Most of our acquisitions and the bulk of our strategy are in creating and acquiring intellectual property, including chips." NEXT: The Companies' Response... By acquiring AMD, Oracle would gain ...

The acquisition ends a chase that began last October when Oracle, Redwood Shores, Calif., made an unsolicited offer to buy San Jose-based BEA for $6.6 billion. BEA resisted Oracle's efforts until ...

During the financial year, Oracle made acquisitions including ... which did not provide a UK breakdown, revealed a 6% increase in the group's total revenue to $53bn (£41bn) for the year.