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February 14, 2020

In win for Amazon, judge freezes work on Pentagon contract

  • Amazon's lawsuit, filed in November, alleged that President Donald Trump's bias against the company hurt its chances to win the project.
    • By JOSEPH PISANI, RACHEL LERMAN and MATT O'BRIEN
    AP Business Writers

    NEW YORK — A federal judge on Thursday ordered a temporary halt of Microsoft's work on a $10 billion military cloud contract, a win for Amazon, which sued the U.S. government last year for awarding the contract to its rival.

    Amazon's lawsuit, filed in November, alleged that President Donald Trump's bias against the company hurt its chances to win the project. Amazon and Microsoft were finalists for the lucrative contract, for which Amazon was considered an early front-runner.


     
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