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Oracle agrees to buy Sun for $7.4B

Oracle acquires Sun in $7.4B stunner
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Oracle agrees to buy Sun for $7.4B

By Peter Sayer
Oracle has agreed to buy Sun for $7.4 billion, it announced on its Web site on Monday Read full story

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