International Business News - Oracle 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. 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 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 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 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 Oracle Corp.'s stock price fell more than 7 percent Thursday on disappointing third-quarter sales, but some analysts remained optimistic about the business software maker's ability to shrug off a weakening U.S. economy and protect its healthy profit margins. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080327/oracle-shares-fall-on-3q-results.htm Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:10:52 EDT Oracle Corp.'s multibillion-dollar acquisition spree hasn't insulated the business software maker from recent economic turbulence as well as many investors had hoped. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080327/oracle-shares-sink-as-sales-disappoint.htm Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:10:36 EDT Business software company Oracle Corp. said Thursday it agree to buy the Web application testing and monitoring software products of Empirix, a privately held company. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080327/oracle-to-buy-testing-software-assets.htm Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:01:19 EDT Oracle Corp.'s multibillion-dollar acquisition spree hasn't insulated the business software maker from recent economic turbulence as well as many investors had hoped. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080327/oracle-shares-plunge-on-disappointing-3q.htm Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:04:01 EDT Among the earnings stories for Wednesday, March 26, from AP Financial News: Top stories: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080326/earnings-roundup-oracle-bluefly.htm Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:40:56 EDT Oracle Corp.'s third-quarter profit matched Wall Street's expectations, but a sales miss sent shares of the business software maker tumbling after hours on fears the company is being pinched by falling technology spending. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080326/oracle-3q-profit-meets-expectations.htm Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:47:29 EDT Shares of business software maker Oracle says its fiscal third-quarter profit rose, helped by rising software and services revenues, however its yearly revenue missed expectations of Wall-Street. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080326/oracle-earnings.htm Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:27:58 EDT Business software maker Oracle Corp. says its fiscal third-quarter profit rose, helped by rising software and services revenues. Redwood Shores, Calif.-based Oracle says it earned $1.34 billion, or 26 cents per share in the quarter, compared with $1.03 billion, or 20 cents per share, in the year-ago quarter. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080326/oracle-fiscal-3q-earnings-rise.htm Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:24:39 EDT Oracle Corp. reports earnings for the fiscal third quarter on Wednesday after the market closes. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080324/earnings-preview-oracle.htm Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:20:58 EDT Business software maker Oracle Corp. spent about $5.3 million in 2007 to lobby for increased access to high-skilled foreign professionals, data security and privacy and numerous other issues. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080317/oracle-lobbied-for-skilled-tech-workers.htm Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:26:34 EDT A unit of business software maker Oracle Corp. paid VAR II LLC $140,000 in 2007 to lobby the federal government . The firm lobbied Congress on a patent reform bill and immigration reform legislation related to visas for high-tech workers, according to the form posted online Feb. 13 by the Senate's public records office. Oracle USA Inc. paid the firm $140,000 in the second half of 2007 to lobby on those issues after hiring VAR II earlier last year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080228/oracle-unit-lobbied-on-patents-visas.htm Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:18:37 EST The chief executive of business software maker Oracle Corp. sold 1 million shares of common stock under a prearranged trading plan, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080220/oracle-ceo-larry-ellison-sells-shares.htm Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:26:46 EST