International Business News - BEA http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Business software maker Oracle Corp. completed its $8.5 billion takeover of rival BEA Systems Inc. Tuesday after European regulators approved the deal. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080429/oracle-completes-8-5-billion-takeover-of-bea-layoffs-loom.htm Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:13:32 EDT The vice president of business planning and development of business software maker BEA Systems Inc. exercised options for 347,141 shares of common stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080428/bea-systems-vice-president-klein-exercises-options.htm Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:02:40 EDT BEA Systems Inc. stockholders approved the business software maker's acquisition by Oracle Corp. at a meeting on Friday. About 99.9 percent of BEA's shares entitled to vote and present at the meet... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080404/bea-systems-investors-ok-oracle-offer.htm Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:05:17 EDT The Securities and Exchange Commission has ended an investigation into BEA Systems Inc.'s past stock option granting practices and is recommending no penalty against the business software maker, the... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080402/bea-systems-says-sec-ends-option-probe.htm Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:10:48 EDT Radware, which provides business computer networking services, said it became a preferred supplier for BEA Systems Inc., the maker of communications infrastructure software. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080320/radware-bea-in-supplier-partnership.htm Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:17:30 EDT Notching another conquest in its push to create a one-stop shop for business software, Oracle Corp. is snapping up rival BEA Systems Inc. for $8.5 billion in a deal culminated after several months of acrimony. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/10030-oracle-bea.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080116/oracle-to-buy-bea-for-8-5-billion.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080116/oracle-to-buy-bea-for-8-5-billion.htm Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:37:31 EST Billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who holds a 13 percent stake in BEA Systems Inc., agreed Wednesday to vote in favor of Oracle Corp.'s proposed $7.85 billion acquisition of the software company, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080116/icahn-to-vote-for-bea-oracle-deal.htm Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:11:20 EST After three months of courtship, database software firm Oracle Corp. finally got a 'yes' from BEA Systems, accepting a takeover offer of $8.5 billion. Oracle will pay BEA shareholders $19.375 for each of their shares, up from an offer of $17 in October. BEA had initially rejected Oracle's initial offer, asking for $21 per share. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/9832-oracle-ceo-larry-ellison.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080116/oracle-bea-acquisition.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080116/oracle-bea-acquisition.htm Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:15:05 EST Business software maker Oracle Corp. said Wednesday it agreed to buy BEA Systems Inc. for about $7.85 billion, a compromise price that ends a months-long dispute over the value of the software company. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080116/oracle-to-buy-bea-for-7-85-billion.htm Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:50:19 EST