EU regulators to decide on Oracle, Micros deal by Aug. 29

Reuters

Published Jul 25, 2014 04:30AM ET

EU regulators to decide on Oracle, Micros deal by Aug. 29

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union antitrust regulators will decide by Aug. 29 whether to clear world No. 2 software maker Oracle Corp's (N:ORCL) $5.3 billion bid for Micros Systems (O:MCRS), the European Commission said on Friday.

The deal, Oracle's biggest in five years, is in line with Oracle's strategy to boost its fast-expanding cloud business. Micros makes point-of-sale hardware and software for restaurants and hotels.