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The brokerage raised its price target on shares of Oracle to $31 from $28, while maintaining its buy rating.

With fist pumps and perfect tans, Jersey Shore returns to TV on Thursday for a new season of shows that has audiences wondering if the cast that put some reality back into reality TV is still really real after its brush with Hollywood stardom.

Apple Inc boss Steve Jobs was a no-show at an annual pow-wow of media and technology moguls in Sun Valley. But he was far from forgotten.

As Rupert Murdoch, Bob Iger and other media honchos assemble in Sun Valley this week for some fly-fishing or white water rafting, spirits should be brighter than a year ago: stock prices are up by about a third, after all.

SUN VALLEY, Idaho - Industry power players are getting ready for the annual post-July 4 tradition known as summer camp for moguls.

Oracle Corp reported quarterly profit that exceeded Wall Street projections on Thursday, as its recently acquired Sun Microsystems hardware division added to earnings.

As excitement mounts over the ongoing World Cup in Johannesburg, more than 2,000 residents formerly without access to electricity can plug into the soccer competition at 36 solar-operated television viewing points that SolarWorld has installed in remote African villages.

Oracle Corp said it plans to fire more workers mainly in Europe and Asia as it integrates Sun Microsystems, resulting in post-acquisition restructuring costs that will be more than triple what it previously disclosed.

Former Sun Microsystems Chief Executive Jonathan Schwartz is taking the high road after getting a public tongue lashing from Silicon Valley's richest man, Larry Ellison.

Hyundai Motor Co's strong performance in emerging economies and growing U.S. market share drove it to a record net profit in the first quarter and should cushion it from a stronger won and rising input costs.

New measures are being introduced in South Korea seeking to combat the problem of internet addiction. The move follows the trial of a couple for negligent homicide. Their three-month old daughter died of malnutrition, allegedly because they were too busy raising a virtual child in a Second-Life-style game online known as Prius.

A small gadget to measure exposure to ultraviolet radiation, called the UV Dosimeted, invented by Canterbury University computer engineer, Martin Allen could one day be made available to the public as a method to prevent skin cancer.

Research In Motion is expected to report this week it sold a whopping 11 million BlackBerries in its latest quarter, which may offset the impact of falling prices and narrower profit margins.

Oracle Corp reported a higher-than-expected 13 percent jump in new software sales as a rebound in corporate technology spending boosted sales of its business computer programs.

U.S. jeweler Zale Corp , which expected to have secured funds to steady its finances by late May, is considering a financing proposal from Sun Capital Partners Inc, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Oracle Corp Chief Executive Larry Ellison said on Saturday he expected Sun Microsystems, the unprofitable hardware maker that he bought last month for $7.5 billion, to be making a profit soon.

NASA launched its Solar Dynamics Observatory on Thursday morning after a one day delay due to high winds.

IBM is beginning a long-awaited upgrade to a range of servers and other hardware to make them more energy-efficient and competitive than rival products by Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems Inc.

Oracle Corp Chief Executive Larry Ellison promised on Wednesday to shake up the technology industry with his purchase of Sun Microsystems Inc, a deal that enables the world's No. 3 software maker to enter the hardware business.

Sun co-founder Scott McNealy sent a memo to employees on Tuesday, bidding goodbye as he leaves Sun following the acquisition by Oracle.

After regulators approved Oracle's proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems this morning, the company is planning to unveil its long-term strategy at an event next week.