Oracle to acquire Siebel for USD 5.85bn

Tuesday, September 13, 2005 US-based Oracle Corporation announced earlier today that they are buying rival US-based Siebel Systems for $10.66 USD per share. Siebel shareholders have the option to receive the $10.66 per share in cash or in Oracle stock. This deal is valued at approximately $5.85 billion USD. Siebel …

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Dungeons & Dragons co-creator Gary Gygax dies

Tuesday, March 4, 2008 Ernest Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, died in his Lake Geneva, Wisconsin home on Tuesday at the age of 69 due to heart problems. Dave Arneson’s Blackmoor was the first role-playing game, a genre in which players describe their characters in thorough detail and …

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Germanwings crash victims identified

Friday, May 22, 2015 N.B.: This article does not follow Wikinews policy of citing independent sources for verification. There is no evidence of any inaccuracy as a result. See collaboration page for discussion. N.B.: This article does not follow Wikinews policy of citing independent sources for verification. There is no …

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