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Consider: Larry Ellison is 66 and Hurd is 54, plus Hurd has plenty of experience running a tech company much larger than Oracle. So, it seems likely that the Hewlett-Packard castoff -- now an Oracle co-president -- is destined to take over once Ellison decides to move on.

Blockbuster (BBI) is in discussions with its bondholders to get up to $150 million in so-called debtor-in-possession financing, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing unnamed sources. The fact that the struggling video chain is seeking the loan is a sign that the company, which is more...

Ohio State's Board of Trustees will vote Friday on a proposal to raise the price of tickets by $7, to $70 for reserved seats. Tickets for faculty and staff will rise $4, and students would have to pay another $1 to see a game. Prices for basketball tickets would be raised $1 for a reserved seats to $18, while prices for faculty, staff and students would jump 50 cents. Ohio State, whose last significant price increase was prior to the 2004 season, has the most expensive tickets in the Big 10.

The National Association of Manufacturers has a plan to jump-start the economy. It believes corporations pay way too much (about 39.1% on a statutory basis from state and federal sources) to Uncle Sam. That's the second-highest in the industrialized world.

Blockbuster (BBI) has been bested in the online video rental business by NetFlix (NFLX) and in the online video-on-demand business by a number of other companies. The bricks-and-mortar video store firm's shares have fallen from over $10 five years ago to $0.63 as trading opened today. But it's...