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                        Real Estate 		Summary.     Click for More > EA Drops Take-Two Bid  Electronic Arts is abandoning its $2 billion hostile takeover of in the hopes of sealing a deal through friendly negotiations Facebook Sued Over Ads Reuters loses right to use IM technology EA Expects Sharp Growth Ex-Googlers Debut 'Cuil' Search Engine  Anna Patterson intends to upstage Google, which she quit in 2006 to develop a more comprehensive and efficient way to scour the Internet Oracle Expands SAP Suit EA Extends Tender Deadline Yahoo turns down another Microsoft offer VMware shares plunge on CEO change 4Q Earnings Rise 27 Percent To $2.04B EA again extends Take-Two deadline Microsoft gives Yahoo bid another go HP in talks to buy Electronic Data Systems  Hewlett-Packard is in advanced talks to buy Electronic Data Systems for about $12 billion to compete with IBM in the business info EA extends tender offer for Take-Two 3Q profit meets expectations Take-Two Board Rejects EA Bid Oracle to Buy BEA for $7.85 Billion
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  Oracle agreed to buy BEA Systems Inc. for about $7.85 billion, a compromise price that ends a months-long dispute over the value of the company

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EA Drops Take-Two Bid

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Aug. 18   Redwood City
  Electronic Arts is abandoning its $2 billion hostile takeover of in the hopes of sealing a deal through friendly negotiations
Aug. 15   Palo Alto Facebook Sued Over Ads  The world's largest social networking site is facing a class action lawsuit charging that its advertising program violated online privacy

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Jul.30   Belmont Reuters loses right to use IM technology  Thomson Reuters Corp. must remove a crucial layer of software from its instant messaging service Jul.29   Redwood City EA Expects Sharp Growth  Video game publisher Electronic Arts says it expects fiscal 2009 profit and sales to grow sharply, fueled by upcoming games Jul.28   Menlo Park Ex-Googlers Debut 'Cuil' Search Engine
  Anna Patterson intends to upstage Google, which she quit in 2006 to develop a more comprehensive and efficient way to scour the Internet
  Oracle Oracle Expands SAP Suit  Escalating its rancor with riva, Oracle Corp. accused SAP of knowingly buying and then embracing an illegal operation Jul.21   Redwood City EA Extends Tender Deadline  Video game publisher has again extended the deadline for its $2 billion tender offer to buy smaller rival Take-Two Yahoo turns down another Microsoft offer Jul.8   Palo Alto VMware shares plunge on CEO change  VMware abruptly replaced co-founder Diane Greene as chief executive and lowered its sales outlook, triggering alarms

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Jun.25   Oracle 4Q Earnings Rise 27 Percent To $2.04B  Oracle breezed past analysts' expectations, providing another sign of the technology industry's vitality despite the U.S. economy

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May.19   Redwood City EA again extends Take-Two deadline  Video game publisher Electronic Arts has for a third time extended the deadline for its $2 billion tender offer to buy smaller rival Take-Tw... Microsoft gives Yahoo bid another go May.12   HP HP in talks to buy Electronic Data Systems
  Hewlett-Packard is in advanced talks to buy Electronic Data Systems for about $12 billion to compete with IBM in the business info. Technology

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Apr.18   Redwood City EA extends tender offer for Take-Two  Electronic Arts extended the deadline of its tender offer in its continuing $2 billion bid to buy the New York video gamer maker

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Mar.26   Oracle 3Q profit meets expectations  The profit jumped 30%, but a sales miss sent shares tumbling after hours on fears the company is being pinched by falling spending   Redwood City Take-Two Board Rejects EA Bid  Grand Theft Auto publisher told its shareholders to reject a $2 billion buyout bid from rival Electronic Arts, saying it's not enough Mar.7   Palo Alto Facebook Founder Makes Forbes List Pentagon bans Google map-makers Mar.4   Palo Alto Facebook Hires Top Google Exec As COO

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Jan.16   Oracle Oracle to Buy BEA for $7.85 Billion
  Oracle agreed to buy BEA Systems Inc. for about $7.85 billion, a compromise price that ends a months-long dispute over the value of the company

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Dec.20   San Mateo NetSuite IPO Prices at $26 Per Share Dec.19   Oracle 2Q Profit Soars 35 Percent Oct.24   Palo Alto Microsoft Puts $240M In Facebook  Rapidly rising Internet star has sold a 1.6% stake to Microsoft, spurning a competing offer from online search leader Google Lawmaker: Yahoo knew China's intent Oct.12   Oracle Oracle Offers $6.7B for BEA Systems  Oracle Corp. has offered to buy struggling rival BEA Systems in its latest shot aimed at another industry leader, SAP AG Jun.26   Oracle 4Q Profit Up 23%, Beats Expectations Mar.21   Oracle 3Q Profit Rises 35%

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Dec.18   Oracle 2Q Earnings Climb 21% Nov.28   San Bruno Verizon to show YouTube on phone Google jumps past $500 Feb.9   Oracle Oracle laying off 2,000 employees  The software maker warned they would eliminate overlapping jobs following their takeover of Siebel Systems

year 2005 Top ^

Sep.12   Oracle Oracle to Purchase Siebel in $5.85B Deal  Oracle is continuing a shopping spree that has eliminated two of its biggest competitors in nine months Apr.13   Siebel Shaheen replaced Lawrie as CEO Jan.7   Oracle Oracle completes PeopleSoft acquisition

year 2004 Top ^

Dec.13   Oracle   Oracle Buys PeopleSoft for $10.3 Billion
  PeopleSoft agreed to a sweetened buyout by rival software maker, relenting after a 18-month takeover saga
 PeopleSoft's board has approved an improved bid, worth $26.50 a share, after 5 previous offers, ranging in value from $7.7bn to $9.4bn. Oracle was winning the support of 60% PeopleSoft shareholders. Larry Ellison was initially making a $5.1bn offer in June 2003. The merged companies are second only in size to SAP in the enterprise software market
Mozilla Firefox browser launched Nov.1   Oracle Oracle boosts bid for PeopleSoft Sep.14   Oracle Earnings top expectations by penny Jun.21   Oracle 9 takeover targets before PeopleSoft May.14   Oracle Oracle shaves 18% off PeopleSoft bid May.3   Siebel Tom Siebel steps down as CEO  Tom Siebel is turning the reins over to Michael Lawrie, IBM Corp.'s former head of sales Google files long-awaited IPO plans Mar.11   Oracle Quarterly profit improves by 11% Feb.10   Oracle DOJ recommends blocking PeopleSoft bid Jan.12   Oracle CFO Henley named as new chairman

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Dec.15   Oracle Quarterly profit rises by 15% Jun.12   Oracle Profit Up, Sales Gains Seen Jun.6   Oracle Oracle offers $5.1 billion for PeopleSoft  Software maker is in a hostile takeover attempt aimed at eliminating one of its competitors for $16 per share Apple launches online music service Feb.18   AltaVista Overture to buy AltaVista for $140 million

year 2002 Top ^

Dec.18   Oracle Performance better than expected Sep.17   Oracle Quarterly profit plunges 33% Jun.18   Oracle Profit beat analysts' expectations Jun.3   Napster Napster files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy  Industry heavyweight Bertelsmann AG follows through on a plan to take over what's left of the Internet music-swapping service May.14   Napster Founder and CEO both step down

year 2001 Top ^

Dec.28   Oracle Up to 850 workers to be fired Webvan closes, lay off 2,000 Jul.2   Napster Napster goes dark

year 2000 Top ^

Jul.3   Oracle President resign Bay Area News Atlas started