U.S. court ruling on Oracle bid complicates EU antitrust case

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The European Commission's case against Oracle Corp.'s acquisition of PeopleSoft Inc. is based largely on the same arguments as those made by the U.S. Department of Justice in its case against the merger of the two software companies in the United States. Therefore, U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker's ruling that Oracle's hostile takeover bid would not hurt competition in the software market, has left European Union Competition Commissioner Mario Monti with some tough decisions to make regarding the case in Europe.

Europe, Prepackaged software, Legal issues & crime, Acquisitions & mergers, Government expenditures, Market share, Management dynamics, Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors, Antitrust Law, Legal/Government Regulation, Computer software industry, Software industry, Company legal issue, Cases, Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Company acquisition/merger, Acquisitions and mergers, International aspects, Practice, United States. Department of Justice, Economic policy, Oracle Corp., ORCL, European Union. European Commission, Company market share, Antitrust issue, PeopleSoft Inc., PSFT, Monti, Mario, Walker, Vaughn

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EBay, Google reach overseas text-ad alliance

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eBay Inc. of the United States has a marketing agreement with Google Inc. also of the United States. The deal is to display advertisements on eBay's international Web sites. The arrangement is to begin in 2007.

Marketing procedures, Alliances, partnerships, Licensing/Sales Agreements, Information services, Cooperative agreement for product marketing, eBay Inc., Information services industry, Google Inc., Marketing agreements, EBAY

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