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Oracle settled a $15.5 million lawsuit regarding California sales employee commissions [3]. Despite this, the company received positive recognition as a leader in Transportation Management Systems for the 18th time [4] and saw several engineering and construction companies adopt its Fusion Cloud Applications [5]. Oracle expanded its cloud offerings via partnerships with Google Cloud, increasing the reach of its database services and strengthening its multicloud strategy [2], [9]. However, security breaches involving stolen client and patient data, missed Q3 earnings and revenue expectations, and increased capital expenditures raise concerns [10]. While a billionaire investor views Oracle favorably [7], its stock has declined recently, underperforming the S&P 500 [8], and the company faces competition from major cloud providers [6], [10]. SoftBank's renewed interest in Bitcoin has no direct impact on Oracle [1].