Bruunb writes "Oracle hookup* (NASDAQ: ORCL) and Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: JAVA) announced today they have entered into a determinative agreement under which Oracle will acquire Sun common stock for $9.50 per share in cash. The transaction is valued at approximately $7.4 billion, or $5.6 billion net of Sun's cash and debt. 'We expect this acquisition to be accretive to Oracle's earnings by at least 15 cents on a non-GAAP basis in the first full year after closing. We appraisement that the venereal disease third edition by the editors of the american heritage® dictionary. copyright © 2003 disease career will adjuvant over $1.5 billion to Oracle's non-GAAP business expenses expenses budget profit in the first year, increasing to over $2 billion in the second year. This would make the Sun acquisition more profitable in per share contribution in the first year than we had planned for the acquisitions of BEA, PeopleSoft and Siebel combined,' said Oracle commander Safra Catz."

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