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The Denver Business Journal (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The European Union deadline has been extended on the antitrust review of Oracle Corp.'s $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc., a deal that would combine two of Colorado's largest tech employers. (ORCL) (JAVA)
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TechSheep (Free subscription) | yesterday
Matthew Newman / Bloomberg: Oracle $7.4 Billion Sun Takeover May Be Blocked by EU on Competition Issue — Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) — Oracle Corp.’s planned $7.4 billion purchase of Sun Microsystems Inc. may be blocked by European Union regulators because of concerns Oracle might be able to eliminate Sun’s MySQL database product …
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Internet News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Oracle gets more time from the EU to defend its purchase of Sun Microsystems, while some are calling on the company to sell off MySQL.
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The Industry Standard (Free subscription) | yesterday
Ruby, the popular open source dynamic language, is making headway not only on Java but also on the Windows and Mac platforms. Appearing at the RubyConf event in Burlingame, Calif., on Friday afternoon, Engine Yard officials offered insights on JRuby, which puts Ruby on the JVM (Java Virtual Machine). JRuby also functions with Windows. Apple personnel at the conference detailed MacRuby , which puts...
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Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
ORACLE has been given more time by EU regulators to tackle concerns that its $7 billion (£4.3bn) acquisition of Sun Microsystems may be anti-competitive.
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The Register (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
AIX pipeline lubrication In an effort to boost the amount of money that IBM is getting from competitive takeouts of Unix systems from Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems, Big Blue has taken a sharp machete to the memory prices on its Power Systems, reducing prices by between 28 and 70 per cent.…
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bizjournals (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Oracle Corp. was given more time by European regulators to defend its $7.4 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems, with the deadline for completion of an antitrust review extended to Jan. 27.
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The Register (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Commission extends deadline The European Competition Commission is extending the deadline set for Oracle to provide evidence that its proposed takeover of Sun Microsystems will not damage competition for European consumers.…
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Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
European Union regulators said Friday that they have extended until Jan. 27 a deadline to wrap up their antitrust review of Oracle Corp.'s planned $7.4 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc.
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InfoWorld (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Oracle and Sun Microsystems have been granted an extra week to defend their planned $7 billion merger in front of European regulators, the European Commission said Friday.
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Computer World (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Oracle and Sun Microsystems have been granted an extra week to defend their planned US$7 billion merger in front of European regulators, the European Commission said Friday.
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Financial Times (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The European Commission, the EU’s main competition watchdog, has extended the deadline for approval of Oracle’s proposed $7.4bn merger with rival Sun Microsystems
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Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
European Union regulators said Friday that they have extended until Jan. 27 a deadline to wrap up their antitrust review of Oracle Corp.'s planned $7.4 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc.