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Report: IBM combs through Sun Microsystems' contracts

 
IBM is reportedly buried in delving into Sun Microsystems' contracts, as Big Blue weighs a potential multi-billion merger with the hardware maker, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. (link)

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