TechFlash: Amazon sues ex-employee; Washington's IPO drought; Cancer moonshot

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Amazon sues Target exec over non-compete agreement In another sign that noncompete agreements are a contenious issue in Washington, Amazon has sued a former logistics executive who took a job at Target. Biden to draw Seattle researchers into White House's cancer moonshot plan Vice President Joe Biden told some of Seattle's cancer research experts he may be calling on them in the coming months to participate in a larger discussion to identify practical things that can be done to quicken the pace of curing cancers. Despite national IPO slowdown, Washington's drought could soon end The state's IPO drought began largely as a result of an influx of private capital, but the spigot has started to dry up as investors become more cautious. Now, many IPO candidates are waiting for other companies to take the plunge. Growing the cloud: How Microsoft, Inphi could help expand the entire industry A new partnership will not only enable Microsoft – which has more than 1 million servers all over the world – to build out data centers, but drive growth for the entire industry. VP Joe Biden: Sharing big data is vital to cancer research and Seattle can help During a roundtable discussion Monday, Vice President Joe Biden asked a group of eight cancer research and innovation leaders at The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center about what they needed from the big data industry to cure cancers. Shiftboard CEO attracts old investor for new financing Shiftboard has just raised $4 million in financing from a group of investors, including one that invested in the CEO's previous company. Tech tenants had an insatiable appetite in 2015 Companies leased nearly double the amount of office space in 2015 than they had in 2014 and tech companies led the way. National Tech News Here are the Silicon Valley tech startups that are hiring despite tighter times Obama announced Google to be used in Cuba-based Wi-Fi MBAs are increasingly finding a home in Silicon Valley Google's window-shopping list includes Shopify, CallidusCloud, Metavine Yahoo follows FanDuel's lead and stops taking bets in New York

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