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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10061

22 January 2010
Contents Publication in full By article 19 / 33
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
Approval for Oracle's takeover of Sun Microsystems

Brussels, 21/01/2010 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 21 January, the European Commission gave its unconditional clearance to the acquisition of US hardware and software vendor Sun Microsystems Inc. by Oracle Corporation, a US enterprise software company.

This decision was reached by the Commission after an in-depth investigation opened on 3 September 2009. The Commission feared that the acquisition by Sun in 2008 of MySQL, the world's leading open source database (open software is software...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: A few considerations regarding hearings of European Commissioners-designate Viviane Reding, Cecilia Malmström and Maros Šefèoviè
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/COMMISSION: Way (almost) open for 9 February approval of Barroso II
(EU) EP/MEPS: Council wants speedy IGC without prior Convention
(EU) EP/COMMUNICATION:
(EU) EP/WESTERN BALKANS:
(EU) EP/TUNISIa: Faced with excesses committed by President Ben Ali regime, Parliament is divided on whether to grant country advanced partnership status
(EU) EP/CHINA: Parliament denounces human rights violations
(EU) EP/PHILIPPINES: Parliament denounces political violence
(EU) EP/EGYPT: Parliament denounces attacks on Christians
(EU) EP/MEDIA:
(EU) EP/PALESTINE: European and national MPs returning from Gaza call for Israeli blockade to be lifted
(EU) EU/SOMALIA: Sweden agrees to continue participating in operation Atalanta
(EU) EU/SYRIA:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/JHA: EU and United States call for strengthened security measures against terrorism but block on body scanners
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: EU will not change reduction target which it will submit to UN by 1 February
(EU) eu/ENVIRONMENT: European protection of biodiversity to be redefined
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: France wants 2020 strategy with strong and operational European pillar
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: United Kingdom wants clear objectives for strong, sustainable and balanced growth
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Approval for Oracle's takeover of Sun Microsystems
(EU) EP/GREECE:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Agilent may acquire Varian on condition it divests chromatography instrument business
(EU) EU/EIB: Loan to automotive sector in Romania
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EP/INTERNAL MARKET: Castex to chair public services intergroup
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: National one-stop shops set up under services directive now online
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL SERVICES:
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES/BONUSES:
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Report criticises EU management of fish stocks
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Court rejects actions for compensation by three cotton ginning companies
(EU) EU/ANIMAL HEALTH: Violation of legislation on pig-breeding
(EU) Eu/TOURISM: tourism requires measures to help it grow again
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in EU Official Journal
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