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20 Apr 2009 09:40

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Biz, Tech: Maybe it was a good thing IBM didn’t get Sun, and Oracle did

  • $7
    billion
    amount IBM was willing to pay for the technology company
  • $7.4 billion amount Oracle agreed to buy the company for; the value went up, see? source

08 Mar 2009 21:24

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Biz, U.S.: In NYC, bargain-hunters bought foreclosed homes

  • 1,000 number of New Yorkers who came out to a rare foreclosure auction
  • $1,000 starting bids on some of the homes at the auction. Oh boy. source