REDWOOD CITY, CA - November 19, 2009 - EcoFactor, the premier provider of personalized solutions for managing residential energy use, announced today that it has won the grand prize in the Cleantech Open national business plan competition

Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) who today announced that it will web cast its 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on Wednesday, July 29, 2009. During the course of this event, EA may disclose material developments affecting its business and/or financial performance. Listeners may access the meeting via web cast. The webcast will be available on EA’s website at http://investor.ea.com through August 5, 2009.

About Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is a leading global interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, the Company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers, wireless devices and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under four brand names: EA SPORTSTM, EATM, EA MobileTM and POGOTM. In fiscal 2009, EA posted GAAP net revenue of $4.2 billion and had 31 titles that sold more than one million copies. EA’s homepage and online game site

...

by Arick Neilson

Different investment policies might get you confused as to where you will invest. And especially, at the time of economic recession, it becomes crucial to arrive at an informed decision.

Investing in real estate has often been considered as lucrative, safe and more rewarding. Other financial sectors of land banking can be wise investment option you can choose. And here comes the question of finding right investment firm or company that you can trust in.

For the investment solutions and services, you can think of ACE Capital Group which is established as well as trusted real estate investment firm. They have proved themselves to be more profitable during the economic depression.

Why Will You Think Of Land Banking to Be Profitable Mode of Investment?

The prices of investing in land will never decrease and therefore, many financial experts recommend investing in it.

Investing in land, which is called Land Banking, is …

After a day of high spirits at Red Hat Inc. (RHT), shares dipped more than 5% this morning as analysts said rumors of Oracle Corp. (ORCL) bidding for the biggest seller of Linux was not likely to bear fruit anytime soon.

Investors have long speculated that the Redwood City, California-based Oracle would buy Red Hat. After rapid growth of Linux in corporate computing, Oracle launched its own version of the product in 2006. But Oracle did not succeed in providing strong support on the operating-system software. While buying Red Hat would definitely win Oracle more market share in the business, analysts say the deal does not seem practical at the moment.

Oracle Chief Executive Larry Ellison has indicated that he would look for high-value acquisitions at a discount in the current downturn. However, Oracle has just announced its first-ever dividend. It would also be keenly watching

...

Oracle (ORCL) declared today that it is buying Relsys International, a drug safety and risk management software provider.

With the acquisition, Oracle expects to create a portfolio of software applications that support drug safety processes across clinical development, post-market surveillance and patient care.

The Redwood City-based software company also said Relsys will "bring significant domain knowledge and experience" to Oracle's health sciences global business unit.

The Relsys acquisition deal is expected to close in the first half of 2009. However, the terms of the deal were not revealed.

The company, which has been in an acquisition spree of late, had agreed to buy mValent on Feb 4, 2009. On Nov 3 in 2008, Oracle had acquired the intellectual property assets of Tacit Software.

ORCL is a Zacks #3 Rank ("Hold") company.

"ORCL" Free Stock Analysis: Buy? Sell? Hold?Zacks Investment Research

Oracle (ORCL) declared today that it is buying Relsys International, a drug safety and risk management software provider.

With the acquisition, Oracle expects to create a portfolio of software applications that support drug safety processes across clinical development, post-market surveillance and patient care.

The Redwood City-based software company also said Relsys will "bring significant domain knowledge and experience" to Oracle's health sciences global business unit.

The Relsys acquisition deal is expected to close in the first half of 2009. However, the terms of the deal were not revealed.

The company, which has been in an acquisition spree of late, had agreed to buy mValent on Feb 4, 2009. On Nov 3 in 2008, Oracle had acquired the intellectual property assets of Tacit Software.

ORCL is a Zacks #3 Rank ("Hold") company.

"ORCL" Free Stock Analysis: Buy? Sell? Hold?Zacks Investment Research

Shares of Oracle Corp. (ORCL) jumped more than 12%, a day after the software giant reported quarterly earnings that topped market expectations and said it would pay its first-ever dividend.

In the third quarter, ended Feb. 28, the Redwood City, California-based company earned 34 cents per share, excluding special items, which beat the consensus estimate of 31 cents.

Chief Executive Larry Ellison said the quarterly results were a "tremendous achievement in the face of the serious slowdown in the world economy."

However, the real surprise for investors was the announcement that Oracle would pay a quarterly dividend of 5 cents a share for the first time since it went public in March 1986.

While most companies have slashed their payouts to shore up cash in a deepening recession, Oracle's performance reinstated shareholder confidence in the company's resilience to the recession.

Oracle stock, which has shed 10% in the

...

Dolby Laboratories (DLB), based in San Francisco, is a recognized innovator in audio entertainment. The company was founded in London, England by Ray Dolby in 1965 after Dolby received his Ph.D. in physics from Cambridge University. Though Dolby Laboratories was a U.S. corporation at the time of its inception (Dolby started his career in high school as a part-time employee for Ampex Corporation in Redwood City, California), the company moved its headquarters to San Francisco in 1976.

Dolby, at the Austin Game Developer’s Conference, recently announced the availability of software development kits for Dolby® Axon, a voice communication platform designed to deliver a 3-D voice experience in online games and virtual worlds that is clearer, more realistic, and more immersing.

Axon includes such features as 3-D voice complete with surround panning and distance attenuation; an occlusion engine that dynamically responds to game geometry, enabling gamers to experience voice

...