International Business News - ORCL 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 Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Jerry Yang spent months fending off Microsoft Corp.'s unsolicited takeover bid. Now he may only have a few weeks to persuade the software maker to revive its last offer of $47.5 billion, or risk being fired in a shareholder mutiny led by activist investor Carl Icahn. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/46733-yahoo-icahn.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/icahn-to-yahoo-board-sell-to-microsoft-or-leave.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/icahn-to-yahoo-board-sell-to-microsoft-or-leave.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 05:27:16 EDT Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Jerry Yang spent months fending off Microsoft Corp.'s unsolicited takeover bid. Now he may only have a few weeks to persuade the software maker to revive its last offer of $47.5 billion, or risk being fired in a shareholder mutiny led by activist investor Carl Icahn. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/46632-yahoo-icahn.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/icahn-vows-to-oust-yahoo-directors-in-shareholder-revolt.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/icahn-vows-to-oust-yahoo-directors-in-shareholder-revolt.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 16:50:12 EDT Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is setting out to oust Yahoo Inc.'s board of directors for "irresponsible" and "unconscionable" actions that led Microsoft Corp. to withdraw a $47.5 billion offer to buy the slumping Internet pioneer. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/46534-yahoo-icahn.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/investor-carl-icahn-moves-to-oust-yahoo-directors.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/investor-carl-icahn-moves-to-oust-yahoo-directors.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 14:51:13 EDT Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is setting out to oust Yahoo Inc.'s board of directors for "irresponsible" and "unconscionable" actions that led Microsoft Corp. to withdraw a $47.5 billion offer to buy the slumping Internet pioneer. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/46504-yahoo-icahn.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/icahn-vows-to-oust-yahoo-directors-in-shareholder-revolt.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/icahn-vows-to-oust-yahoo-directors-in-shareholder-revolt.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 11:52:19 EDT Business software company Metastorm Inc. said Tuesday it plans an initial public offering of common stock but did not disclose any terms of the IPO in its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080514/metastorm-plans-initial-public-offering.htm Wed, 14 May 2008 08:52:37 EDT Business software maker Oracle Corp. said Tuesday it agreed to buy insurance policy software supplier AdminServer Inc. AdminServer will become a business unit of Redwood Shores, Calif.-based Oracle. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080513/oracle-agrees-to-buy-software-company-adminserver.htm Tue, 13 May 2008 09:24:54 EDT In an unusual act of contrition, a state court judge has publicly apologized and agreed to pay $100,000 to Silicon Valley billionaire Tom Siebel for besmirching him in a lawsuit she filed as an attorney more than a decade ago. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080501/calif-judge-apologizes-pays-100-000-to-software-mogul.htm Thu, 01 May 2008 19:47:11 EDT 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 An executive vice president of business software maker Oracle Corp. exercised options for 200,000 shares of common stock, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080428/oracle-evp-exercises-options-for-200-000-shares.htm Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:24:25 EDT An executive vice president of business software maker Oracle Corp. exercised options for 14,224 shares of common stock, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080428/oracle-evp-exercises-options-for-14-224-shares.htm Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:22:39 EDT Microsoft Corp. is no closer to buying Yahoo Inc. than when it made its $44.6 billion bid nearly three months ago, leaving the software maker in a quandary over whether the deal is still worth pursuing. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080428/microsoft-in-quandary-over-yahoo-bid-as-key-deadline-passes.htm Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:55:07 EDT Microsoft Corp. is no closer to buying Yahoo Inc. than when it made its $44.6 billion bid nearly three months ago, leaving the software maker in a quandary over whether the deal is still worth pursuing. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/42249-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080425/microsoft-quandary-over-yahoo-bid-deadline-looms.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080425/microsoft-quandary-over-yahoo-bid-deadline-looms.htm Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:55:44 EDT Software company Microsoft Corp. said Friday it completed its tender offer for Norwegian search company Fast Search & Transfer ASA. Fast's chief executive, John Markus Lervik, will become Microsoft's corporate vice president of enterprise search. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080425/microsoft-completes-fast-search-tender-offer.htm Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:43:50 EDT A director of business software maker Oracle Corp. exercised options for 25,000 shares of common stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Friday. In a Form 4 filed with the SE... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080414/oracle-director-exercises-options.htm Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:37:27 EDT Salesforce.com Inc.'s online software service is becoming a showcase for Google Inc.'s e-mail and other widely used applications, deepening a relationship that has spurred speculation Google eventu... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080414/salesforce-com-becomes-sales-channel-showcase-for-google-software-applications.htm Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:23:54 EDT Salesforce.com Inc.'s online software service is becoming a showcase for Google Inc.'s e-mail and other widely used applications, deepening a relationship that has spurred speculation Google eventu... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080414/salesforce-com-to-sell-google-apps.htm Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:01:45 EDT Oracle Corp.'s ability to develop a wider product line is helping keep sales strong and will likely boost future cash flow and earnings growth, a Banc of America Securities analyst said Thursday. A... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080410/analyst-says-oracle-on-solid-track.htm Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:26:55 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 Business software maker Oracle Corp. said Thursday it priced an offering of three series of investment-grade notes with a total value of $5 billion, the proceeds of which will fund its purchase of BE... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080403/oracle-prices-offer-of-5b-of-notes.htm Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:38:30 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