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Get the latest news alerts: Follow LTW at Twitter. BRUSSELS - European Union regulators looked closer to approving Oracle Corp.'s takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc.
Oracle's planned acquisition of Sun Microsystems seems set for regulatory clearance in the European Union. The companies' latest promises to safeguard competition in the market for database software, make the Commission optimistic that the case will have a satisfactory outcome, it said Monday.
Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Electricite de France SA may reclaim more than 1.2 billion euros ($1.75 billion) in state aid it had returned to the French government after a ruling by a European Union court faulted a decision ordering repayment.
BRUSSELS -- European Union regulators looked closer to approving Oracle Corp.'s takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc. when they said Monday that the company's stated commitment to open-source database software was "an important new element."
Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Electricite de France SA won a court ruling over as much as 1.2 billion euros ($1.75 billion) in state aid and interest the European Union sought to force the company to repay to the French government.
The European Union expressed concern over a decision by Turkey to outlaw the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party as protesters took to the streets of Istanbul.
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For some reason, the maximum volume level on stock portable media players has become a political concern lately, with legions of politicians without anything better to do picturesquely painting the image for us of an iPod apocalypse in which all human ear drums have been turned into jelly. The European Union might be the first [...]
(AP:BRUSSELS) An EU high court has ruled that a European Commission decision to demand French energy giant EDF to return euro1.2 billion ($1.76 billion) in state aid was wrong.
Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Electricite de France SA may not have to give back as much as 1.2 billion euros ($1.75 billion) in state aid the company received from the French government, a European Union court ruled.
China on Tuesday rejected as "unacceptable" US and EU calls to release prominent dissident Liu Xiaobo, who appears headed for trial on subversion charges after co-authoring a bold petition for democracy.
Oracle pledged to continue investing in Sun Microsystems' competing database software after its planned $7.4 billion purchase of the computer maker was threatened by European Union antitrust regulators.
China on Tuesday warned Western countries against taking up the case of a prominent dissident, Liu Xiaobo, who is facing trial for subversion, after the United States and European Union called for his release.
(AP:BEIJING) A European business group urged China on Tuesday to delay a new government procurement plan that gives priority to Chinese "indigenous innovation," a practice that links government purchases with local patents.
European Union regulators appear to be softening their opposition to Oracle Corp.'s proposed $7.4 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc., a shift that has resurrected some investors' hopes that one of the year's biggest technology deals will go ahead as planned.
A pledge in Oracle's commitments to regulators would continue to license MySQL, a key Web site software, for five years after Sun is acquired
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