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Oracle Corp has a habit of beating Wall Street expectations, but some investors fear billionaire Larry Ellison's software and server juggernaut will find it hard to keep up its own pace when it reports earnings and sets new forecasts on Thursday.

Smarting under a $6 billion compensation claim from Oracle on Java patent violation lawsuit, Google has said Oracle's methodology for calculating damages is based on fundamental legal errors and that Oracle has improperly inflated their estimates.

Facebook is getting closer to its eventual IPO, and speculations are rife that the offering could value the social networking giant at $100 billion. But considering reports on privacy issues that made Mark Zuckerberg put his foot in his mouth a few times, questions over his ability to manage the $100 billion Facebook seem to be logical.

Oracle is seeking between $1.4 billion and $6.1 billion in a patent lawsuit against Google over the lucrative smartphone market, according to a court filing.

Oracle Corp is seeking damages in the billions of dollars from Google Inc in a patent lawsuit over the smartphone market, according to a court filing.

Hewlett-Packard Co. sued Oracle Corp. in a period of eight months showing a sign of how badly the relationship between the information technology big shots has ragged.

Hewlett-Packard Co sued Oracle Corp on Wednesday over a chip dispute, highlighting the ever-growing breach between the one-time allies.

Tickets for the Americal Idol Live Tour go on sale Friday. This year, the top 11 will be performing live.

A spokesperson from PR firm Burson-Marsteller admitted to working for Facebook in a PR campaign against Google, questioning their tactics in privacy.

Facebook allegedly hires a PR firm to slander Google.

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A U.S. judge has largely sided with Oracle Corp over how several technical terms will be defined in its patent fight over Google Inc's Android software, according to a tentative ruling.

Larry Ellison is famous for wanting to be in charge, so perhaps it is no surprise that when jury duty came calling, Oracle's chief executive served as the foreman.

Oracle Corporation announced that its president, Safra Catz will be taking over as chief financial officer in the wake of CFO Jeff Epstein's departure.

Oracle Corp has replaced its chief financial officer less than three years after he joined the company, tapping its president Safra Catz to do the job.

A patent trial between tech giants Oracle and Google should be held before November, a U.S. judge said at a hearing.

In 2010, Standard & Poor's 500 Index company CEOs received, on average, $11.4 million in total compensation, the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) said in a report.

Toys 'R Us will be selling the iPad 2 in 31 states and Puerto Rico starting on Sunday, in a limited roll-out to only some of its stores.

The companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trade on Tuesday are: Exelixis, KIT digital, Carnival, Monster Worldwide, Alcoa, Visa, Ford Motor, Oracle Corp, Medtronic and Micron Technology.

Jefferies & Co. upgraded its rating on shares of Parametric Technology (NASDAQ: PMTC) to buy from hold and increased its price target to $28 from $25.

Hewlett-Packard Co on Wednesday sued a former high-ranking executive who had left to join rival Oracle Corp to stop him from sharing hundreds of documents HP claims he stole from the company.

US stocks ended mixed on Thursday as investors awaited Friday’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) jobs report and slightly weaker than expected economic reports on jobless claims even as Chicago Purchasing Managers index weighed on the sentiment.

Father of Java James Gosling has joined Google, much to the dismay of Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, even as Google and Oracle slug it out over Java patent infringement lawsuit targeting Android.

Wall Street advanced for a third straight day on Friday, giving the S&P its best weekly performance since early February, but volume remained light as global uncertainty persisted.

US stocks are up on Friday, en route to end positive for the third consecutive session, as investors shrug off global concerns.

Wall Street advanced on Friday with Oracle's upbeat outlook lifting tech stocks, though weak trading volume hinted the rally lacks enthusiasm.

US stocks rallied on Friday on positive economic data and another good earnings report from the technology sector.

Technology stocks led Wall Street higher on Friday after Oracle's upbeat outlook, putting all three major stock indexes on track to end the week in positive territory after two weeks of declines.

Stocks were poised for a higher open on Friday as an upbeat outlook from Oracle boosts technology stocks.