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Oracle is navigating its way through European regulations. But what's the point?

Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) closed yesterday at $23.16. So far the stock has hit a 52-week low of $13.80 and 52-week high of $23.46. Oracle stock has been showing support around 22.83 and resistance in the 23.63 range. Technical indicators for the stock are Bullish and S&P gives ORCL a positive 4 STAR (ou...(Click the story link or go to http://www.marketintelligencecenter.com for the full story)

Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL)(FREE stock trend analysis) assured the European regulators that it would continue to license MySQL, which is owned by Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA)(FREE stock trend analysis).

Oracle has committed that it will support the open-source database software MySQL that competes with Oracle’s own product. EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes said that she was “optimistic” that Oracle’s acquisition of Sun could be completed while protecting the competition in the database market.

After forming a double top near $23, Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) has decisively crossed that level on Tuesday. The stock is trading around mid-day trading at $23.35.

US stocks finished up, with indexes rising to new 2009 highs, after Abu Dhabi stepped in to rescue fellow United Arab Emirates member Dubai with a $10 billion injection.[More...]

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Stocks pulled out modest gains in Friday's regular session as traders were cheered by a set of economic datapoints that would suggest the beleaguered U.S. consumer is showing some signs of life. The Commerce Department said retail sales were up 1.3% in November, well ahead of Street expectations of a 0.7% rise and an indication that consumers are feeling slightly more comfortable with the economic outlook. Separately, the University of Michigan/Reuters consumer sentiment index notched a solid move higher to 73.4 in December from 67.4 in November.[More...]

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