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Head faked again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
... and businesses borrowing more. But reports show that American businesses are already awash with cash. Just last night, Oracle announced that it has agreed to buy Art Technology Group for US$1 billion in cash. American businesses are merging and acquiring. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
... per cent to an annual rate of 579,000, much weaker than the 598,000 permits most analysts had expected. Software giant Oracle also reported declining sales even though it matched Wall Street's earnings target. Meanwhile, the Labor Department reported ...

Treading on treacherous territory

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
September is upon us! Yes, that single month of the year which historically has been statistically observed to be the cruellest for stock markets. Forget the "Great Crash" of October 1929 or "Black Monday" in October 1987, October's historical average ...

FLEXCUBE helps London and Middle East

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
Oracle's financial services software product FLEXCUBE now counts the Bank of London and The Middle East plc among its newest clients. Oracle, which has National Australia Bank among its clientele, recently announced that Bank of London and the largest ...

Budget me a recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009
Good news begets good news. The number of headlines and stories trumpeting that we are getting close to the end of the global financial crisis tunnel had been increasing over the past few weeks. Equity markets like these. They rallied and continue to ...

Mercer appoints India MD

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2008
... company, Perot Systems as president and managing director for India and Asia Pacific and has also held leadership positions at Oracle, HP and MCI Canada. This appointment follows Mercer's began providing its complete service package including consulting ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2008
... market got off to a weak start after a broker downgrade of banking giant Citigroup and tepid forecasts from big tech firms Oracle and Research in Motion as well as sporting goods giant Nike. The selloff accelerated as crude oil futures surged. LONDON ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
... Ordinaries lost 2.8 points to 5418.5. NEW YORK - US stocks fell in volatile trade on Thursday as a revenue shortfall at Oracle Corp fueled a technology sector sell-off on concerns about a downturn in business spending. The Dow Jones industrial average ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
... stocks, particularly those in the banking sector, bathed still in the glow of last week's interest rate cut. Software maker Oracle Corp also offered support for the technology sector. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 53.49 points or 0.39 per cent ...

Opes Prime launches First IT platform

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2007
... service for its securities lending and equity financing clients. The multi-market, multi-currency system, developed using Oracle's BPEL Process Manager technology, will be vital in Opes Prime's offshore expansion, according to chief information officer ...