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| Jan.11 |
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Insiders Exercise Options
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| Feb.9 |
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Shares of Oracle down 13% Analyst pared 3rd-quarter growth forecast for the core business due to the demise of several Internet firms
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| Feb.14 |
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Oracle stood by bullish forecast Company expected to see database revenues rising between 15% and 20%, and applications
increasing up to 75%
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Clinton to join Oracle board? Clinton delivers the keynote speech at an Oracle convention
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| Mar.1 |
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Oracle warns of lower earnings| Sudden slowdown in sales caused by the country's slumping economy | |
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| Mar.9 |
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 Ellison accused of stock fraud A law firm sued Oracle CEO, alleging insider trading when he dumped stock prior to a bad earnings report.
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| Mar.15 |
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Oracle meets lowered expectations Company reported net income of $582.7 million, or 10 cents per share
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| Mar.20 |
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Oracle to Cut Up to 2% of Staff Company would cut up to 866 jobs to trim spending amid a slowing economy
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| Mar.26 |
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Ellison builds huge home Japanese-styled villa with man-made ponds, waterfalls and a moon pavilion. The cost is more than $80 million
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| Apr.10 |
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Judge Warns City in Ellison Flap A federal judge warned San Jose that he may be forced to strike down International Airport's noise curfew
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| Apr.24 |
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Oracle to Buy Back More of Its Stock Board authorized the repurchase of $3 billion more of its stock in an expansion of its buyback plan
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| Apr.30 |
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Oracle Sales Outlook Still Cloudy Executive vice president said revenues should get a boost from the release of new database product
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| May.23 |
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Oracle widens market lead Share of the database market rose from 31.4% in 1999 to 33.8% in 2000. Profits will be hurt by price cuts
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| May.31 |
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Analysts See Oracle Struggling Analysts think the company will end its 4th quarter with a whimper
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| Jun.13 |
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Ellison can land jet after curfew Judge allowed Oracle CEO to land his private jet at San Jose International Airport after curfew hours
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9i: Database new version The software will extend its technological lead in databases. Oracle's competitors are becoming more aggressive
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| Jun.18 |
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4rth-quarter beat expectations| Earnings is $855 million, or 15 cents per share. Net income for the quarter dropped 83% | | |
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| Sep.4 |
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Ellison pulls in $706M on options Chief executive cashed in millions while Oracle's shares were still flying high
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| Sep.13 |
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Better-than-expected earnings| Software giant earned $510.6 million, or 9 cents per share. Company postpones conference call | |
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| Sep.17 |
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Oracle warns sales to erode Sales of new software licenses during 3 months ending in November will decline by 15% from 2000
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| Nov.13 |
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A Warning from Oracle Larry Ellison: producing a per-share profit of 9 to 10 cents would be difficult
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| Nov.30 |
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Executive VP resigns Jay Nussbaum, 58, is accepting a job at one of the company's business partners
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| Dec.13 |
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Profit falls 12%| Sales of its business software shriveled during toughest quarter in decade. The results matched the expectations | |
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| Dec.28 |
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Up to 850 workers to be fired| Oracle will fire up to 2% of its worldwide work force, early 2002 to help offset sluggish sales | | |
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