traders priced in a higher likelihood of a Fed rate hike after the August CPI data, while oil’s retreat and mixed demand signals kept markets cautious amid broader volatility.

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OpenAI revenue run rate nears $50 billion, below prior estimatesTech — Oct 8, 2026OpenAI told investors ARR neared $50B at end of September—about $20B below the nearly $70B previously circulated; Oracle and Microsoft shares fell.

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Oracle CEO Says AI Speeds Coding, Stalls DeliveryTech — Sep 18, 2026Oracle has rapidly adopted OpenAI-backed AI tools, with 80% staff adoption cutting coding timelines dramatically, yet product delivery remains bottlenecked by testing, validation, and release processes, offsetting internal productivity gains. The company has spent billions on AI infrastructure, while substantial layoffs and a reported $1.84 billion in severance accompany the shift, underscoring that faster coding does not automatically translate into faster time-to-market or ROI.

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Mandiant Reports ShinyHunters Renews Global PeopleSoft Attacks — Sep 26, 2026Mandiant said ShinyHunters resumed mass exploitation of an Oracle PeopleSoft flaw, hitting dozens of systems globally; an FBI data-access claim remains unverified.

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Sam Okafor Universities and other places still running old PeopleSoft setups are basically inviting more of these mass exploits.

DoD Expands Oracle Contract Across Services — Jul 23, 2026The Pentagon has awarded nearly $7 billion in an Enterprise Software Agreement with Oracle to consolidate on‑premises licenses across the DoD, Coast Guard, and intelligence community into a single contract, with a five-year base and five-year option, aiming to save at least $441 million for taxpayers and streamline procurement. The move, part of a broader effort to eliminate fragmented software purchasing, follows a similar Microsoft consolidation and is led by CIO Kirsten Davies to improve interoperability, security, and rapid delivery to warfighters.

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ByteDance Says China Will Have To Approve Its US Tiktok DealReporting — Sep 17, 2020China will need to approve ByteDance’s proposed deal with Oracle Corp for its TikTok app, the Chinese company said on Thursday, indicating how its bid to stave off a ban in the United States could be further…

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