SAP's Sybase Acquisition Brings ERP to Smartphones

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BT, Cisco, NicOx, Sybase, Whole Foods

MarketWatch - 13 May, 2010
By MarketWatch TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Thursday's session are BT, Cisco, NicOx, ...

Playing in Larry's sandbox

Reuters UK (blog) - 13 May, 2010
Having spent more than $42 billion to buy about 60 companies, Larry Ellison's Oracle has set something of a daunting standard for merger activity in the ...

US Stocks Decline on Earnings Forecasts, Jobless Claims

BusinessWeek - Elizabeth Stanton - 13 May, 2010
May 13 (Bloomberg) -- US stocks retreated for the second time in three days as higher-than-estimated jobless claims and disappointing ...

SAP pays dear for game-changing Sybase deal

Reuters - Fred Prouser - 13 May, 2010
John Chen, CEO of Sybase speaks at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech 2009 in Pasadena, California July 23, 2009. FRANKFURT/BOSTON (Reuters) - SAP's (SAPG. ...

SAP to buy Sybase for $5.8 billion

Computerworld (blog) - 13 May, 2010
In today's podcast: SAP to buy Sybase for $5.8 billion; HTC hits Apple with ITC patent suit; and netbooks coming based on dual-core Atoms. ...

US STOCKS-Wall St set to dip after jobs data tempers M&A

Reuters - Leah Schnurr, Ryan Vlastelica - 13 May, 2010
NEW YORK, May 13 (Reuters) - Wall Street was set for a slightly lower open on Thursday as a listless report on jobless claims offset cheer ...

SAP Pays Dear for Game-Changing Sybase Deal

ABC News - Nicola Leske, Jim Finkle - 13 May, 2010
FRANKFURT/BOSTON (Reuters) - SAP's planned buy of Sybase for $5.8 billion to stay in the mobile data race with arch rival ...

Bank probes, Sybase, Halliburton in focus

MarketWatch - Simon Kennedy - 13 May, 2010
US stock market futures were broadly flat Thursday as nervousness remained over national debt burdens and after the release of ...

SAP's Sybase acquisition: Handicapping the big questions

ZDNet (blog) - Larry Dignan - 13 May, 2010
SAP's $5.8 billion acquisition of Sybase raises a bevy of questions and sparks a good bit of head scratching. ...

U.S. stock futures step back; euro slide continues

MarketWatch - 13 May, 2010
By MarketWatch US stock futures step back Thursday, as nervousness over national debt burdens continue amid market gyrations. See full story. ...

BEFORE THE BELL: US Stock Futures Edge Lower; Euro Slide Continues

Wall Street Journal - Steve Goldstein - 13 May, 2010
US stock futures stepped back Thursday, as nervousness over national debt burdens continued amid market gyrations. ...

SAP Slips After $5.8 Billion Sybase Offer

Wall Street Journal - 13 May, 2010
FRANKFURT (Dow Jones)--Shares in software company SAP AG (SAP) traded lower in Frankfurt Thursday after its $5.8 billion cash bid for Sybase Inc. (SY), ...

US Index Futures Advance as Sybase Surges; Cisco Declines

BusinessWeek - Adam Haigh - 13 May, 2010
May 13 (Bloomberg) -- US stock-index futures advanced as SAP AG agreed to buy Sybase for $5.8 billion, offsetting lingering concern that ...

SAP to buy Sybase for $6 billion

San Jose Mercury News - Steve Johnson, David Morrill - 13 May, 2010
Looking to better compete with its archrival Oracle, German software behemoth SAP agreed Wednesday to buy Dublin-based ...

US STOCKS-Futures dip with tech shares, jobless data due

Reuters - Leah Schnurr, Jeffrey Benkoe - 13 May, 2010
NEW YORK, May 13 (Reuters) - US stock index futures were modestly lower on Thursday with technology shares in focus after cautious comments from Cisco, ...

SAP to buy Sybase for $5.8 billion

Hindu Business Line - 13 May, 2010
FRANKFURT/NEW DELHI: German software maker SAP said it will acquire mobile software firm Sybase in an all cash deal valued at $5.8 billion, which will allow ...

Sybase acquisition extends SAP footprint in APAC

ZDNet Asia - Liau Yun - 13 May, 2010
With acquisition of Sybase, market share for the German enterprise software maker's database software in region will grow and provide SAP the opportunity to ...

European shares off highs as banks decline

MarketWatch - Sarah Turner - 13 May, 2010
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European shares moved back from early gains to trade around the flat line on Thursday, ...

SAP to buy Sybase for $5.8 billion

BusinessWeek - Chris Kanaracus - 13 May, 2010
SAP is buying mobile and database vendor Sybase for roughly US$5.8 billion, the company announced Wednesday. The all-cash offer of $65.00 ...

SAP's New CEOs Rush for Turnaround With Sybase Buy

BusinessWeek - Serena Saitto, Aaron Ricadela - 13 May, 2010
May 13 (Bloomberg) -- SAP AG's new co-chief executive officers Bill McDermott and Jim Hagemann Snabe are rushing to beat ...

U.S. stock futures step back; euro slide continues

MarketWatch - Steve Goldstein - 13 May, 2010
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- US stock futures were mildly lower Thursday, as nervousness over national debt burdens continued ...

SAP reportedly buying Sybase for $6 billion

BusinessWeek - Chris Kanaracus - 13 May, 2010
SAP is nearing a deal to buy mobile and database vendor Sybase for roughly US$6 billion, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, ...

SAP lays down $5.8bn for Sybase

Register - John Oates - 13 May, 2010
German giant SAP has bought Sybase for $5.8bn - a big premium for the database and mobile firm. ...

European shares climb in early trading

MarketWatch - Sarah Turner - 13 May, 2010
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European shares gained on Thursday, with miners in the lead as Rio Tinto (LSE:UK:RIO) shares rose 1.9% and Xstrata (LSE:UK:XTA) ...

SAP shares seen open lower after Sybase deal

Reuters - Nicola Leske - 13 May, 2010
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Shares in SAP AG (SAPG.DE) looked set to start trading lower on Thursday after the German software company offered to buy smaller US ...

SAP-Sybase to top 600 workers in Australia

The Australian - Fran Foo - 13 May, 2010
SAP Australia's 550 employees and their 50-odd counterparts at Sybase Australia woke up to news that both companies had decided to merge. ...

The Ticker

Boston Herald - 13 May, 2010
By Staff and wire reports Metabolix Inc. shares soared 28 percent after the Cambridge biosciences firm said it won US regulatory approval of its corn sugar ...

SAP in $8b Sybase swoop

TODAYonline - 13 May, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO - SAP, the world's biggest maker of business-management software, agreed to acquire Sybase in a transaction valued at US$5.8 billion ($8 ...

SAP to buy Sybase for $5.8 billion

San Francisco Chronicle - Ryan Kim - 13 May, 2010
German software titan SAP ratcheted up its rivalry with Oracle on Wednesday by agreeing to buy database company Sybase, based in Dublin for $5.8 billion. ...

SAP's Big Problem

Forbes (blog) - 13 May, 2010
Word that SAP AG is buying Sybase for $5.8 billion is a reminder of a critical reality in today's technology industry: Even the world's largest maker of ...

 

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