WALL STREET JOURNAL - Latest News - Oracle to Buy Hyperion Solutions for $3.3B Cash -- NYT

WALL STREET JOURNAL - Latest News - Oracle to Buy Hyperion Solutions for $3.3B Cash -- NYT 

The Wall Street Journal and New York Times report that according to people familiar with the matter, software giant Oracle Corp., the worlds #2 maker of business software for areas like finance and human resources, will buy Hyperion Solutions Corp. for $52 cash a share, or about $3.3 billion -- a 21% premium over Hyperion's [... ]

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