A bipartisan coalition of 59 US senators has asked the European Commission to end its investigation of the Oracle/Sun Microsystems merger as soon as possible.

Oracle has been granted more time to respond to European Commission concerns about its takeover of Sun Microsystems.

In the wake of the European Commission’s decision to oppose Oracle’s purchase of rival Sun Microsystems, the US Department of Justice has created a list of current US investigations to help it identify antitrust agencies in other jurisdictions that may review the same deals and behaviour. Ron Knox at the Fall Forum in Washington, DC

Software company Oracle has withdrawn its application with Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) for competition clearance of its $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems.

Sun Microsystems yesterday blamed the European Commission for the company's decision to cut 3,000 jobs over the next year.

The European Commission today opened an in-depth investigation of Oracle’s takeover of Sun Microsystems.

After obtaining approval from the US Department of Justice’s antitrust division yesterday, the merger between technology companies Oracle and Sun has only one more antitrust obstacle to overcome.