SAN FRANCISCO — Oracle Corp. snapped up computer server and software maker Sun Microsystems Inc. for $7.4 billion Monday, pouncing on an opportunity that opened up after rival IBM Corp. abandoned an ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes said regulators need to consider if customers would face fewer choices and higher prices "when the world's biggest proprietary database ...

Once Oracle entered the fray, Sun tried to turn up the heat on IBM, which resubmitted its previous offer, only to be outdone by Oracle's latest power play. Now Oracle, traditionally a business ...

The $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems by Oracle was approved by Sun stockholders on Thursday morning, Sun said. Oracle will acquire Sun stock for $9.50 per share. Approximately 62 percent ...

Oracle's $7.4 billion bid for Sun Microsystems is not going over well with European regulators. In an SEC filing Monday, Sun said the European Commission objected to the "combination of Sun's open ...

McNealy's often-wistful remembrances of Sun's past accomplishments also sounded very much like his swan song. "I really have enjoyed the last 25 years," the Sun co-founder said during an opening ...