If IBM Corp. had managed to buy longtime rival Sun Microsystems Inc., it might have been as incongruous as waking up to a big blue sun.

Sun Microsystems Inc.’s scramble to find a suitor landed the slumping server and software maker in the arms of Oracle Corp., which agreed to pay $7.4 billion in...

Some facts about Oracle Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc., which Oracle plans to acquire for $7.4 billion:

Oracle Corp.’s $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc. would have minimal impact on technologies that most consumers notice.

Oracle Corp. pounced on Sun Microsystems Inc. in a $7.4 billion deal Monday after rival IBM Corp. abandoned its bid to buy Sun, a server and software maker that had a...

Information technology company Oracle is buying Sun Microsystems in a cash deal the company valued at $7.4 billion. The deal comes after IBM abandoned its bid to buy...

Shares of Oracle Corp. climbed in premarket trading Thursday after the business-software maker posted fiscal third-quarter profit and sales above Wall Street’s...

Oracle Corp.’s sales force pulled off a big feat in the business software maker’s latest quarter, sustaining a healthy clip of contract signings amid a...

Oracle Corp.’s profit and revenue from new software licenses dipped in the latest quarter, but the business software maker’s results came in ahead of Wall...

Oracle Corp. says its profit and the sale of new software licenses dipped in the latest quarter. But the results were better than Wall Street anticipated.

Oracle Corp. is scheduled to report its fiscal third-quarter financial results after the market closes Wednesday. Below is a summary of key developments and analyst...

Oracle Corp.’s earnings are weakening for the first time in years, but the business software maker still may be in reasonably good shape despite the...

Oracle Corp.’s quarterly profit slipped for the first time in three years as a stronger dollar took a big bite out of the business software maker’s...

Oracle’s latest quarterly profit barely budged as the stronger dollar took a big bite of out its international sales.

Business software maker Oracle Corp. is scheduled to report its fiscal second-quarter results after the stock market closes Thursday. The following is a summary of key...

Oracle is expanding into the computer hardware business in an effort to make its database software run more efficiently.

Investors looking for a sign that big companies are still spending on software found a measure of relief after Oracle reported fiscal first-quarter earnings that beat...

Oracle Corp. says its first-quarter profit improved 28 percent, beating Wall Street’s expectations.

Business software maker Oracle Corp. is scheduled to report its fiscal first-quarter results on Thursday. The following is a summary of the key issues likely to affect...

RISING RANCOR: Oracle Corp. expanded its allegations of corporate espionage against rival SAP AG Monday in the latest volley of documents filed in a 16-month-old...