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  • January 2008
    • Economic Worries Propel Silicon Valley Deals

      Economic Worries Propel Silicon Valley Deals

      Recent acquisitions by Sun Microsystems and Oracle could be the opening round of new Silicon Valley deal-making, the Wall Street Journal reports, as tech companies worried about a US economic slowdown seek to strengthen their positions. Smaller companies struggling to stay afloat are tempting targets; bigger fish also want to invest in building web-based software and services—a still-growing sector. More »

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      mergers and acquisitions   acquisitions   Silicon Valley   IBM   Oracle   BEA Systems   Sun Microsystems   MySQL

    • Sun Reveals Profit Boom, $1B MySQL Buyout

      Sun Reveals Profit Boom, $1B MySQL Buyout

      Sun Microsystems revealed two surprises today: The computer company showed quarterly earnings that have nearly doubled from a year ago, and it said it would buy open-source software developer MySQL for $800 million in cash and $200 million in assumed options. Sun’s earnings in the second quarter—which ended Dec. 30—could reach $265 million, beating 2006’s $133 million mark, MarketWatch reports. More »

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      quarterly earnings   open source   Sun Microsystems   MySQL

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