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BEA plans to let Oracle buyout offer expire
October 26, 2007
BEA Systems reiterates its stance that $17 a share is too low and is prepared to let the buyout offer expire Sunday.
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Oracle sets deadline for BEA offer
October 23, 2007
Takeover bid of $17 per share is now set to expire Sunday, unless the middleware company agrees to give shareholders a vote.
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BEA sets buyout price at $21 a share
October 25, 2007
Oracle's offer of $17 per share? No thanks, BEA says again. This time, it's countering with what it sees as a better shareholder value.
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Oracle: Even $6.7 billion for BEA is too high
November 15, 2007
CEO Larry Ellison tells analysts that if his company renews bid for middleware maker, it would come at a price below $17 a share.
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Buyout could serve both BEA, Oracle
October 12, 2007
The proposed acquisition could resolve questions about BEA's future growth. Then there's the Carl Icahn factor.
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HP extends Oracle pact to cover middleware
February 13, 2006
Hewlett-Packard will provide consulting services for Oracle's suite of Java server software.
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BEA gives Icahn access to confidential financials
November 5, 2007
BEA Systems hopes Carl Icahn, its largest shareholder, will gain a better sense of the company's value after reviewing the documents.
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Oracle pulls buyout offer for BEA Systems
October 29, 2007
The $6.7 billion buyout bid is kaput, Oracle says, as BEA holds its ground on a per-share price and investor Carl Icahn agitates for board action.
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BEA's financial restatements key to warding off Icahn
November 2, 2007
Company needs to get financials in order if it hopes to keep its biggest shareholder from taking control of a possible buyout, legal experts say.
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Open-source firm SourceLabs partners with Oracle
February 9, 2006
Services outfit SourceLabs stress tests the "SASH" open-source components on Oracle's application server.
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Oracle updates application server, Java tool
February 10, 2006
Application Server 10g and Java development tool add support for server standards, AJAX Web development.
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What's Microsoft's next move in fight for Yahoo?
February 11, 2008
After a resounding "no" on its unsolicited buyout offer for Yahoo, Redmond will either up the ante or ready a one-two punch.
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Year in review: Software vendors sate their big appetites
December 16, 2005
Makers of enterprise applications had merger mania this year, adding heft to already large players.
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Week in review: Snuffing out OS bugs
November 16, 2007
Microsoft and Apple release dueling OS updates, while Oracle looks to the past and future. Also: Going green in the garage.
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Year in review: Enterprise software gets smarter
December 18, 2007
Industry heavyweights snap up business intelligence players in ever-growing market.
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Red Hat and JBoss: No turning back for open source
April 10, 2006
Red Hat's $350 million purchase of JBoss speeds up the collision between the once closed-off open-source world and entrenched software heavyweights.
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Sun to make Java more Linux-friendly
May 4, 2006
As JavaOne approaches, plans are afoot to make Java licensing terms more favorable to open-source OSes.
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Software: No longer business as usual
November 17, 2005
Microsoft's eyeing free, ad-supported products while companies dump "big beast" software projects in favor of hosted.
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