Oracle to Buy Hyperion for $3.3 Billion

March 1, 2007 By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Writer

(AP) -- Business software maker Oracle Corp. will buy Hyperion Solutions Corp. for $3.3 billion in cash, renewing a shopping spree aimed at toppling rival SAP AG.

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