Sun Microsystems
| 9:20AM 9/22/2009
Some of the companies making headlines today:
ConAgra Foods (CAG) said Tuesday that its fiscal first-quarter profit dropped 63 percent because of a gain last year, but adjusted results beat analysts' estimates and it also raised outlook.
CarMax (KMX) said its fiscal second quarter profit surged on...
| 6:00PM 9/17/2009
Vinod Khosla is considered the leading cleantech investor in the world today but many of his peers still wish he would shut up. A founder of computer company Sun Microsystems (JAVA) and former general partner at venture capital powerhouse Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Vinod Khosla piled...
| 9:00AM 9/16/2009
Some of the companies making headlines today:
Adobe Systems (ADBE) announced late Tuesday it is acquiring Omniture (OMTR) for $1.8 billion in cash. This is seen "as a very positive sign -- not just for tech, but for the broader mergers and acquisitions market, as well as the economy as a whole."...
| 11:30AM 9/03/2009
Larry Ellison may want to take his fighter jet out for some stress relief right about now.
In a development sure to have the tech billionaire screaming "Sacrebleu!" -- if not more colorful language -- the European Union has opened an investigation into the proposed $7.4 billion buyout by Oracle...
| 9:00AM 9/03/2009
Some of the companies making headlines today:
Oracle Corp. (ORCL) has one last obstacle before it can complete the $7.4 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc. (JAVA) after the deal has been cleared in the United States. as European Union regulators on Thursday launched an antitrust probe into...
| 9:00AM 8/31/2009
Some of the companies making headlines today:
Baker Hughes Inc. (BHI) , the world's third-largest oilfield services company, today agreed to snap up smaller rival BJ Services Co. (BJS) for $5.5 billion in cash and stock. The deal represents a 16.3 percent premium over the BJ Services closing stock...
| 9:30AM 8/29/2009
Sun Microsystems (JAVA) filed its last 10-K as a public company. Oracle (ORCL) will probably close its deal to buy the server company as early as next week.
The figures from the document show what a mess Sun has become and raises the question of what kind of deal Oracle is getting.