Oracle Corporation

U.S. software company Oracle <ORCL.O> will present to European Union regulators on Dec. 10 its case for buying computer maker Sun Microsystems <JAVA.O>, two people with knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday. The European Commission...

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...Fifty-nine U.S. senators, led by John Kerry and Orrin Hatch, have urged European antitrust regulators to conclude their investigation of the Oracle and Sun Microsystems merger and justify any further delay in making a decision on the deal.

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...the deal. Because of fears that the deal won't get completed, Sun's stock is trading for much less than the $9.50 per share that Oracle would pay to acquire the company. The stock fell 4 cents, or 0.5 percent, to $8.50 on Tuesday afternoon.

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...complained that Oracle had not tried to offer any solutions - possibly selling off MySQL, which Oracle says it doesn't want to do. Oracle has criticized the EU for not understanding the database market or open-source dynamics well...

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European Union regulators have extended their review of plans by U.S. software firm Oracle <ORCL.O> to buy Sun Microsystems for $7 billion, giving Oracle more time to tackle concerns the deal may be anti-competitive. The executive...

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European Union regulators on Friday extended the deadline for their review of plans by U.S. software company Oracle <ORCL.O> to buy computer maker Sun Microsystems <JAVA.O> for $7 billion. "Oracle requested the extension in order to have...

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