http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2006/09/20/oracle-victory-lap/ Our beat: The stock market. Our job: Beat it. Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:36:49 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2006/09/20/oracle-victory-lap/comment-page-1/#comment-16906 ORCL: Is Oracle About to Strike Again? - Stock Market Beat - Our beat is the stock market. Our job is to beat it. Thu, 01 Mar 2007 14:33:50 +0000 http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2006/09/20/oracle-victory-lap/#comment-16906 [...] We generally think Oracle’s (ORCL) acquisition strategy is the right thing for the company and for the industry. Software companies are generally under-leveraged, and even paying for the acquisition in cash would leave the company with very little net debt and combined annual cash flows of nearly $4 billion to offset the current debt of $5.7 billion. So we say they were overdue for another big buyout. Right on schedule, according to the New York Times, Oracle to buy Hyperion for $3B: Oracle Corp., the world’s top database software maker, is near an agreement to buy Hyperion Solutions Corp., which makes software that lets companies analyze and track their performance, for about $3 billion, The New York Times said on Wednesday in its online edition. [...] [...] We generally think Oracle’s (ORCL - Annual Report) acquisition strategy is the right thing for the company and for the industry. Software companies are generally under-leveraged, and even paying for the acquisition in cash would leave the company with very little net debt and combined annual cash flows of nearly $4 billion to offset the current debt of $5.7 billion. So we say they were overdue for another big buyout. Right on schedule, according to the New York Times, Oracle to buy Hyperion for $3B: Oracle Corp., the world’s top database software maker, is near an agreement to buy Hyperion Solutions Corp., which makes software that lets companies analyze and track their performance, for about $3 billion, The New York Times said on Wednesday in its online edition. [...]

]]> http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2006/09/20/oracle-victory-lap/comment-page-1/#comment-4022 Stock Market Beat » Blog Archive » Oracle Has No Plans To Lighten Up Fri, 06 Oct 2006 14:35:18 +0000 http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2006/09/20/oracle-victory-lap/#comment-4022 [...] Oracle Has No Plans To Lighten Up After spending more than $20 billion to buy application software developers including Peoplesoft and Siebel, Oracle (ORCL) is finally reaping the rewards. However, there are no signs that it plans to rest on its laurels. According to Reuters: Vishal Bhagwati, an Oracle vice president whose responsibilities include global mergers and acquisitions, said he sees potential for so-called “tuck-in” deals to beef up the software maker’s offerings, especially in the areas of security and business intelligence applications. [...] [...] Oracle Has No Plans To Lighten Up After spending more than $20 billion to buy application software developers including Peoplesoft and Siebel, Oracle (ORCL - Annual Report) is finally reaping the rewards. However, there are no signs that it plans to rest on its laurels. According to Reuters: Vishal Bhagwati, an Oracle vice president whose responsibilities include global mergers and acquisitions, said he sees potential for so-called “tuck-in” deals to beef up the software maker’s offerings, especially in the areas of security and business intelligence applications. [...]

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