October 2019 – Vanderbilt Business Review

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The Morality of Facebook

Since Facebook was founded in 2004, it has expanded to serve many purposes, whether that be to allow people to connect with one another, to sell items, or to centralize communication among organizations. During the process, the company also acquired companies such as Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus, and created extension…

Microsoft-Oracle Partnership

Microsoft and Oracle recently announced their intention to integrate their cloud services. Until this announcement, the companies had been two of the three top competitors for the cloud services market through their Azure and Oracle Cloud arms. Microsoft and Oracle’s announcement is surprising because of the vocal rivalry between the…

The Federal Reserve September Meeting

On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve concluded its September meeting in which it lowered the target range for the federal funds rate from 2 percent to 2¼ percent to 1¾ percent to 2 percent. In its statement regarding the decision, the Federal Reserve indicated that a weakening global economic outlook combined…