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Novell plans new acquisitions with $600m fund

...second-ranked seller of the Linux operating system, raised $600m in a bond offering that closed on Friday. Novell will use about $475m of the... Read more

7 July, 2004 by Stephen Shankland

Red Hat's bonds raise $600m

Linux seller Red Hat raised $600m (£324.25) on Monday through a bond offering, bringing its cash reserves to about $1bn. The company announced a... Read more

13 January, 2004 by Stephen Shankland

Red Hat buys Netscape's server software

The Netscape Enterprise Suite is to be released as open-source software, and incorporated into Red Hat's offering, strengthening it for its fight with Sun Read more

30 September, 2004 by Stephen Shankland

New Novell Linux built on 2.6 kernel

...where Linux is most common, sources said. Novell raised $600m in a bond offering earlier in July and said it plans to use the money... Read more

2 August, 2004 by Stephen Shankland

Red Hat exec resigns just before results

...Group over Unix and Linux. Red Hat raised about $600m in a bond offering in January. In December, the company acquired Sistina Software Read more

15 June, 2004 by Stephen Shankland

T.J. Rodgers: It's all about what's best for business

The CEO of Cypress Semiconductor shoots from the hip on why offshoring is a good thing, why he wouldn't build a new fab in California and what he thinks of President Bush Read more

19 May, 2004 by Declan McCullagh

HP putting 4,000 contractors in limbo

...of products and technologies, and funding of dividends or stock repurchases. The bond offering is being underwritten by Banc of America Securities, Deutsche Bank Securities... Read more

21 June, 2002 by Ian Fried

Tech companies becoming big bond fans

...a fair amount of speculation about its outlook because of a convertible bond offering. The company raised $225m last week in a convertible bond deal... Read more

9 August, 2001 by Larry Dignan

Red Hat snaps up AOL's Netscape server software

'Take that, Sun…' Read more

30 September, 2004 by Stephen Shankland

The Bloor Perspective: m-banking opportunities, three-day weeks revisited and Amazon in the dock

In this week's look at three key developments, Robin Bloor and his team consider the use of mobile phones as an intimate banking channel, the way we work and the class action suit against Amazon... Read more

9 April, 2001 by Bloor Research

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