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Oracle has signed a definitive deal to acquire Retek, defeating rival SAP in the bidding war for the Minneapolis-based retail software maker, the database giant said late Monday. In a statement, ...

Business software maker Oracle Corp. beat out German rival SAP AG in its bid to buy Retek Inc., reaching an agreement to purchase the retail software maker for about $670 million, Oracle said Tuesday.

SAP is trying to steal away customers that rival Oracle captured in its winning bid for software maker Retek. On Wednesday, the German company introduced a so-called "safe passage" plan designed to ...

March 8, 2005, 11:03 PM UTC / Source: The Associated Press Business software maker Oracle Corp. is bidding $525 million for Retek Inc. in an attempt to thwart one of its fiercest rivals, Germany-based ...

Oracle is determined to buy application developer Retek from under SAP's nose because it is worried that the German firm could rewrite Retek's applications and make them less friendly for Oracle users ...

Oracle Corp. announced late yesterday that it has won its bidding war against German software rival SAP AG to acquire retail management software developer Retek Inc. Oracle and Retek have signed a ...

When software giant SAP announced that it had agreed to buy Retek, a specialist in retail systems, the first reaction of most observers was: "Who?" Although the company was ranked the fourth fastest ...

During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried changed beats several times, changed genders once, and covered both of the Pirates of Silicon Valley. Oracle has signed a definitive deal to acquire Retek, ...