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Rivals taking advantage of delay in Oracle-Sun merger
As antitrust regulators continue to scrutinize the year's biggest tech deal, Oracle's planned $7.4 billion purchase of Sun Microsystems, competitors in the high-end hardware business and open-source software market have wasted ...
Aug 07, 2009 |
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NASA tracking and data relay satellite mission passes major review
NASA's desire to provide outstanding communications support for the International Space Station, the Hubble Space Telescope, and other unmanned spacecraft moved closer to this goal in July when agency officials approved critical ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 22, 2009 |
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Prepping for Oracle, Sun predicts weak results
(AP) -- Sun Microsystems Inc. projected quarterly results below Wall Street estimates Tuesday, signaling it will clear some charges off its books ahead of its $7.4 billion acquisition by Oracle Corp.
Jul 14, 2009 |
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Dell: PC demand stable stabilizing
(AP) -- PC maker Dell Inc. said Monday it expects its fiscal second-quarter revenue to be slightly higher than in the first quarter, when sales plunged 23 percent to $12.3 billion.
Jul 13, 2009 |
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AOL buys two Web startups
Internet pioneer AOL, which Time Warner plans to spin off into an independent company later this year, announced on Thursday that it had bought two small Web startups focused on local content.
Jun 12, 2009 |
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Intel, an infrequent acquirer, snaps up Wind River (Update)
(AP) -- Intel Corp. is biting off its biggest acquisition in nearly a decade with an $884 million takeover of Wind River Systems Inc., a software maker with a colorful past.
Jun 04, 2009 |
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EMC counters NetApp bid for Data Domain
US computer storage giant EMC Corp. offered 1.8 billion dollars on Monday for Data Domain in a bid to counter a rival offer for the data storage company from NetApp.
Jun 01, 2009 |
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NetApp to buy Data Domain in $1.5 billion deal
(AP) -- Data storage company NetApp Inc. said Wednesday it agreed to buy data backup and disaster recovery systems provider Data Domain Inc. for $25 per share in cash and stock, or about $1.5 billion.
May 21, 2009 |
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Google dropped idea of buying newspaper: CEO
Google considered buying a newspaper but dropped the idea, the head of the Internet search giant said in an interview with the Financial Times.
May 21, 2009 |
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Learning a second language is good childhood mind medicine, studies find
(PhysOrg.com) -- Teaching young children how to speak a second language is good for their minds, report two Cornell linguistic researchers.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 13, 2009 |
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Microsoft to raise $3.75B in first debt offering
(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. priced a $3.75 billion debt offering on Monday, a first for the world's largest software maker.
May 12, 2009 |
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Joost seeks cable TV operator as buyer
(AP) -- Online video site Joost is shopping itself around to different cable TV operators.
Apr 27, 2009 |
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Verizon 1st-qtr profit, revenue beat expectations
(AP) -- Verizon Communications Inc. said Monday its earnings grew 5 percent in the first quarter, boosted by its acquisition of Alltel Corp. and strong demand for its wireless, Internet and TV services.
Apr 27, 2009 |
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Sun shares dive as IBM buyout talks falter
(AP) -- Shares of Sun Microsystems Inc. fell in premarket trading Monday on news that IBM Corp. withdrew an acquisition offer.
Apr 06, 2009 |
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Fujitsu to buy Telstra's IT unit in Australia
Japan's Fujitsu Ltd. said Monday it had agreed to buy Australian telecoms giant Telstra's IT services unit for 200 million Australian dollars (127 million US).
Mar 02, 2009 |
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