http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2006/12/11/plantronics-plt-and-oracle-orcl-scratch-each-others-backs/ 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/blog1/2006/12/11/plantronics-plt-and-oracle-orcl-scratch-each-others-backs/comment-page-1/#comment-53161 Carnival of Personal Finance #79 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 14:01:02 +0000 http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2006/12/11/plantronics-plt-and-oracle-orcl-scratch-each-others-backs/#comment-53161 [...] Bill Trent of Stock Market Beat: Plantronics and Oracle Scratch each others backs [...] [...] Bill Trent of Stock Market Beat: Plantronics and Oracle Scratch each others backs [...]

]]> http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2006/12/11/plantronics-plt-and-oracle-orcl-scratch-each-others-backs/comment-page-1/#comment-8677 Personal finance and wealth at A Penny Saved… : Carnival of Personal Finance #79 Fri, 22 Dec 2006 03:52:41 +0000 http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2006/12/11/plantronics-plt-and-oracle-orcl-scratch-each-others-backs/#comment-8677 [...] Bill Trent of Stock Market Beat: Plantronics and Oracle Scratch each others backs [...] [...] Bill Trent of Stock Market Beat: Plantronics and Oracle Scratch each others backs [...]

]]> http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2006/12/11/plantronics-plt-and-oracle-orcl-scratch-each-others-backs/comment-page-1/#comment-8474 Oracle (ORCL): Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire? - Stock Market Beat - Our beat is the stock market. Our job is to beat it. Tue, 19 Dec 2006 19:12:23 +0000 http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2006/12/11/plantronics-plt-and-oracle-orcl-scratch-each-others-backs/#comment-8474 [...] The problem is, it looks like they may have tried some last-minute heroics yet still missed the mark. You may recall that a week ago we noticed Oracle had apparently joined a mutual admiration society with Plantronics (PLT). Specifically, we said: Now, it’s quite likely that this was simply a way to share cost-free favors (talking each other up in a press release) as each business negotiated a standard supply contract. However, it is always something that should draw attention when two parties enter an agreement that may not be arms-length. It would be better to look at it and decide nothing is wrong than to overlook something that could potentially be a warning. [...] [...] The problem is, it looks like they may have tried some last-minute heroics yet still missed the mark. You may recall that a week ago we noticed Oracle had apparently joined a mutual admiration society with Plantronics (PLT). Specifically, we said: Now, it’s quite likely that this was simply a way to share cost-free favors (talking each other up in a press release) as each business negotiated a standard supply contract. However, it is always something that should draw attention when two parties enter an agreement that may not be arms-length. It would be better to look at it and decide nothing is wrong than to overlook something that could potentially be a warning. [...]

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