back to article Larry's steely grip on Oracle led to 'conflicts of interest' in NetSuite buy-out, court told

Oracle's acquisition of NetSuite was a "stage-managed" process rife with conflict of interest, lawyers for one of Big Red's shareholders have argued in a case alleging the biz overpaid for the cloudy ERP firm. NetSuite was snapped up by Oracle in 2016 for $9.3bn, which equated to $109 per share – about 60 per cent more than …

  1. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Shock and horror!

    No sh1t Sherlock, Larry being greedy?!?

    1. Alien Doctor 1.1

      Re: Shock and horror!

      With the Bristol Slapstick Festival on I wouldn't mind watching Larry "Larry" Ellison, Steve "Curly" Ballmer and John "Moe" McAffee bash the hell out of each other on stage.

    2. Tim99 Silver badge

      Re: Shock and horror!

      One Real Arsehole Called Larry Ellison... Allegedly.

      1. Anonymous Coward
        Anonymous Coward

        Re: Shock and horror!

        T Rowe Price, the second largest share holder after Larry(40 percent) 1.5 percent. I don't know what you're looking at. Where is this argument going?

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