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Year in review: The Microhoo saga

December 17, 2008 With no Microsoft deal, the beleaguered Yahoo slams the door on a dramatic 2008 and throws away the key. TAGS: Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Inc., buyout, Steve Ballmer, fight, Carl Icahn, CEO, Microsoft Corp.

Oracle sweeps up Siebel

September 13, 2005 Siebel's 12 years of independence comes to an end in the form of a $5.8 billion buyout. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Larry Ellison, Salesforce.com Inc., buyout, acquisition, Marc Benioff, Newsmaker, CRM, database company, CEO, software company, merger, database

InterActiveCorp buys Ask Jeeves for $1.85 billion

March 21, 2005 Barry Diller's Net company expands its horizons at a time of frantic activity in the search sector. TAGS: IAC/InterActive Corp., Ask Jeeves Inc., buyout, Expedia Inc., Ask.com, acquisition, sector, search engine, Yahoo! Inc., CEO, MSN, Google Inc., blog, Microsoft Corp.

Gateway buyout bid a call to others?

August 23, 2006 An unsolicited buyout bid for the company's retail operations may entice other buyers to step forward. TAGS: Gateway Inc., buyout, bidder, eMachines Inc., operation, Lenovo, acquisition, Fujitsu, letter, Acer Inc.

Oracle to bid on SAP buyout target

March 8, 2005 Two months after swallowing PeopleSoft, Oracle plans $9 per share competing bid for software maker Retek. TAGS: Retek Inc., SAP AG, Oracle Corp., PeopleSoft Inc., Larry Ellison, buyout, business management, bid, software company, acquisition, database, Java

JBoss CEO: Buyout talk got 'out of hand'

April 3, 2006 Even as JBoss weighs acquisition offers, its CEO bemoans some of the "nonsense" regarding Oracle acquisition rumors. TAGS: JBoss, acquisition, Oracle Corp., buyout, middleware, equity, CEO, discussion, Java, open source

Salesforce CEO: Deal is a thumbs-up for on-demand

September 12, 2005 Marc Benioff also takes a shot at the database giant. But an industry watcher sees the buyout as a challenge for Salesforce. TAGS: Marc Benioff, Siebel Systems Inc., Salesforce.com Inc., Oracle Corp., buyout, on-demand, client-server, Larry Ellison, CRM, CEO, challenge, software company, Microsoft Corp.

Sybase aims to extend mobile capabilities

July 29, 2005 Company plans to add to its "unwired enterprise" initiative with the purchase of middleware provider Extended Systems. TAGS: Extended Systems, Sybase Inc., buyout, middleware, mobile computing, acquisition, Europe, Palm Inc., database

Panel: Security companies in demand

February 16, 2006 Companies in the business of securing data from espionage are attracting interest from potential buyers. TAGS: security company, valuation, buyout, Citrix Systems Inc., acquisition, buyer, McAfee Inc., security, Symantec Corp., vice president, environment

Too much on Oracle's plate?

September 22, 2005 special coverage Customers wonder whether Oracle has bitten off more buyouts than it can deal with. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Larry Ellison, buyout, acquisition, middleware, PeopleSoft Inc., CEO, software company, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, blog, HP, database

Ellison gets holiday gift after all

December 13, 2004 Oracle's billionaire chief executive can't find anybody willing to sell him an NFL football in time for the holidays, but at least he got PeopleSoft. Photos: Ellison celebrates TAGS: PeopleSoft Inc., Larry Ellison, Oracle Corp., buyout, dog, Wall Street, CEO, acquisition, e-mail

Sun posts profit, gets private investment

January 23, 2007 Server maker's profit beats Wall Street expectations, and private equity firm KKR invests $700 million. TAGS: Sun Microsystems Inc., Jonathan Schwartz, investment, buyout, private equity, Wall Street, CEO, server
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