Oracle profits up on acquisitions
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US software company Oracle reports a jump in profits after acquisitions boosted its sales of business products.
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Business software maker Oracle Corp.'s quarterly earnings exceeded analyst expectations, overcoming sluggish sales in a product line that the company hopes to bolster by completing a long-sought takeover of rival PeopleSoft Inc.
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Oracle Corp.  on Monday  posted a 21 percent rise in quarterly profit, helped by sales  of business software licenses to the customers of acquired  rivals like Siebel Systems and PeopleSoft.
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Oracle logged major gains in new license revenue for applications, which rose by 63%, and for database and middleware products, which saw a 28% increase.
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PeopleSoft Inc.  on Thursday returned to profit in the third quarter from a year earlier with a 12 percent rise in sales that upended market fears that Oracle Corp.'s takeover bid had damaged PeopleSoft's business in the quarter.
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Oracle Corp  said on Wednesday that quarterly profit rose 35 percent as new software sales soared, beating expectations at a time when investors are nervous that IT spending is slowing, and its shares climbed 4 percent.
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Robust software sales pushed Oracle&#39;s second-quarter net income up 35 percent compared to the same period last year, to $1.3 billion, or $0.25 per share, the company said Wednesday.Total revenue grew by 28 percent to $5.3 billion, Oracle said.Excluding one-time charges, Oracle&#39;s reported earnings per share were $0.31, beating forecasts of $0.27 per share from analysts polled by Thomson Financial.Oracle logged major gains in new license revenue for applications, which rose by 63 percent, and in database and middleware products, which logged a 28 percent increase. The company saw services-based revenue grow by 22 percent to $1.2 billion over last year.(More to follow.)
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By Ryan Blitstein, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Dec. 18--Oracle earned $967 million during the second quarter, an  increase of 21 percent from the same quarter last year, the company said  today.
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NEW YORK  -Stocks rose on Thursday as a reassuring profit and outlook from Oracle Corp  and a higher earnings forecast from Qualcomm Inc  fueled demand for technology stocks.
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Increase in revenue from new software licenses helped SAP increase Q2 profits, despite stiff competition from Oracle.
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BUSINESS software maker Oracle&#39;s quarterly earnings just exceeded analyst expectations, overcoming sluggish sales in applications the company hopes to remedy through its takeover bid for rival PeopleSoft.
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Peoplesoft, the software maker that is the target of a hostile takeover bid from industry heavyweight Oracle, returns to profit in the third quarter.
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Stocks opened higher as investors grew encouraged following Oracleâs strong earnings, despite Bear Stearns first-ever quarterly loss.
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Oracle Corp. ORCL.O on Tuesday  reported a 16 percent rise in quarterly net income as the  world's second largest software company benefited from steady  demand for its flagship database software.
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Oracle Corp. reported revenue and earnings growth in its first fiscal quarter, with its revenue from new software licenses rising 7 percent, to $563 million.
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Oracle Corp.  on Thursday  posted a higher quarterly profit, helped by  stronger-than-expected new software license revenue.
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Shares of software maker Oracle Corp.  rose as much as 8 percent in early trading on Wednesday, a day after the company posted strong quarterly profit fueled by steady demand for its flagship database products.