$Microsoft (MSFT.US)$$Amazon (AMZN.US)$$Oracle (ORCL.US)$$Al...

$Microsoft (MSFT.US)$ $Amazon (AMZN.US)$ $Oracle (ORCL.US)$ $Alphabet-C (GOOG.US)$ The Pentagon announced it has issued formal solicitations to Amazon (AMZN), Microsoft (MSFT), Alphabet (GOOG), and Oracle (ORCL) for a multibillion-dollar cloud-computing contract to replace the JEDI procurement, which became mired in litigation between Microsoft and Amazon and objections from Congress.