Oracle to Buy BEA for $8.5 Billion (Update)

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The exterior of BEA headquarters in San Jose Calif. is seen in this Oct 26 2007 photo. Business software maker Oracle Corp. on Wednesday Jan. 16 2008 said it agreed to buy BEA Systems Inc. for about $7.85 billion a compromise price that ends a months ...
The exterior of BEA headquarters in San Jose, Calif., is seen in this Oct 26, 2007 photo. Business software maker Oracle Corp. on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008 said it agreed to buy BEA Systems Inc. for about $7.85 billion, a compromise price that ends a months-long dispute over the value of the software company. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

(AP) -- Notching another conquest in its push to create a one-stop shop for business software, Oracle Corp. is snapping up rival BEA Systems Inc. for $8.5 billion in a deal culminated after several months of acrimony.


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