Wednesday, September 9, 2009

EU Could Increase Oracle's Challenge Integrating Sun Micro

SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones)--The prospect of an in-depth European antitrust review of its acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc. (JAVA) could add to the challenges Oracle Corp. (ORCL) faces integrating the server, storage and software giant.

The European Commission, the European Union's competition body, is hesitating on whether to clear the database giant's $7.4 billion deal to buy Sun or launch a full probe that could take up to four months to complete, according to a person familiar with the authority's thinking. The commission must decide by the end of Thursday.

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