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EC: Oracle-BEA gets the go-ahead
News The Commission said in a statement: "The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of the US company BEA Systems, an independent provider of middleware software, by Oracle, also of the US. [01 May 2008]
Jobs to take the stand in options backdating case
News Apple conducted its own investigation into the matter and cleared Jobs, even though it also said he was aware of the backdating and actually recommended some of the dates. Apple CEO Steve Jobs will have to appear before federal investigators as... [21 Sep 2007]
Jobs plays options brouhaha for laughs
News A US Securities and Exchange Commission investigation has charged two former Apple employees with improper conduct but that investigation cleared the company and the SEC has not charged Jobs with anything. [11 May 2007]
AT&T-BellSouth merger gets FCC green light
News After it became clear the Democrats would approve the merger only with certain conditions and Republicans favoured few if any conditions, the FCC's general counsel cleared McDowell to vote to break the tie. [02 Jan 2007]
Enisa breaks free of Brussels red tape
News The European Network and Information Security Agency (Enisa) has cleared a hurdle of political red tape to further cement its growing reputation as a body serving the high-tech interests of European business. [03 May 2006]
US to force firms to 'fess up on data loss
News The Data Accountability and Trust Act (DATA) was approved by the US House Energy and Commerce Committee last week and could soon be cleared by the House of Representatives. According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), ID theft cost American... [03 Apr 2006]
Oracle-Siebel mega-merger gets EC green light
News With its last antitrust hurdle cleared in the Siebel deal, Oracle now awaits approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission. European Commission officials gave their blessing on Thursday to Oracle's $5.8bn merger with Siebel Systems, removing... [22 Dec 2005]
IBM-Lenovo deal under scrutiny
News The Lenovo deal cleared one of its first regulatory hurdles earlier this month when the Federal Trade Commission indicated it would not raise any antitrust objections. Federal lawmakers have cast a deeper shadow on IBM's proposed sale of its PC... [27 Jan 2005]
Google clears last hurdle - the IPO is on
News The decision means Google has cleared one of the last major hurdles ahead of its highly anticipated IPO. Google can set its share price and begin selling shares to the public in the next 15 days, the Securities and Exchange Commission said. [19 Aug 2004]
Analysis: What Europe (still) doesn't get about tech
Comment French internet providers are in more danger of being sued for what their subscribers publish than their counterparts in the United States, where the 1996 Telecommunications Act cleared things up early on. [23 Jun 2004]
5 years ago: Gates testifies in Bristol case
News Heading south to Brazil, the software giant has been cleared of any anticompetitive behaviour after a six-year investigation by the Brazilian government, which itself is the biggest public sector user of Linux in South America. [08 Jun 2004]
Oracle-PeopleSoft - deal could be cleared in March
News The European Commission generally waits until the day of the deadline before it announces its decision, according to a commission representative. Oracle expects to receive final word by early March on whether the US Department of Justice will... [12 Jan 2004]
Ex-Sun worker sues for age and race discrimination
News Carlini also said Sun has been cleared of similar charges that its H-1B practices violated labour laws. It seems similar to what we've seen in the past where we have been cleared," she said. It's hard to come up with an exact figure for the number... [19 Mar 2003]
Betting anytime, anywhere - and at any stage of a game?
Comment Scaraboo recently won permission from a major European wagering body, Eurotip, that cleared the way for the service to be used throughout most of the continent. For instance, Frank Shoop, chairman of the Kentucky Racing Commission, said not to... [14 Aug 2002]
Dodgy dealing all round
Comment He was personally cleared of any involvement early this week, although a holding company he owned admitted it had acted illegally. Its collapse is already being investigated by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), but it emerged this... [14 Feb 2002]
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