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ft.com - 11/3/2009
Oracle braced for EU objection on Sun deal
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is braced for a formal objection from Brussels to its planned $7.4bn acquisition of fellow US technology company Sun Microsystems , escalating the company’s high-stakes legal wrangle with Europe’s competition authorities. The US software company has refused to offer any concessions to European ...
ft.com - 11/4/2009
Brussels set to launch complaint over Oracle's deal to buy rival Sun
— ft.com — Oracle is braced for a formal objection from Brussels to its planned $7.4bn (£4.5bn) acquisition of fellow... US technology company Sun Microsystems, escalating the company's legal wrangle with Europe's competition authorities. The US software company ... (more) Brussels set to launch complaint over Oracle's deal to ...

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online.wsj.com - 29 days ago
EU Issues Objections to Sun-Oracle Deal
— online.wsj.com — European antitrust authorities formally objected to Oracle Corp.'s proposed purchase of Sun Microsystems Inc., complicating a $7.4... billion deal that U.S. officials had already blessed. The companies said Monday that the European Commission, the ... (more) EU Issues Objections to Sun-Oracle Deal

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Europe Threatening To Block Oracle-Sun Deal
Silicon Alley Insider — ... US technology company Sun Microsystems, escalating the company’s high-stakes legal wrangle with Europe’s competition authorities. The US software company has refused to offer any concessions to European regulators to meet their concerns about the deal, according to one person close to the process. That has left Brussels close to issuing an official statement of objections, the first step on the path to blocking it, this person added. Keep reading > Join the conversation about this story » See ...

Report: Oracle not yielding to EU with Sun buy
CNET News - Politics and Law — ... Oracle is taking a hard line in dealing with European Union objections to its planned acquisition of Sun Microsystems, according to a Financial Times report Tuesday. ...

EU Mulling Objection to Oracle-Sun Deal
Digital Daily — ... Oracle CEO Larry Ellison is famous for his admiration of The Art of War, Sun Tzu’s sixth-century treatise on battle tactics. And its served him well in his long-running battle with SAP and Oracle’s hostile bid for PeopleSoft. But it may get him in trouble when it comes to Oracle’s (ORCL) dealings with the European Commission and its inquiry into his company’s planned acquisition of Sun (JAVA). The Financial Times reports that Oracle’s refusal to offer any concessions to European antitrust regulators may lead them to issue a formal complaint objecting to the deal. [Details ...

Oracle Stands Ground with EU on Sun Deal
Maximum PC all RSS Feed — ... Oracle knows it's in for a fight with the European Union over the U.S. company's planned $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems, but appears ready to go the rounds, according to a Financial Times report. ...

An European showdown over Oracle-Sun; Objections seem imminent
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